22 May 2020 Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron C-25 Provides urgent MEDEVAC from cruise ship ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (May 22, 2020) -- The Guam-based “Island Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 responded to a medical evacuation request for a patient requiring emergency medical treatment, May 16.U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam notified HSC-25 of the patient in critical...
22 May 2020 The United States Provides Additional $7.5 million to Cambodia’s COVID-19 Response U.S. Embassy in Cambodia -- The United States Government announces an additional $7.5 million in funds to assist Cambodia to address COVID-19’s health and economic impacts. The assistance, delivered through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will continue direct support for...
22 May 2020 United States Announces $3 Million of CDC Support for COVID – 19 Response in Lao PDR VIENTIANE, LAO PDR -- U.S. Ambassador Dr. Peter M. Haymond today announced additional funding from the United States to help the Lao PDR fight against the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19. The United States has committed an additional US$3.17 million in new funding support, provided through the...
21 May 2020 USS Theodore Roosevelt Returns to Sea PHILIPPINE SEA -- USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is underway for the first time since arriving in Guam March 27.The ship left Naval Base Guam and entered the Philippine Sea May 21 to conduct carrier qualification flights for the embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11."It feels great to be back at sea,"...
21 May 2020 USS Zumwalt Completes First Live Fire Test PACIFIC OCEAN -- Sailors aboard USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), working with engineers and technicians from Navy Surface Warfare Centers, successfully executed a “structural test fire” of the Mark 46 MOD 2 Gun Weapon System (GWS) on the Naval Air Weapons Center Weapons Division Sea Test Range, Point Mugu,...
21 May 2020 Wings and Blades of Hope ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- In the case of the HH-60 Pave Hawk and HC-130J Combat King II combat search and rescue aircraft, the first “H” stands for “help.”Both machines and crews, of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th rescue squadrons respectively, provide that help by training every day for...
21 May 2020 USS Ronald Reagan Marks Fifth Year of Service as Part of U.S. Forward Deployed Naval Forces PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is underway serving as America’s strongest symbol of resolve, navigating the global pandemic as its mission endures, in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.This deployment marks USS Ronald Reagan’s (CVN 76) fifth year of service as part of...
21 May 2020 Team Andersen Named Air Force Outstanding Unit ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The 36th Wing has been awarded the prestigious Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for exceptionally meritorious service from Oct. 1, 2017 to Sept. 30, 2019.The award was created by the Department of the Air Force Jan. 6, 1954. It is awarded by the Secretary of the Air...
21 May 2020 USS Blue Ridge Sails through Underway Record PHILIPPINE SEA -- The crew of the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff hit a 48-year historic landmark by surpassing the ship’s underway record, marking 65 days of continuous underway operations, May 17.Blue Ridge’s previous record of 64 days was set during...
21 May 2020 Quality Assurance Keeps the Wolf Pack Safe KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The 8th Maintenance Group quality assurance flight evaluates all aspects of maintenance performed by flightline and back shop personnel to ensure standards meet Air Force Instruction guidance.The quality assurance (QA) flight at Kunsan Air Base focuses on the...
22 May 2020 Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron C-25 Provides urgent MEDEVAC from cruise ship ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (May 22, 2020) -- The Guam-based “Island Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 responded to a medical evacuation request for a patient requiring emergency medical treatment, May 16.U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam notified HSC-25 of the patient in critical...
22 May 2020 The United States Provides Additional $7.5 million to Cambodia’s COVID-19 Response U.S. Embassy in Cambodia -- The United States Government announces an additional $7.5 million in funds to assist Cambodia to address COVID-19’s health and economic impacts. The assistance, delivered through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will continue direct support for...
22 May 2020 United States Announces $3 Million of CDC Support for COVID – 19 Response in Lao PDR VIENTIANE, LAO PDR -- U.S. Ambassador Dr. Peter M. Haymond today announced additional funding from the United States to help the Lao PDR fight against the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19. The United States has committed an additional US$3.17 million in new funding support, provided through the...
21 May 2020 USS Theodore Roosevelt Returns to Sea PHILIPPINE SEA -- USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is underway for the first time since arriving in Guam March 27.The ship left Naval Base Guam and entered the Philippine Sea May 21 to conduct carrier qualification flights for the embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11."It feels great to be back at sea,"...
21 May 2020 USS Zumwalt Completes First Live Fire Test PACIFIC OCEAN -- Sailors aboard USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), working with engineers and technicians from Navy Surface Warfare Centers, successfully executed a “structural test fire” of the Mark 46 MOD 2 Gun Weapon System (GWS) on the Naval Air Weapons Center Weapons Division Sea Test Range, Point Mugu,...
21 May 2020 Wings and Blades of Hope ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- In the case of the HH-60 Pave Hawk and HC-130J Combat King II combat search and rescue aircraft, the first “H” stands for “help.”Both machines and crews, of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th rescue squadrons respectively, provide that help by training every day for...
21 May 2020 USS Ronald Reagan Marks Fifth Year of Service as Part of U.S. Forward Deployed Naval Forces PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is underway serving as America’s strongest symbol of resolve, navigating the global pandemic as its mission endures, in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.This deployment marks USS Ronald Reagan’s (CVN 76) fifth year of service as part of...
21 May 2020 Team Andersen Named Air Force Outstanding Unit ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The 36th Wing has been awarded the prestigious Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for exceptionally meritorious service from Oct. 1, 2017 to Sept. 30, 2019.The award was created by the Department of the Air Force Jan. 6, 1954. It is awarded by the Secretary of the Air...
21 May 2020 USS Blue Ridge Sails through Underway Record PHILIPPINE SEA -- The crew of the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff hit a 48-year historic landmark by surpassing the ship’s underway record, marking 65 days of continuous underway operations, May 17.Blue Ridge’s previous record of 64 days was set during...
21 May 2020 Quality Assurance Keeps the Wolf Pack Safe KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The 8th Maintenance Group quality assurance flight evaluates all aspects of maintenance performed by flightline and back shop personnel to ensure standards meet Air Force Instruction guidance.The quality assurance (QA) flight at Kunsan Air Base focuses on the...