01 May 2019 5-20th Infantry Regiment Builds Partnership and Trains in Palau KOROR, Palau -- Following training exercises in Thailand and the Philippines, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry regiment, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, continued their tour of the Pacific as they landed in Palau to participate in Exercise Palau which ran from April 13-19, 2019.Exercise Palau consists...
01 May 2019 Misawa Radiology Flight Improves Patient Care with New Tech MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Last year, the 35th Medical Group implemented a new continuous process improvement peer review program, providing literal and figurative transparency and improving patient care for all Team Misawa members.Master Sgt. Fredrick Gumm, a 35th Surgical Operations Squadron...
01 May 2019 Welcome Home Sustainers SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- More than 60 Soldiers from the 524th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, were honored April 30, 2019 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii during a redeployment ceremony celebrating the successful completion of a 9-month combat tour in support of Operations Spartan Shield,...
01 May 2019 Innovative Underwater Camera System Provides Unique View of Alaska's Murky Depths PETERSBUG, Alaska -- Accurately capturing and recording an underwater ecosystem is a difficult task and one made more difficult when it involves the deep, cold and dark waters of Alaska. This is the challenge presented to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District and Matt Ferguson, a...
30 April 2019 Military Sealift Command’s USNS Guam christened in Okinawa NAHA, Japan - Military Sealift Command (MSC) christened the high-speed transport USNS Guam (T-HST 1) during a ceremony at Naha Military Port in Naha, Japan, April 27.Key speakers were U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry B. Harris Jr.; Guam Rep. Michael San Nicholas; Lt. Gen. Eric M. Smith,...
30 April 2019 Navy’s high-speed, mission-focused surface combatant completes advanced training SAN DIEGO - For the first time in the littoral combat ship’s class history, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) conducted Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area or operations.The training, which concluded April 22, provided the crew of the...
30 April 2019 U.S. Presents Shark Boats to Bangladesh Navy CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh – Rear Admiral Joey Tynch, commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific, presented five metal patrol boats to the Bangladesh Navy during a ceremony at the Special Warfare Diving and Salvage (SWADS) Headquarters in Chittagong April 25.Tynch, Joel Reifman, U.S. Deputy Chief of...
30 April 2019 USS Stockdale arrives in Fiji for port visit SUVA, Fiji - The guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) arrived in Suva, April 30, for a scheduled port visit.The visit provides Sailors the opportunity to explore Fiji and deepen relationships with its people.“Stockdale is looking forward to visiting Fiji and exploring this beautiful...
30 April 2019 Eielson Airmen prepare the F-35 for Arctic operations EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- With weather dropping below negative 50 degrees Fahrenheit and days filled with darkness, living in Alaska during the winter months can be anything but easy. The same can be said about trying to survive in that unforgiving environment after ejecting from an...
29 April 2019 U.S. Navy P-8A to Join ADMM-Plus Maritime Security Exercise in Korea BUSAN, Republic of Korea -- A P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft assigned to the “Mad Foxes” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 5 will participate in a multinational maritime security exercise, beginning April 30.The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM-Plus)...
01 May 2019 5-20th Infantry Regiment Builds Partnership and Trains in Palau KOROR, Palau -- Following training exercises in Thailand and the Philippines, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry regiment, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, continued their tour of the Pacific as they landed in Palau to participate in Exercise Palau which ran from April 13-19, 2019.Exercise Palau consists...
01 May 2019 Misawa Radiology Flight Improves Patient Care with New Tech MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Last year, the 35th Medical Group implemented a new continuous process improvement peer review program, providing literal and figurative transparency and improving patient care for all Team Misawa members.Master Sgt. Fredrick Gumm, a 35th Surgical Operations Squadron...
01 May 2019 Welcome Home Sustainers SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- More than 60 Soldiers from the 524th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, were honored April 30, 2019 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii during a redeployment ceremony celebrating the successful completion of a 9-month combat tour in support of Operations Spartan Shield,...
01 May 2019 Innovative Underwater Camera System Provides Unique View of Alaska's Murky Depths PETERSBUG, Alaska -- Accurately capturing and recording an underwater ecosystem is a difficult task and one made more difficult when it involves the deep, cold and dark waters of Alaska. This is the challenge presented to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District and Matt Ferguson, a...
30 April 2019 Military Sealift Command’s USNS Guam christened in Okinawa NAHA, Japan - Military Sealift Command (MSC) christened the high-speed transport USNS Guam (T-HST 1) during a ceremony at Naha Military Port in Naha, Japan, April 27.Key speakers were U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry B. Harris Jr.; Guam Rep. Michael San Nicholas; Lt. Gen. Eric M. Smith,...
30 April 2019 Navy’s high-speed, mission-focused surface combatant completes advanced training SAN DIEGO - For the first time in the littoral combat ship’s class history, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) conducted Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area or operations.The training, which concluded April 22, provided the crew of the...
30 April 2019 U.S. Presents Shark Boats to Bangladesh Navy CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh – Rear Admiral Joey Tynch, commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific, presented five metal patrol boats to the Bangladesh Navy during a ceremony at the Special Warfare Diving and Salvage (SWADS) Headquarters in Chittagong April 25.Tynch, Joel Reifman, U.S. Deputy Chief of...
30 April 2019 USS Stockdale arrives in Fiji for port visit SUVA, Fiji - The guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) arrived in Suva, April 30, for a scheduled port visit.The visit provides Sailors the opportunity to explore Fiji and deepen relationships with its people.“Stockdale is looking forward to visiting Fiji and exploring this beautiful...
30 April 2019 Eielson Airmen prepare the F-35 for Arctic operations EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- With weather dropping below negative 50 degrees Fahrenheit and days filled with darkness, living in Alaska during the winter months can be anything but easy. The same can be said about trying to survive in that unforgiving environment after ejecting from an...
29 April 2019 U.S. Navy P-8A to Join ADMM-Plus Maritime Security Exercise in Korea BUSAN, Republic of Korea -- A P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft assigned to the “Mad Foxes” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 5 will participate in a multinational maritime security exercise, beginning April 30.The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM-Plus)...