10 April 2019 PH-US Exercise Balikatan Increases Warfighting Capabilities, Complex Live Fire Training CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City -- Philippine and U.S. Army, Marine Corps and Air Force service members conducted a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX) Wednesday at Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base, Crow Valley as part of the Philippine-U.S. Exercise Balikatan 2019.The CALFEX featured the careful...
09 April 2019 5th Air Force, USFJ Commander visits Team Kadena KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Case A. Cunningham, 18th Wing commander, salutes as Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider, U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force commander, arrives April 4, 2019, to Kadena Air Base, Japan. Schneider visited Team Kadena to learn about and assess the...
09 April 2019 Commander, Joint Region Marianas Briefs Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Admiral ASAN, Guam (NNS) -- Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, Commander, Joint Region Marianas, received Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Adm. Tatsuhiko Takashima, Commander, Fleet Submarine Force, and Rear Adm. Jimmy Pitts, Commander, Submarine Group 7 at the JRM headquarters in Asan April 8.Chatfield,...
08 April 2019 Cargo handling battalion demonstrates new capability with Mark VI patrol boat lift SANTA RITA, Guam - Sailors assigned to Navy Cargo Handling Battalion (NCHB) 1, Detachment Guam, conducted a proof of concept lift on/lift off (LOLO) of a Mark VI patrol boat with Military Sealift Command (MSC) Maritime Prepositioning Force ship USNS 2nd LT John P. Bobo (T-AK 3008) in Apra Harbor,...
08 April 2019 Malaysian Students Learn Disaster Preparedness Skills During PP19 KUCHING, Malaysia – Malaysian secondary school students joined Pacific Partnership 2019 participants for an Emergency Preparedness Camp at the Sarawak State Library, April 6.The program uses humanitarian assistance and disaster relief information as a platform for students to enhance their English...
08 April 2019 2ID joins the fight against South Korea wildfire GANGWON, Republic of Korea – At a moment's notice, U.S. Army Soldiers joined the battle against one of South Korea’s worst fires in years.Soldiers with 2-2 Assault Helicopter Battalion and 3-2 General Support Aviation Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined...
08 April 2019 US, Thailand Conducts Anti-Submarine Exercise in Andaman Sea ANDAMAN SEA (NNS) – The U.S. Navy and Royal Thai Navy (RTN) began the 8th iteration of exercise Guardian Sea at the opening ceremony aboard the RTN frigate HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej in the Andaman Sea, April 7.A U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine and underway replenishment oiler along...
08 April 2019 Malaysia Emergency Response Team Conducts Rescue Exercise During PP19 KUCHING, Malaysia – Malaysian civilian and military government agencies conducted a field training exercise (FTX) with Pacific Partnership 2019 (PP19) participants in Kuching, April 7.The Malaysian-led evolution simulated a natural disaster relevant to the area.“The goal is to rehearse their...
05 April 2019 Pacific Air Forces Hosts First U.S.-Mongolia Airman-to-Airman Talks JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Pacific Air Forces hosted a delegation from the Mongolian Air Force Command for Airman-to-Airman talks here, March 26-28.The multi-day event marked the first A2A talks between the United States and MAFC, a newly separated branch of the Mongolian Armed...
05 April 2019 Mariner Evacuated by HSC-25 for Medical Emergency ANDERSEN AIR BASE, Guam -- The Guam-based “Island Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 provided emergency medical lift for a Chinese mariner in distress aboard a Panamanian flagged dry bulk cargo vessel Friday morning.U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam notified HSC-25 Thursday that the...
10 April 2019 PH-US Exercise Balikatan Increases Warfighting Capabilities, Complex Live Fire Training CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City -- Philippine and U.S. Army, Marine Corps and Air Force service members conducted a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX) Wednesday at Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base, Crow Valley as part of the Philippine-U.S. Exercise Balikatan 2019.The CALFEX featured the careful...
09 April 2019 5th Air Force, USFJ Commander visits Team Kadena KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Case A. Cunningham, 18th Wing commander, salutes as Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider, U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force commander, arrives April 4, 2019, to Kadena Air Base, Japan. Schneider visited Team Kadena to learn about and assess the...
09 April 2019 Commander, Joint Region Marianas Briefs Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Admiral ASAN, Guam (NNS) -- Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, Commander, Joint Region Marianas, received Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Adm. Tatsuhiko Takashima, Commander, Fleet Submarine Force, and Rear Adm. Jimmy Pitts, Commander, Submarine Group 7 at the JRM headquarters in Asan April 8.Chatfield,...
08 April 2019 Cargo handling battalion demonstrates new capability with Mark VI patrol boat lift SANTA RITA, Guam - Sailors assigned to Navy Cargo Handling Battalion (NCHB) 1, Detachment Guam, conducted a proof of concept lift on/lift off (LOLO) of a Mark VI patrol boat with Military Sealift Command (MSC) Maritime Prepositioning Force ship USNS 2nd LT John P. Bobo (T-AK 3008) in Apra Harbor,...
08 April 2019 Malaysian Students Learn Disaster Preparedness Skills During PP19 KUCHING, Malaysia – Malaysian secondary school students joined Pacific Partnership 2019 participants for an Emergency Preparedness Camp at the Sarawak State Library, April 6.The program uses humanitarian assistance and disaster relief information as a platform for students to enhance their English...
08 April 2019 2ID joins the fight against South Korea wildfire GANGWON, Republic of Korea – At a moment's notice, U.S. Army Soldiers joined the battle against one of South Korea’s worst fires in years.Soldiers with 2-2 Assault Helicopter Battalion and 3-2 General Support Aviation Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined...
08 April 2019 US, Thailand Conducts Anti-Submarine Exercise in Andaman Sea ANDAMAN SEA (NNS) – The U.S. Navy and Royal Thai Navy (RTN) began the 8th iteration of exercise Guardian Sea at the opening ceremony aboard the RTN frigate HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej in the Andaman Sea, April 7.A U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine and underway replenishment oiler along...
08 April 2019 Malaysia Emergency Response Team Conducts Rescue Exercise During PP19 KUCHING, Malaysia – Malaysian civilian and military government agencies conducted a field training exercise (FTX) with Pacific Partnership 2019 (PP19) participants in Kuching, April 7.The Malaysian-led evolution simulated a natural disaster relevant to the area.“The goal is to rehearse their...
05 April 2019 Pacific Air Forces Hosts First U.S.-Mongolia Airman-to-Airman Talks JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Pacific Air Forces hosted a delegation from the Mongolian Air Force Command for Airman-to-Airman talks here, March 26-28.The multi-day event marked the first A2A talks between the United States and MAFC, a newly separated branch of the Mongolian Armed...
05 April 2019 Mariner Evacuated by HSC-25 for Medical Emergency ANDERSEN AIR BASE, Guam -- The Guam-based “Island Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 provided emergency medical lift for a Chinese mariner in distress aboard a Panamanian flagged dry bulk cargo vessel Friday morning.U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam notified HSC-25 Thursday that the...