04 June 2019 US Navy, Royal Thai Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians Exchange Knowledge during CARAT 2019 SATTAHIP NAVAL BASE, Thailand -- Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians assigned to U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 and the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) Diver and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Center conducted a knowledge exchange classroom seminar as part of Cooperation...
04 June 2019 607 Air Support Operations Group Showcases New Facility on Osan OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The 607th Air Support Operations Group (ASOG) recently opened a new facility here and demonstrated their enhanced capabilities to Team Osan and U.S. Forces Korea leaders.The facility provides the 607th ASOG a centralized location which services human performance,...
04 June 2019 Pacific Air Forces Medics Build Trust with Nepalese Counterparts KATHMANDU, Nepal -- U.S. and Nepalese Forces participated in a medical subject matter exchange in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 14 to 17.The U.S. Pacific Air Forces international health specialist division, PACAF Surgeon General Office and Army Regional Health Command Pacific trained with their Nepalese...
04 June 2019 Sustainers Provide Water for 25ID during Lightning Forge SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- The "Waterdawgs" of the 40th Composite Supply Company (CSC), 25th Sustainment Brigade deployed to Dillingham Beach, Hawaii May 21, 2019 as a part of Lightning Forge 19, where they got hands on training of saltwater purification with a Tactical Water Purification System...
03 June 2019 Message from the Secretary of Defense: Indo-Pacific Strategy Report WASHINGTON -- The Indo-Pacific is the Department of Defense’s priority theater. The United States is a Pacific nation; we are linked to our Indo-Pacific neighbors through unbreakable bonds of shared history, culture, commerce, and values. We have an enduring commitment to uphold a free and open...
03 June 2019 Communications-Electronics Command CG Visits Hawaii Forward Element, 307th ESB WAHIAWA, Hawaii -- Maj. Gen. Randy S. Taylor, commanding general of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, visited the CECOM Forward Element - Pacific on May 29, 2019.During the trip, Taylor visited with the 307th Expeditionary Signal Battalion at Helemano Military Reservation, Wahiawa,...
03 June 2019 USS Chung-Hoon Returns Home from Deployment SAN DIEGO - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), including a detachment from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 37 “Easyriders,” returned to its homeport of Pearl Harbor, May 31, following a deployment to the U.S. 7th, 6th and 5th Fleet areas of operation as...
03 June 2019 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron Demonstrates Capabilities from the Fulcrum of the Pacific JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Hickam Sky Warriors took notice of a visiting aircraft this week as a B-52 Stratofortress and aircrew, assigned to the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron from Barksdale Air Force Base, performed operations here, May 22 – 31.“Our goal is to support a joint...
03 June 2019 U.S.-Australia-India-Japan Consultations WASHINGTON -- Senior officials from the United States, Australia, India, and Japan met in Bangkok on May 31, 2019 for consultations on their collective efforts to advance a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific. The four nations reaffirmed their shared commitment to preserving and promoting the...
03 June 2019 Alaska Army National Guard Aviation Prepares for Future Operations JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska National Guard Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment conducted their final annual training as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter air assault unit earlier this month ahead of their pending transition to becoming part of a larger general...
04 June 2019 US Navy, Royal Thai Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians Exchange Knowledge during CARAT 2019 SATTAHIP NAVAL BASE, Thailand -- Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians assigned to U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 and the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) Diver and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Center conducted a knowledge exchange classroom seminar as part of Cooperation...
04 June 2019 607 Air Support Operations Group Showcases New Facility on Osan OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The 607th Air Support Operations Group (ASOG) recently opened a new facility here and demonstrated their enhanced capabilities to Team Osan and U.S. Forces Korea leaders.The facility provides the 607th ASOG a centralized location which services human performance,...
04 June 2019 Pacific Air Forces Medics Build Trust with Nepalese Counterparts KATHMANDU, Nepal -- U.S. and Nepalese Forces participated in a medical subject matter exchange in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 14 to 17.The U.S. Pacific Air Forces international health specialist division, PACAF Surgeon General Office and Army Regional Health Command Pacific trained with their Nepalese...
04 June 2019 Sustainers Provide Water for 25ID during Lightning Forge SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- The "Waterdawgs" of the 40th Composite Supply Company (CSC), 25th Sustainment Brigade deployed to Dillingham Beach, Hawaii May 21, 2019 as a part of Lightning Forge 19, where they got hands on training of saltwater purification with a Tactical Water Purification System...
03 June 2019 Message from the Secretary of Defense: Indo-Pacific Strategy Report WASHINGTON -- The Indo-Pacific is the Department of Defense’s priority theater. The United States is a Pacific nation; we are linked to our Indo-Pacific neighbors through unbreakable bonds of shared history, culture, commerce, and values. We have an enduring commitment to uphold a free and open...
03 June 2019 Communications-Electronics Command CG Visits Hawaii Forward Element, 307th ESB WAHIAWA, Hawaii -- Maj. Gen. Randy S. Taylor, commanding general of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, visited the CECOM Forward Element - Pacific on May 29, 2019.During the trip, Taylor visited with the 307th Expeditionary Signal Battalion at Helemano Military Reservation, Wahiawa,...
03 June 2019 USS Chung-Hoon Returns Home from Deployment SAN DIEGO - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), including a detachment from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 37 “Easyriders,” returned to its homeport of Pearl Harbor, May 31, following a deployment to the U.S. 7th, 6th and 5th Fleet areas of operation as...
03 June 2019 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron Demonstrates Capabilities from the Fulcrum of the Pacific JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Hickam Sky Warriors took notice of a visiting aircraft this week as a B-52 Stratofortress and aircrew, assigned to the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron from Barksdale Air Force Base, performed operations here, May 22 – 31.“Our goal is to support a joint...
03 June 2019 U.S.-Australia-India-Japan Consultations WASHINGTON -- Senior officials from the United States, Australia, India, and Japan met in Bangkok on May 31, 2019 for consultations on their collective efforts to advance a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific. The four nations reaffirmed their shared commitment to preserving and promoting the...
03 June 2019 Alaska Army National Guard Aviation Prepares for Future Operations JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska National Guard Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment conducted their final annual training as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter air assault unit earlier this month ahead of their pending transition to becoming part of a larger general...