04 October 2017 Redeployment Assistance Team Ensures Bilateral Training Relocation Kicks-off without Delay TSUIKI AIR BASE, Japan -- Transporting more than 100,000 lbs. of cargo and 100 U.S. Air Force Airmen over 1,000 miles to Tsuiki Air Base, Japan didn’t happen on a whim, it required months of coordination between eight agencies from the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron to the Japan Ministry of...
04 October 2017 Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group Set to Deploy SAN DIEGO -- The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) are scheduled to depart San Diego for a regularly-scheduled deployment, Oct. 6.Theodore Roosevelt, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, and Bunker Hill will join USS Halsey...
04 October 2017 Marine Wing Support Squadron-171 Kicks Off Exercise Kamashika Wrath HARAMURE,Japan -- Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, stationed out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, kicked off exercise Kamashika Wrath at Haramura, Japan, Sept. 30, 2017.The exercise allows Marines to test mission performance and meet training requirements by placing them in...
04 October 2017 Medical Technicians Act as Enlisted Physician Extenders MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Every component of Misawa needs to stay fit to fight and ready to immediately execute orders, sorties and missions across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.Independent duty medical technicians are commonly known for being the jack of all trades within the medical field--they...
03 October 2017 U.S., Sri Lanka Partner for First-Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Exercise TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka -- U.S. and Sri Lankan maritime forces will work together for the first–ever Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise with the arrival of U.S. Navy elements in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Oct. 1, 2017.CARAT Sri Lanka 2017 is part of a series of bilateral CARAT...
03 October 2017 U.S. Marines and Armed Forces Philippines Launch Inaugural KAMANDAG MANILA, Philippines -- U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade, together with their Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) counterparts, launch the inaugural exercise KAMANDAG today at multiple locations on the island of Luzon, Philippines.KAMANDAG, which will run until...
03 October 2017 Operation Deep Freeze: Vital mission in Antarctica Continues JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Operation Deep Freeze, the Department of Defense’s logistical support to the National Science Foundation’s U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP), kicked off with the Antarctic Season Opening Festival in Christchurch, New Zealand, Sept. 28, 2017.The festival will...
03 October 2017 Army Surgeon General and Command Sergeant Major Tour Korea U.S. ARMY GARRISON HUMPHREYS - PYEOUNGTAEK, Republic of Korea -- The Army Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Nadja West, visited the Republic of South Korea September 20-22, 2017. Command Sgt. Maj. Gerald C. Ecker, command sergeant major, Medical Command (MEDCOM), accompanied the surgeon general.Dual-hatted...
03 October 2017 Ghost Brigade Learns from Global Partners at Home JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- During the month of September, two battalions from the 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team trained with the Indian and Japanese armed forces to enhance interoperability and to increase the brigade’s readiness.The two separate training missions consisted of Rising...
02 October 2017 Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. Pacific Command Reinforce ‘Historic Alliance’ CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii — Gen. Eduardo Año, Chief of Staff for the Armed Forces of the Philippines, met with Adm. Harry Harris, commander of U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), for the Mutual Defense Board and Security Engagement Board (MDB-SEB) at PACOM headquarters Sept. 28. The MDB-SEB helps coordinate...
04 October 2017 Redeployment Assistance Team Ensures Bilateral Training Relocation Kicks-off without Delay TSUIKI AIR BASE, Japan -- Transporting more than 100,000 lbs. of cargo and 100 U.S. Air Force Airmen over 1,000 miles to Tsuiki Air Base, Japan didn’t happen on a whim, it required months of coordination between eight agencies from the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron to the Japan Ministry of...
04 October 2017 Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group Set to Deploy SAN DIEGO -- The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) are scheduled to depart San Diego for a regularly-scheduled deployment, Oct. 6.Theodore Roosevelt, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, and Bunker Hill will join USS Halsey...
04 October 2017 Marine Wing Support Squadron-171 Kicks Off Exercise Kamashika Wrath HARAMURE,Japan -- Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, stationed out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, kicked off exercise Kamashika Wrath at Haramura, Japan, Sept. 30, 2017.The exercise allows Marines to test mission performance and meet training requirements by placing them in...
04 October 2017 Medical Technicians Act as Enlisted Physician Extenders MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Every component of Misawa needs to stay fit to fight and ready to immediately execute orders, sorties and missions across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.Independent duty medical technicians are commonly known for being the jack of all trades within the medical field--they...
03 October 2017 U.S., Sri Lanka Partner for First-Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Exercise TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka -- U.S. and Sri Lankan maritime forces will work together for the first–ever Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise with the arrival of U.S. Navy elements in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Oct. 1, 2017.CARAT Sri Lanka 2017 is part of a series of bilateral CARAT...
03 October 2017 U.S. Marines and Armed Forces Philippines Launch Inaugural KAMANDAG MANILA, Philippines -- U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade, together with their Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) counterparts, launch the inaugural exercise KAMANDAG today at multiple locations on the island of Luzon, Philippines.KAMANDAG, which will run until...
03 October 2017 Operation Deep Freeze: Vital mission in Antarctica Continues JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Operation Deep Freeze, the Department of Defense’s logistical support to the National Science Foundation’s U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP), kicked off with the Antarctic Season Opening Festival in Christchurch, New Zealand, Sept. 28, 2017.The festival will...
03 October 2017 Army Surgeon General and Command Sergeant Major Tour Korea U.S. ARMY GARRISON HUMPHREYS - PYEOUNGTAEK, Republic of Korea -- The Army Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Nadja West, visited the Republic of South Korea September 20-22, 2017. Command Sgt. Maj. Gerald C. Ecker, command sergeant major, Medical Command (MEDCOM), accompanied the surgeon general.Dual-hatted...
03 October 2017 Ghost Brigade Learns from Global Partners at Home JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- During the month of September, two battalions from the 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team trained with the Indian and Japanese armed forces to enhance interoperability and to increase the brigade’s readiness.The two separate training missions consisted of Rising...
02 October 2017 Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. Pacific Command Reinforce ‘Historic Alliance’ CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii — Gen. Eduardo Año, Chief of Staff for the Armed Forces of the Philippines, met with Adm. Harry Harris, commander of U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), for the Mutual Defense Board and Security Engagement Board (MDB-SEB) at PACOM headquarters Sept. 28. The MDB-SEB helps coordinate...