01 March 2017 12th Pacific Partnership Mission Prepares to Enhance Cooperation, Strengthen Indo-Asia-Pacific Ties SINGAPORE -- The U.S. Navy will join allied and partner nation forces for the 12th Pacific Partnership mission, scheduled to begin March 1.This annual maritime operation will help improve disaster response preparedness and capacity, while enhancing partnerships with participating nations throughout...
01 March 2017 Mattis, South Korean Counterpart Discuss Alliance, Missile Defense WASHINGTON -- South Korea has cleared the way for a land transfer critical to the planned placement of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense system, Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said in a statement issued yesterday.Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spoke with South Korean...
01 March 2017 Exercise Beverly Herd 17-1: Mustangs Take to the Sky OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Routine exercises held at Osan Air Base rarely focus on the same training goals, and the desired learning objectives shift to ensure personnel’s wartime missions are enhanced to be ready to “Fight Tonight.”Beverly Herd 17-1 came with a heavy emphasis on the 51st...
01 March 2017 Civic Action Team Palau Strengthens International Bond, Returns from Six Month Mission PALAU -- Twelve Solders from the Civic Action Team (CAT) Palau, 84th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command redeployed on 17 February after a six-month joint - rotational mission demonstrating the U.S. continued support and partnership with the Republic of...
01 March 2017 Japanese Soldiers Partner with U.S. Airmen, Sailors to Improve Communications MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) soldiers spent three days shadowing units at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 22 to 24, as part of their final English comprehension exercise prior to graduating a three-month Basic Enlisted English course.“The Joint Basic Enlisted...
01 March 2017 Green Bay Wraps Up Cobra Gold 2017 SATTAHIP, Thailand (NNS) -- Amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20) successfully completed Exercise Cobra Gold 2017 (CG17), Feb. 24, after operating in the Gulf of Thailand and various locations throughout the Kingdom of Thailand.The 36th iteration of the annual theater security cooperation...
01 March 2017 Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron-25 Rescues Distressed Mariners in Saipan ASAN, Guam (NNS) -- Sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 conducted a search and rescue (SAR) operation and retrieved two distressed mariners off the coast of Saipan, Feb. 25. Upon the request of U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam, a Navy MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter from HSC-25 launched...
01 March 2017 Wild Things: U.S., Thai Marines Face the Beast in Jungle Survival Training CAMP BAN CHAN KREM, Thailand -- U.S. service members and Thai Marines participated in jungle survival training Feb. 16-17, 2017 at Ban Chan Krem, Thailand as a part of Cobra Gold 17. Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 3rd Transport Support Battalion and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, as...
28 February 2017 First C-130J Super Hercules is Heading Yokota's Way The first of 14 Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules transports that will be assigned to the U.S. Air Force installation at Yokota Air Base, Japan, departed the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics facility on Feb. 24, 2017. This marks the first U.S. Air Force combat delivery C-130J-30 to be permanently...
28 February 2017 Bonhomme Richard Departs Sasebo for Patrol SASEBO, Japan -- Forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) departed Sasebo, Japan, for a regularly-scheduled patrol in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility, Feb. 27.Bonhomme Richard is scheduled to finalize shipboard certifications and conduct joint force operations with...
01 March 2017 12th Pacific Partnership Mission Prepares to Enhance Cooperation, Strengthen Indo-Asia-Pacific Ties SINGAPORE -- The U.S. Navy will join allied and partner nation forces for the 12th Pacific Partnership mission, scheduled to begin March 1.This annual maritime operation will help improve disaster response preparedness and capacity, while enhancing partnerships with participating nations throughout...
01 March 2017 Mattis, South Korean Counterpart Discuss Alliance, Missile Defense WASHINGTON -- South Korea has cleared the way for a land transfer critical to the planned placement of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense system, Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said in a statement issued yesterday.Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spoke with South Korean...
01 March 2017 Exercise Beverly Herd 17-1: Mustangs Take to the Sky OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Routine exercises held at Osan Air Base rarely focus on the same training goals, and the desired learning objectives shift to ensure personnel’s wartime missions are enhanced to be ready to “Fight Tonight.”Beverly Herd 17-1 came with a heavy emphasis on the 51st...
01 March 2017 Civic Action Team Palau Strengthens International Bond, Returns from Six Month Mission PALAU -- Twelve Solders from the Civic Action Team (CAT) Palau, 84th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command redeployed on 17 February after a six-month joint - rotational mission demonstrating the U.S. continued support and partnership with the Republic of...
01 March 2017 Japanese Soldiers Partner with U.S. Airmen, Sailors to Improve Communications MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) soldiers spent three days shadowing units at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 22 to 24, as part of their final English comprehension exercise prior to graduating a three-month Basic Enlisted English course.“The Joint Basic Enlisted...
01 March 2017 Green Bay Wraps Up Cobra Gold 2017 SATTAHIP, Thailand (NNS) -- Amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20) successfully completed Exercise Cobra Gold 2017 (CG17), Feb. 24, after operating in the Gulf of Thailand and various locations throughout the Kingdom of Thailand.The 36th iteration of the annual theater security cooperation...
01 March 2017 Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron-25 Rescues Distressed Mariners in Saipan ASAN, Guam (NNS) -- Sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 conducted a search and rescue (SAR) operation and retrieved two distressed mariners off the coast of Saipan, Feb. 25. Upon the request of U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam, a Navy MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter from HSC-25 launched...
01 March 2017 Wild Things: U.S., Thai Marines Face the Beast in Jungle Survival Training CAMP BAN CHAN KREM, Thailand -- U.S. service members and Thai Marines participated in jungle survival training Feb. 16-17, 2017 at Ban Chan Krem, Thailand as a part of Cobra Gold 17. Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 3rd Transport Support Battalion and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, as...
28 February 2017 First C-130J Super Hercules is Heading Yokota's Way The first of 14 Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules transports that will be assigned to the U.S. Air Force installation at Yokota Air Base, Japan, departed the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics facility on Feb. 24, 2017. This marks the first U.S. Air Force combat delivery C-130J-30 to be permanently...
28 February 2017 Bonhomme Richard Departs Sasebo for Patrol SASEBO, Japan -- Forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) departed Sasebo, Japan, for a regularly-scheduled patrol in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility, Feb. 27.Bonhomme Richard is scheduled to finalize shipboard certifications and conduct joint force operations with...