09 September 2016 Pacific Partnership Concludes 2016 Mission PACIFIC OCEAN -- The 11th annual Pacific Partnership mission departed the Western Pacific recently after completing mission stops throughout Southeast Asia.The annual multilateral, multiservice mission saw partner nation counterparts working alongside one another in six countries to improve disaster...
09 September 2016 Exercise Rising Thunder: Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Snipers Find Something Common to Aim At YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. -- Snipers from 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team and 12th Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force brought the long-ranged thunder to Yakima Training Center, Wash., Sep. 8. The service members started by zeroing their rifles on top...
09 September 2016 Black Sheep Marines Participate in Spartan Fury Exercise MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii -- Marines from Bravo Company, “Black Sheep,” 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, participated in exercise Spartan Fury 16.4 at Marine corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 6, 2016. Spartan Fury is a pre-deployment exercise in which service members conduct...
09 September 2016 Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific, USS Shiloh Crew Expand Expeditionary Maintenance with Availability in Singapore SINGAPORE -- The two-week maintenance period was the first CMAV conducted away from the 7th Fleet maintenance hub in Yokosuka, Japan. During the availability, Shiloh’s crew and shipyard personnel completed more than 90 maintenance jobs and nearly 400 other jobs by ship’s force personnel, including a...
09 September 2016 Photographer Looks Back on 9/11 Memories WASHINGTON (NNS) -- In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, one 30-year-old combat camera sailor took a photograph that leapt out of news coverage to deliver a needed jolt of hope: A huge American flag draped down the side of the damaged Pentagon. That sailor, Michael Pendergrass, is now 45 and retired...
09 September 2016 Team Osan Prepares for Air Show, Holds Emergency Management Exercise OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Osan Air Power Day 2016 is right around the corner, and part of the preparation included an emergency management exercise on Sept. 8 and 9. The exercise gave first responders a chance to run through a mid-air collision scenario, practicing how they would respond...
08 September 2016 Navy's Most Advanced Warship, USS Zumwalt Departs Bath Iron Works BATH, Maine -- The Navy's newest and most technologically advanced surface ship, future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) departed Bath Iron Works Sept. 7, marking the beginning of a 3-month journey to its new homeport in San Diego. Crewed by 147 Sailors, Zumwalt is the lead ship of a class of next-generation...
08 September 2016 USS Frank Cable Arrives in Colombo, Sri Lanka COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- The submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka, for a scheduled port visit Aug. 29. The ships visit to Colombo is aimed at building friendship and goodwill between the U.S. Navy and the people of Sri Lanka. Capt. Drew St. John, commanding officer of...
08 September 2016 US Naval Forces Korea Conducts First Change of Command in Busan Rear Adm. Brad Cooper relieved Rear Adm. Bill Byrne as commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Korea (CNFK) during a change of command ceremony at the Republic of Korea Fleet base in Busan, Sept. 8.The ceremony, hosted by Army Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, commander of United States Forces Korea, marked the 35th...
08 September 2016 Air Force and Navy Participate during First Ever U.S. Held International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress HONOLULU - Approximately 8,000 attendees from 170 countries joined the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu Sept. 1-10.The IUCN is a membership union uniquely composed of both government and civil society...
09 September 2016 Pacific Partnership Concludes 2016 Mission PACIFIC OCEAN -- The 11th annual Pacific Partnership mission departed the Western Pacific recently after completing mission stops throughout Southeast Asia.The annual multilateral, multiservice mission saw partner nation counterparts working alongside one another in six countries to improve disaster...
09 September 2016 Exercise Rising Thunder: Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Snipers Find Something Common to Aim At YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. -- Snipers from 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team and 12th Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force brought the long-ranged thunder to Yakima Training Center, Wash., Sep. 8. The service members started by zeroing their rifles on top...
09 September 2016 Black Sheep Marines Participate in Spartan Fury Exercise MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii -- Marines from Bravo Company, “Black Sheep,” 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, participated in exercise Spartan Fury 16.4 at Marine corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 6, 2016. Spartan Fury is a pre-deployment exercise in which service members conduct...
09 September 2016 Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific, USS Shiloh Crew Expand Expeditionary Maintenance with Availability in Singapore SINGAPORE -- The two-week maintenance period was the first CMAV conducted away from the 7th Fleet maintenance hub in Yokosuka, Japan. During the availability, Shiloh’s crew and shipyard personnel completed more than 90 maintenance jobs and nearly 400 other jobs by ship’s force personnel, including a...
09 September 2016 Photographer Looks Back on 9/11 Memories WASHINGTON (NNS) -- In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, one 30-year-old combat camera sailor took a photograph that leapt out of news coverage to deliver a needed jolt of hope: A huge American flag draped down the side of the damaged Pentagon. That sailor, Michael Pendergrass, is now 45 and retired...
09 September 2016 Team Osan Prepares for Air Show, Holds Emergency Management Exercise OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Osan Air Power Day 2016 is right around the corner, and part of the preparation included an emergency management exercise on Sept. 8 and 9. The exercise gave first responders a chance to run through a mid-air collision scenario, practicing how they would respond...
08 September 2016 Navy's Most Advanced Warship, USS Zumwalt Departs Bath Iron Works BATH, Maine -- The Navy's newest and most technologically advanced surface ship, future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) departed Bath Iron Works Sept. 7, marking the beginning of a 3-month journey to its new homeport in San Diego. Crewed by 147 Sailors, Zumwalt is the lead ship of a class of next-generation...
08 September 2016 USS Frank Cable Arrives in Colombo, Sri Lanka COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- The submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka, for a scheduled port visit Aug. 29. The ships visit to Colombo is aimed at building friendship and goodwill between the U.S. Navy and the people of Sri Lanka. Capt. Drew St. John, commanding officer of...
08 September 2016 US Naval Forces Korea Conducts First Change of Command in Busan Rear Adm. Brad Cooper relieved Rear Adm. Bill Byrne as commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Korea (CNFK) during a change of command ceremony at the Republic of Korea Fleet base in Busan, Sept. 8.The ceremony, hosted by Army Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, commander of United States Forces Korea, marked the 35th...
08 September 2016 Air Force and Navy Participate during First Ever U.S. Held International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress HONOLULU - Approximately 8,000 attendees from 170 countries joined the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu Sept. 1-10.The IUCN is a membership union uniquely composed of both government and civil society...