22 July 2016 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron-361 Participates in Exercise Chura-Shima Rescue 2016 MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, Okinawa, Japan -- Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing currently deployed with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing as part of the unit deployment program, worked alongside the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and Okinawa emergency...
22 July 2016 USS Curtis Wilbur Arrives in Manila MANILA, Philippines -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), arrived in Manila on July 20 for a routine port call that highlights the strong historic, community, and military connections between the Philippines and the United States.During the visit, service...
22 July 2016 Royal New Zealand Air Force Meets With Plane Crash Survivors They Helped Rescue During RIMPAC 2016 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (July 20, 2016) – Service members from the Royal New Zealand Air Force No. 5 Air Squadron met with survivors of a July 15 plane crash that occurred off the coast of Kona, Hawaii, on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, July 20. The squadron was one of several multinational forces...
22 July 2016 Rescue Teams Hone Skills during Pacific Thunder 16-2 OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea –A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are making low passes over mountaintops, providing covering fire for two HH-60 Pave Hawks carrying Air Force rescue teams as they all coordinate to find pilots down behind enemy lines. A distress call is heard on the radio over the roaring of...
21 July 2016 Second Rim of the Pacific Sinking Exercise Concludes PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Live fire from ships and aircraft participating in Rim of the Pacific 2016 sank the decommissioned USS Crommelin (FFG 37) July 19 in waters 15,000 feet deep and 55 nautical miles north of Kauai, Hawaii.RIMPAC units, including the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate Her...
21 July 2016 Tiger Balm 2016 Kicks Off on Oahu with Focus on Partnership WAIMANALO, Hawaii - Soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Broncos," 25th Infantry Division; 29th Brigade Combat Team, Hawaii Army National Guard; and the 9th Infantry Brigade, 6th Division, Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) held an opening ceremony for Tiger Balm 16 at the 298th Regiment,...
21 July 2016 74th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Co. Wins USARPAC Team of the Year Competition Two Years Running SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - The best U.S. Army-Pacific Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams gathered together July 11-15, here, to compete in the annual EOD Team of the Year (TOY) competition hosted by 8th Military Police Brigade's 303rd EOD Battalion. The weeklong event showcased USARPAC's best...
21 July 2016 USS Shoup Hosts Congressional Staff Members The crew of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) welcomed six staff members of various congressional members to observe underway operations, during Rim of the Pacific 2016, July 18th.The staff members arrived aboard Shoup in an MH-60S helicopter from the Nimitz-class...
21 July 2016 Military Sealift Command, USARPAC Voyage through Pacific Pathways SATTAHIP, Thailand (July 20, 2016) -- Despite continued conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere, the U.S. remains committed to a refocus of strategic priorities to the Pacific region. While long-running conflicts and territorial disputes dominate regional issues in the Pacific, each military...
21 July 2016 Under Secretary of the Navy Visits Newest Amphib during RIMPAC PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Live fire from ships and aircraft participating in Rim of the Pacific 2016 sank the decommissioned USS Crommelin (FFG 37) July 19 in waters 15,000 feet deep and 55 nautical miles north of Kauai, Hawaii. RIMPAC units, including the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate Her...
22 July 2016 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron-361 Participates in Exercise Chura-Shima Rescue 2016 MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, Okinawa, Japan -- Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing currently deployed with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing as part of the unit deployment program, worked alongside the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and Okinawa emergency...
22 July 2016 USS Curtis Wilbur Arrives in Manila MANILA, Philippines -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), arrived in Manila on July 20 for a routine port call that highlights the strong historic, community, and military connections between the Philippines and the United States.During the visit, service...
22 July 2016 Royal New Zealand Air Force Meets With Plane Crash Survivors They Helped Rescue During RIMPAC 2016 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (July 20, 2016) – Service members from the Royal New Zealand Air Force No. 5 Air Squadron met with survivors of a July 15 plane crash that occurred off the coast of Kona, Hawaii, on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, July 20. The squadron was one of several multinational forces...
22 July 2016 Rescue Teams Hone Skills during Pacific Thunder 16-2 OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea –A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are making low passes over mountaintops, providing covering fire for two HH-60 Pave Hawks carrying Air Force rescue teams as they all coordinate to find pilots down behind enemy lines. A distress call is heard on the radio over the roaring of...
21 July 2016 Second Rim of the Pacific Sinking Exercise Concludes PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Live fire from ships and aircraft participating in Rim of the Pacific 2016 sank the decommissioned USS Crommelin (FFG 37) July 19 in waters 15,000 feet deep and 55 nautical miles north of Kauai, Hawaii.RIMPAC units, including the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate Her...
21 July 2016 Tiger Balm 2016 Kicks Off on Oahu with Focus on Partnership WAIMANALO, Hawaii - Soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Broncos," 25th Infantry Division; 29th Brigade Combat Team, Hawaii Army National Guard; and the 9th Infantry Brigade, 6th Division, Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) held an opening ceremony for Tiger Balm 16 at the 298th Regiment,...
21 July 2016 74th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Co. Wins USARPAC Team of the Year Competition Two Years Running SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - The best U.S. Army-Pacific Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams gathered together July 11-15, here, to compete in the annual EOD Team of the Year (TOY) competition hosted by 8th Military Police Brigade's 303rd EOD Battalion. The weeklong event showcased USARPAC's best...
21 July 2016 USS Shoup Hosts Congressional Staff Members The crew of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) welcomed six staff members of various congressional members to observe underway operations, during Rim of the Pacific 2016, July 18th.The staff members arrived aboard Shoup in an MH-60S helicopter from the Nimitz-class...
21 July 2016 Military Sealift Command, USARPAC Voyage through Pacific Pathways SATTAHIP, Thailand (July 20, 2016) -- Despite continued conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere, the U.S. remains committed to a refocus of strategic priorities to the Pacific region. While long-running conflicts and territorial disputes dominate regional issues in the Pacific, each military...
21 July 2016 Under Secretary of the Navy Visits Newest Amphib during RIMPAC PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Live fire from ships and aircraft participating in Rim of the Pacific 2016 sank the decommissioned USS Crommelin (FFG 37) July 19 in waters 15,000 feet deep and 55 nautical miles north of Kauai, Hawaii. RIMPAC units, including the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate Her...