18 December 2024 Army and Marine Corps Team Up for Training in Okinawa The U.S. Army’s 5th Transportation Company, part of the 765th Transportation (Terminal) Battalion under the 10th Support Group, joined the Marine Corps in a combat training exercise on Dec. 12 at White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa, Japan...
18 December 2024 Strengthening partnerships under the waves: URC and UUVGRU 1 practice undersea rescue fundamentals with the Peruvian Navy On the surface, Sailors assigned to the Undersea Rescue Command (URC) and Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Group ONE (UUVGRU-1) received a notification of a disabled submarine (DISSUB) in need of assistance...
16 December 2024 Military Police train during Yama Sakura 87 U.S. Army military police (MP) with the 382nd Military Police Detachment and 422nd Military Police Company, both with 96th Military Police Battalion, 11th Military Police Brigade, flew halfway across the globe this December to support Yama Sakura 87, an annual trilateral training exercise involving...
16 December 2024 Largest Yama Sakura exercise concludes; solidifies lasting commitment to regional security Yama Sakura 87 comes to an end with service members from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, the Australian Defence Force, and America’s First Corps gathering to take part in the event’s closing ceremony held at Camp Asaka, Japan, Dec. 14...
14 December 2024 Marine Corps Community Service hosts Okinawa Comic Con | 2024 Over 4,000 Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) personnel, service members, and local Japanese residents participated in Comic Con Okinawa 2024 at Camp Foster from Dec. 7-8. The two-day comic convention featured voice actor panels, booths, merchandise vendors, cosplay competitions, costume workshops,...
12 December 2024 Strengthening U.S.-Malaysia partnership in air defense The Western Air Defense Sector and Royal Malaysian Air Force 320 Squadron, Control and Reporting Center 1, recently strengthened their ties through a Sister Squadron Agreement exchange emphasizing collaboration in air defense for the South China Sea region...
12 December 2024 305th says ‘Can Do!’ to Japan Air Self-Defense Force interoperability training The Japan Air Self-Defense Force visited Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst from Dec. 9 - 11, 2024, for a subject matter expert exchange designed to enhance interoperability with U.S. Air Force KC-46A aircraft units...
10 December 2024 Readiness Doesn’t Rest: Multilateral Maintenance Powers OCD 24 Whether they’re under the glow of floodlights cutting through the Pacific night, or bathing in the rays of the tropical Guam sun, maintainers from the U.S. Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force are working side by side as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2024 to ensure C-130Js delivering bundles...
09 December 2024 U.S. Marine Rotational Force and Singapore Armed Forces Launch Annual Valiant Mark Exercise The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia (MRF-SEA) commenced Exercise Valiant Mark 2024 in a ceremony today at Bedok Camp, Singapore...
07 December 2024 Tripler Hospital on Pearl Harbor Day and the Nurses Who Answered the Call World War II became real to many Americans on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, when 350 Japanese planes staged two air attacks on the U. S. military in Pearl Harbor and surrounding bases on Oahu, Hawaii. The attacks that morning took the U.S. Armed Forces by complete surprise...