INDIAN OCEAN – Vice President Mike Pence called the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, Dec. 25.Pence called Nimitz to provide the nearly 5,000 Sailors and Marines aboard with encouragement during a long deployment and wish them happy holidays.“As a strike group, you have done a wonderful job by all...

WASHINGTON -- Todd Bishop started playing Santa Claus a couple years ago as a way to give back during the holidays, but things have changed quite a bit over the past year.With mandatory physical distancing and mask usage in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bishop had to get a little more creative...

PACIFIC OCEAN – The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) completed their sustainment exercise (SUSTEX) and began a scheduled deployment December 23.“Our Sailors worked incredibly hard to make sure we set sail with a healthy, capable, andready crew,” said Capt. Eric Anduze, Theodore...

Army Capt. Rebecca Parrish, an Army nurse who has been serving on the frontlines of health care since the pandemic began, was among a small group of frontline medical professionals who received the first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines at BAMC. "I'm ready to eradicate this virus," said Parrish, a...

SOUTH CHINA SEA - USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the Spratly Islands, consistent with international law. This freedom of navigation operation (“FONOP”) upheld the rights, freedoms, and lawful uses of the sea recognized in international law by challenging...

SUVA, Fiji – Today, the U.S. Ambassador to Fiji Joseph Cella announced the approval of US$100,000 (FJD$204,550) in International Disaster Assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA). These funds will be used to support the...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan - U.S. Airmen from various units in the 35th Fighter Wing conducted a weeklong Agile Combat Employment (ACE) training exercise at Misawa Air Base, Japan, 6 through 11 Dec.Six F-16 Fighting Falcons and a crew of 56 Airmen simulated a mock deployment to an “austere” environment...

PHILIPPINE SEA -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) joined the French Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) for integrated exercises in the Philippine Sea throughout the week.Participants included John S. McCain, the French Navy’s Rubis-class...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Air Force made a special Christmas delivery to people living on some of the most remote islands in the world, airdropping more than 3,200 pounds of cargo as part of its 69th annual Operation Christmas Drop (OCD)."This year is a story of hope," Air Force Tech. Sgt. Lou...

YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Asheville (SSN 758) had the rare opportunity to train with French crew this month, when she conducted a series of at-sea submarine exercises with the Rubis-class nuclear powered submarine (SSN) FS Émeraude.Émeraude and the...