YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- For the first time ever, Team Yokota conducted a C-130J assault landing on the Foxtrot taxiway March 26.Foxtrot taxiway was originally used for the legacy C-130H models from 1991 to 2001, after that, Yokota’s airlifters have used the permanently painted hard-surface on the...

LOS ANGELES - The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) accepted its first patients in Los Angeles, March 29, during its support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts.“I couldn’t be more proud of our crew for all the hard work they did to get us here and ready in such a short time,” said Capt. John...

DoD News -- The United States is at war with an invisible enemy in the coronavirus, President Donald J. Trump said from the dock at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, where he and Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper saw off the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort as it left for New York City to join the...

BARRIGADA, Guam (March 23, 2020) -- By direction of Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero, the Guam National Guard was activated March 21, to assist the local government COVID-19 response efforts.More than 40 GUNG Soldiers and Airmen were placed on state active duty to support the Guam Police Department with...

WASHINGTON -- Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James C. McConville and others briefed reporters at the Pentagon today on steps the service is taking in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. They spoke about force health protection, coronavirus testing and how the service...

SAN DIEGO – Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived in Los Angeles, March 27 to support the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts.“The men and women of the USNS Mercy and the United States Navy are honored to be here in Los Angeles supporting FEMA, the state of California,...

WASHINGTON -- Still up and running during the Navy’s stop movement for travel is SkillBridge, a key Department of Defense internship program which allows transitioning service members to participate in job training, internships and apprenticeship opportunities during their last 180 days of...

CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii – Due to concerns for the health and safety of the participating exercise forces and local populations near the planned exercise areas, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command has cancelled Exercise Balikatan 2020 scheduled for May 4-15 in the Republic of the Philippines...

YOKOSUKA, Japan -- To help stop the spread of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) has implemented a broad scope of health protection measures to help keep the disease at bay.In meeting this challenge, CFAY is also introducing a number of novel methods to...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- “Initial success or total failure” is the motto fueling explosive ordnance disposal Airmen to accept nothing less than perfection in and out of uniform.The 35th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) flight’s mission is to clear hazards by locating,...