ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Near dawn, it hovers 500 feet in the air. Its low hum is inaudible to those on the ground beneath it. Silently it watches, waiting for the tropical sun to rise above the horizon. The first rays of light are broadcast over Pacific waves, and touch the shell covered...

KORAT, Thailand -- Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Inf. Division, and their counterparts from the 23rd Inf. Reg., 4th Bat., Royal Thai Army, officially started Exercise Hanuman Guardian 20 (HG 20) at an opening ceremony Feb. 24, 2020 at Camp Friendship in Korat,...

LAEM CHABANG, Thailand -- Ships from the America Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) arrived with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) for port visits to Thailand in preparation for exercise Cobra Gold 2020, Feb. 22.Cobra Gold is a Thailand and United States co-sponsored Combined Joint...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from Yokota Air Base welcomed four Air Mobility Command C-130J’s from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, as part of a capstone exercise Feb. 8-19, 2020.“Yokota has a very unique AOR,” said Capt. John Walitsch, 61st AS C-130J pilot. “By the 61st flying out, we get...

LAEM CHABANG, Thailand -- U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), along with the embarked 7th Fleet staff, arrived in Laem Chabang, Thailand, for a scheduled port visit as part of their continuing mission of relationship-building in the Indo-Pacific region.The visit gives the combined Blue...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from Kadena Air Base, Japan, executed a training exercise on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Feb. 21, 2020, in cooperation with Airmen from the 317th Airlift Wing from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and MCAS Futenma Marines to sharpen 18th Wing Airmen’s force...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Division said their final farewells before heading to Thailand to participate in Pacific Pathways. Pacific Pathways is an operation conducted by U.S. Army Pacific that deploys personnel and material to support security cooperation exercises...

OKINAWA, Japan -- Air and Missile Defense in the Pacific theater is an ever present and growing focus in the National Defense Strategy. Each year, the Resilient Shield exercise partners units in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Joint and bilateral networks that provide for the common defense...

PACIFIC OCEAN -- Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) and amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) along with U.S. Marines welcomed aboard Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment soldiers in support of Exercise Iron Fist...

FORT MEADE, Md. -- As Army leaders look toward the next steps in modernizing the force, they stressed the importance of working with allied partners both in Europe and in Southeast Asia. In the midst of a $178 billion fiscal year 2021 budget proposal, the Army plans to expand its competitive...