HOKKAIDO, Japan -- U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, and Soldiers from 5th Brigade, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, train to traverse through rough and snowy terrain at exercise Northern Viper 2020, in Hokudaien Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 24,...

WASHINGTON -- Voting season is fast approaching, and the Federal Voting Assistance Program is ready to help service members and families exercise the right to vote."The Federal Voting Assistance Program works to ensure service members, their eligible family members, and overseas citizens are aware...

SOUTH CHINA SEA -- Aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8), Culinary Specialist Seaman Dustin Fontenot’s fingerprints are everywhere. Fontenot can be found in the galley preparing the crew’s dinner, walking through the passageways with black bags full of trash...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The Navy’s first MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have arrived in Guam for their initial deployment in the Pacific theater.Unmanned Patrol Squadron (VUP) 19, the first Triton UAS squadron, will operate and maintain two aircraft as part of an early operational...

WASHINGTON -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday hosted Chief of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Rear Adm. David Proctor, at the Pentagon for a meeting, Jan. 23.The leaders discussed opportunities for greater mutual support in advancing the two nations’ shared values, goals, and...

HOKKAIDO, Japan -- Japan and U.S. armed forces will conduct training exercise Northern Viper at Hokudaien and Yausubetsu Training Areas in the Hokkaido Prefecture of Japan from Jan. 26 to Feb. 8, 2020.The forces will conduct a bilateral, combined arms exercise and live-fire training in conjunction...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- While there are many career paths in the United States Army that are often found in the spot light, there are also many career paths that remain in the shadows, but are of equal importance. Some paths require 24-hour operations, sacrifice in lieu of holidays and extreme attention...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The 18th Aggressor Squadron (AGRS) are leaving Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii after participating in Sentry Aloha 20-1 Jan. 8-22, 2020.Sentry Aloha is an ongoing series of exercises hosted by the Hawaii Air National Guard (ANG) enabling tailored, cost...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), Alaska, hosted the 2020 Commander in Chief’s Installation Excellence Award (CINC IEA) selection board for a site inspection Jan. 12 through 15, 2020.According to the CINC IEA fact sheet, then-President Ronald Reagan...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- Soldiers and airmen here honored Martin Luther King Jr. by completing an overnight 54-mile march--the same distance of the protest march King led from Montgomery to Selma, Alabama, in 1965.More than 120 participants, divided among 10 teams, began the march on the evening of Jan...