OKINAWA, Japan -- U.S. Marines with 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, practiced a command and control during exercise, Thunder Field Training Exercise, aboard Camp Hansen’s Central Training Area on Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 18, 2019.This exercise is conducted in order to prepare the Marines and...

SAIPAN HARBOR, Saipan -- Sailors assigned to Navy Cargo Handling Bataillon (NCHB) 1 conduct training operation on the Military Sealift Command’s maritime prepositioning force container, roll-on/roll-off and mobile landing platform ship USNS Dahl (T-AKR 312) Fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter H...

SEWARD, Alaska -- Forces from Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3 and Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Alaska began crises response training in Seward, Alaska, Sept. 16.The event marks the first time critical naval systems like the Amphibious Bulk Liquid Transfer System (ABLTS) have been...

SANTA RITA, Guam -- The Spanish Navy Frigate Mendez Nunez is re-tracing the voyage of the Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation of the world 500 years ago as part of their current deployment that brought them to U.S. Naval Base Guam Sept. 15.Cmdr. Antonio Gonzalez Del Tanago de la Lastra, commanding...

LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- The 61st Fighter Squadron sent seven U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs and three Royal Australian Air Force F-35s to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, for a training capstone, Sep. 6, 2019.The capstone, which concludes Sept. 20, 2019, is the final phase of training for...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Throughout the Pacific Theater, U.S. military units must overcome jungle terrain riddled with cliffs, poisonous creatures, dense foliage yielding mere yards of visibility, and muddy slopes that threaten to launch anyone down 30-foot ravines of twisted roots and jagged...

PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) held a change of command ceremony, Sept. 17, while operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.Capt. Russell Caldwell relieved Capt. Jim L. Storm as the Commanding Officer aboard Antietam. Storm assumed...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Six crew and an NOAA observer are safe following a Coast Guard rescue eight miles off Ko'Olina, Tuesday."We are so pleased to have this crew safe in less than an hour after the initial call," said Lt. j.g. Seth Gross, command duty officer, Coast Guard Sector Honolulu command...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Tamala Hartz, Air Force security forces career field manager, visited Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 9-12 to gather insight on how the security forces mission is accomplished and to get feedback on impacts to...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – Similar to the implementation of the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), the Army is now changing how Soldiers qualify with their weapons, making individual weapons qualification more combat focused beginning October 2019.Soldiers across the 25th Infantry Division with...