26 July 2019 U.S. Coast Guard, Partners from New Zealand, Australia, France Conduct International Mass Rescue Exercise off Oahu HONOLULU, Hawaii -- As part of the 8th Pacific Regional Maritime Search and Rescue workshop in Hawaii, the U.S. Coast Guard hosted a joint static display and on-the-water demonstration Wednesday on the westside of Oahu.Partners simulated a response to a vessel in distress during a mass rescue...
26 July 2019 Royal Australian Air Force and US Air Force Technicians on the Tools Together Australia -- For the first time, No. 36 Squadron (36SQN) has worked to get United States Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemasters back into the air under a new cross-servicing arrangement.Technicians from 36SQN were able to assist the crews of two USAF C-17As on separate tasks in Australia.The work came...
26 July 2019 Wasp Amphibious Ready Group ends Talisman Sabre with Australia Port Visits BRISBANE, Australia -- The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived in Brisbane for a scheduled port visit July 26 after completing Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019.Along with Wasp, USS Green Bay (LPD 20) and USS Ashland...
26 July 2019 Singaporean Airmen Complete Deployment to Guam JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The Republic of Singapore Air Force completed its training deployment to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam on July 15, after deploying six F-16 fighters, one G550 Airborne Early Warning aircraft and approximately 150 personnel June 13.This deployment provided...
26 July 2019 Stryker Brigade Combat Team Soldiers Bolster Relationships through Pacific Pathways WASHINGTON -- More than 600 Soldiers with the 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat team helped build readiness and strengthen partnerships in Thailand, the Philippines and Palau, in support of Pacific Pathways 19-1."Our mission was to deploy to the Pacific area of operations and accompany with other I Corps...
26 July 2019 HSC-25 Rescues Distressed Sailor at Sea ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The Guam-based “Island Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 responded to a civilian in distress aboard a sail boat, June 24.U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam notified HSC-25 after the civilian utilized a satellite phone to request assistance. The Sailor was...
26 July 2019 U.S. Marines Reach 2,500 in Darwin for First Time DARWIN, NT, Australia -- Marine Rotational Force – Darwin achieved a major milestone this week with the arrival of additional Marines, reaching 2,500 for the first time in accordance with the Force Posture Initiatives.This increase in MRF-D personnel is a tangible demonstration of the United States’...
25 July 2019 U.S. Marines Complete Simulated Combined Amphibious Assault, Reconnaissance Raid in Bowen, Australia BOWEN, QLD, Australia (USS Wasp, At Sea) -- U.S. Marines, Australian Soldiers, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Members conducted multi-national simulated amphibious mechanized and direct-action raids in Bowen, Australian as a part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 19, July 22 and 23.Assault amphibious...
25 July 2019 KC-10s Keeps US and Australian Forces Dominating the Skies in Talisman Sabre 19 BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA -- Throughout the duration of Talisman Sabre 19 (TS19), a biannual exercise on the east coast of Australia, nearly 300 U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircraft participated in major air operations. Out of those aircraft, three provided the fuel...
25 July 2019 Air Education and Training Command Airmen Visit PACAF to Enhance Warfighter Alignment JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Members of the 12th Operations Support Squadron (OSS) and 559th Flying Training Squadron, both assigned to the 12th Flying Training Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, visited Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Headquarters, July 8-10, 2019.The immersion...