19 July 2019 USAF, JGSDF Conduct Jump Training, Strengthen Yokota Interoperability YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Since the exercise Keen Sword 19 last year, Airmen from the 374th Operations Group, Yokota Air Base, and Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, 1st Airborne Brigade, kept a focus on strengthening ties between the two by executing airborne proficiency operations...
19 July 2019 USS Stethem Arrives at New San Diego Homeport SAN DIEGO -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) arrived at its new homeport, Naval Base San Diego, July 18, following 14 years of forward-deployed service in the Indo-Pacific region operating from Japan.While in San Diego, Stethem will undergo a planned maintenance and modernization...
19 July 2019 ROK Army Delegation Visits 8th TSC for Logistics Coordination Council JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii -- A delegation from the Republic of Korea Army visited the 8th Theater Sustainment Command July 16, for a Logistics Coordination Council (LCC).The visit provided an opportunity for both armies to gain a better understanding of each other's capabilities and how...
19 July 2019 National Guard Rescue Team Saves Two Hikers at Penguin Peak JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska National Guard, in a joint effort between the Army Guard's 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation and the Air Guard's 212th Rescue Squadron, saved two hikers this morning near Penguin Peak, between Bird Creek and Girdwood in the Chugach Mountain Range.One...
18 July 2019 U.S. Servicemen Killed During Battle of Tarawa to be Returned to United States WASHINGTON -- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announces that the remains of at least 22 servicemen, killed during the battle of Tarawa in World War II, are being returned to the United States in an Honorable Carry Ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 17.The Battle...
18 July 2019 Pacific Air Forces Commander Highlights 75th Anniversary of Command JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, wrote a memo to Airmen stationed throughout PACAF, commemorating the command's 75th anniversary:The Far East Air Forces (FEAF), or PACAF as we know it today, celebrates 75 years of service on August 3, 2019...
18 July 2019 Fighting Tigers Participate in Guam Exercise ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- A P-8A Poseidon aircraft from the “Fighting Tigers” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 8 recently participated in Ship Anti-Submarine Warfare Readiness and Evaluation Measurement (SHAREM) 199, a coordinated Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) exercise off the southern coast of Guam,...
18 July 2019 Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Visits USS Ronald Reagan CORAL SEA -- The Honorable Michael McCormack, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, visited the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) underway in the Coral Sea July 17, during Talisman Sabre 2019.While aboard Ronald Reagan, the Deputy Prime Minister and several other members of the Australian...
18 July 2019 Pacific Century Fellows Tour USS Asheville SANTA RITA, Guam -- Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Asheville (SSN 758) hosted the Pacific Century Fellows Program-Marianas Chapter at Naval Base Guam, July 18.The leadership development program is modeled after the Pacific Century Fellows of Hawaii, with the same objective of developing...
18 July 2019 Kadena Splits 18th Force Support Squadron, Activates 718th FSS KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Kadena Air Base activated a new squadron, the 718th Force Support Squadron, during the 18th Force Support Squadron change of command at Kadena Air Base, July 16, 2019.Col. Thang T. Doan, 18th Mission Support Group commander, presided over the ceremony. He said, “The revised...