27 November 2019 Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element Ensures Force Protection during Gryphon Pacific 20-1 KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Editor's note: Due to operations security, Airmen are not fully identified in this story.The dark airfield erupts with activity as an MC-130J Commando II rapidly lands and comes to a halt just after midnight.Exercise Gryphon Pacific 20-1 is in full swing.With the MC-130J’s...
27 November 2019 McCann Assumes Command of DESRON 7 in Singapore SINGAPORE -- Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7 held a change of command ceremony in Singapore, Nov. 22.Capt. Ann McCann assumed command from Capt. Matthew Jerbi of DESRON 7, the Navy's only forward-deployed DESRON in Southeast Asia."It is an honor and a privilege to be your commodore,” said McCann...
27 November 2019 Regional Health Command-Pacific Hosts Pacific Region Medical Command Teams during Fall Symposium JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- Maj. Gen. Dennis P. LeMaster, commanding general, RHC-P and Command Sgt. Maj. Clark Charpentier, senior enlisted advisor, RHC-P, hosted the 2019 Fall commander's symposium November 19-21, at the Club at McChord Field on Joint Base Lewis-McChord.The theme of the...
26 November 2019 Non-commissioned Officer Bilateral Exchange: Growth through Connection KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- This holiday season Team Kadena hosted the 2019 Non-commissioned Officer (NCO) Bilateral Exchange program Nov. 15 – 22, 2019, on Kadena Air Base, Japan.The NCO Bilateral Exchange program consists of U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, and Japanese Self-Defense Force (JSDF) members...
26 November 2019 Iceman Spark Tours University of Alaska Fairbanks, Initiates Innovative Partnership FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- The 354th Fighter Wing’s Iceman Spark executive council toured facilities and spoke with University of Alaska Fairbanks personnel to collaborate toward a stronger relationship.Iceman Spark empowers Airmen to pioneer innovative tools to prepare the warfighter for 21st century...
26 November 2019 Naval Facilities Engineering Command Visits NMCB-5 Seabees during INDOPACOM Deployment OKINAWA, Japan -- Rear Adm. John W. Korka, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, and Force Master Chief Delbert Terrell Jr., Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), visited the U.S. Navy Seabees deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 on board Camp Shields,...
25 November 2019 Hawaii National Guard in Guam for Vigilant Guard 2020 Exercise GUAM - The Hawaii National Guard participated in the final Vigilant Guard disaster response exercise of the year in Guam in late November.Those making the trip included the 93rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (CST) and the Medical Detachment 1 section of its Chemical, Biological,...
25 November 2019 USS Benfold Command Master Chief Presented Top Senior Enlisted Leadership Award WASHINGTON -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Russell L. Smith presented the Delbert D. Black Leadership Award at the U.S. Navy Memorial to Command Master Chief Matthew Lashley, Nov. 20.“He is a leader who clearly empowers Sailors...
25 November 2019 Tiger TRIUMPH: U.S. Sailor Returns to India during Inaugural Exercise VISAKHAPATHNAM, India -- U.S. Marines and Sailors arrived aboard the USS Germantown (LSD 42) in Visakhapatnam, India, Nov. 13, 2019 to make history by participating in the first-ever tri-service exercise Tiger TRIUMPH between the U.S. and Indian. The exercise gave the U.S. and Indian forces the...
25 November 2019 Pacific Tri-Service General Surgeons Perform the First Surgeries at BDAACH U.S. ARMY GARRISON HUMPHREYS, PYEONGTAEK, SOUTH KOREA -- Six military general surgeons (three Army, two Navy, and one Air Force) and an Air Force Physician Assistant performed surgeries together on the opening day of Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital (BDAACH) and Ambulatory Care Center on 15...