16 June 2022 Moody Airborne Extensible Relay Over-Horizon Network Enhances Partner Nations’ Airpower MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFNS) -- Gaining air superiority requires cutting-edge technologies. Since January, a team from the 81st Fighter Squadron at Moody Air Force Base has been working with four partner nations to integrate combat data networks into each country’s uniquely developed...
16 June 2022 Thousands of Fijians to Benefit from Essential Health Equipment through USAID/UNICEF Partnership SUVA, U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu -- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), have handed over essential health equipment to the Fijian Ministry of Health and Medical...
16 May 2022 Alaska Guard Provides Flood Assistance to Manley Hot Springs JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska National Guard is helping the Interior Alaska community of Manley Hot Springs recover from flooding from the Tanana River.An Alaska National Guard task force of five Soldiers departed Fairbanks May 12 for Manley Hot Springs after the region...
09 May 2022 Arctic Partnerships Vital to Regional, National Security, Commanders Say WASHINGTON -- Alaska plays a central role in the U.S. integrated deterrence strategy regarding the defense of North America, Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck said.VanHerck, the commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, held a virtual Pentagon press briefing...
29 April 2022 Alaska State Defense Force: A tradition of homeland protection JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- In northern Wasilla up a dirt road, dusty in the summer and slick with ice in the winter, there are two buildings belonging to the state of Alaska. In the smaller building, a uniformed group sits around a conference table with their laptops and notepads...
20 April 2022 402nd Supports Alaska’s Inaugural Regional Combat Training Center Rotation FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska -- Army Field Support Battalion-Alaska ( AFSBn-Alaska) supported the first Large Scale Combat Operation training in Alaska since 1989. The U.S. Army’s first Regional Combat Training Center rotation in Alaska was designed to increase the Arctic proficiency of all units...
07 April 2022 USS America Holds Change of Command SASEBO, Japan -- Capt. Ken Ward, sixth commanding officer of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, USS America (LHA 6), turned over command to Capt. Shockey Snyder in a ceremony aboard America, April 7.The ceremony was held on the ship’s flight deck, with Capt. Greg Baker,...
14 March 2022 Ambassador to Japan Visits Oshima Islanders and Marines to Commemorate 3.11 OSHIMA ISLAND, Kesennuma, Japan -- The U.S. Ambassador to Japan marked the 11-year anniversary of the March 11, 2011 disaster in Northeast Japan with a visit to the island of Oshima, meeting U.S. Marines and islanders united by Operation Tomodachi.For his first trip outside of the Tokyo area,...
24 February 2022 Polish Airman solves WWII mysteries OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- During WWII, Poland lost the highest percentage of overall population and Jewish citizens compared to any other country in the world – 6 million people, including 90% of Polish Jews, were senselessly murdered.This tumultuous history can still be felt today and...
18 February 2022 March Brings Joint Pacific Multi-national Readiness Center Exercise to Fort Greely, Donnelly Training Area FORT GREELY, Alaska -- Recognizing that dynamic security challenges demand dynamic training environments, remote, Interior Alaska and the Donnelly Training Area are being called upon to host Joint Pacific Multi-national Readiness Center exercise 22-02 March 7-27.This exercise will provide the Army,...