CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, participated in Central Training Area High Mobility Artillery Rocket System field training exercise, known as CTA HIMARS, on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, from Aug. 15-30, 2019.During the field...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, director, Air National Guard, visited with 176th Wing Guardsmen at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Aug. 26 and 27.The director is responsible for formulating, developing and coordinating all policies, plans and programs affecting...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- In an effort to increase the lethality of the warfighter, the Air Force (AF) announced earlier this year that the 30-year-old M9 pistol would be put to rest and that the new workhorse, the Sig Sauer M18 pistol, would be taking its place.The 36th Security Forces...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The 69th Expeditionary Bomber Squadron, assigned to Andersen Air Force Base, along with the U.S. Coast Guard and good samaritans aboard the Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System (AMVER) vessel Isl Star, rescued eight mariners aboard the 60-foot...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The 80th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMU) support section was recognized by 8th Fighter Wing leaders for executing innovative new processes that led to the reduction of annual man-hours and misplaced tool incidents.The improvements included an enhanced customer...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Over the past several months the 15th Medical Group (MDG) has worked to reorganize its medical personnel to better serve Airmen, their families and return Airmen to duty quicker.Last month, the 15th MDG completed and opened the new Sky Warrior and Ohana...

DARWIN, Australia (August 27, 2019) -- The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) arrived in Darwin, Australia, for a scheduled port visit, August 27.Land’s arrival in the land “down under” marked the first port call of her 2019 deployment.“I’m grateful we are able to stop in Darwin,” said Capt...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Various stakeholders across the intelligence community participated in a week long planning event hosted by the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) headquarters staff at the 500th Military Intelligence Brigade -- Theater (MIB-T) headquarters, Fukuhara...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The Hawaii National Guard State Partnership Program facilitated an operation design seminar recently in Jakarta, Indonesia. Participants from the Hawaii Army and Air National Guard along with counterparts from Tentara Nasional Indonesia spent five days in a combined lecture and...

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – After three rigorous weeks of obstacle course line-drills, aquatic training, and countless hours of free sparring, six Marines earned their instructor tab signifying they are now Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructors.Marines prepared to embark on the course with...