TUY HOA, Vietnam -- Senior mission leadership, host nation and partner nation participants attended the closing ceremony of the sixth Pacific Partnership 2019 mission stop in Vietnam at April First Square, May 17.“Throughout our time here, we have strengthened existing friendships and created new...

KOROR, Palau -– Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) conducted a multi-day port visit to Palau, beginning May 15, 2019.During the port visit, Chung-Hoon’s Sailors immersed themselves in the local culture and experience a place with very rich history...

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE DARWIN, Australia -- A contingent from the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS) deployed from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, with a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress in support of the Australian Air Warfare Center-led exercise Diamond Storm May 6-26, 2019.​A focal...

SEOK-EUN-SO, Republic of Korea -- Soldiers with 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team "Bulldog", 1st Armored Division (Rotational), 2nd Infantry Division/ ROK-U.S. Combined Division, conducted a combined bridging exercise across the Imjin-gang River April 21-25.Exercising systems and procedures to bypass...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- 599th Transportation Brigade personnel facilitated offload of U.S. Marine Corps helicopters and equipment from the M/V Green Lake here May 6-7.Members of the 599th joined Marines Corps and Fleet Logistics Center, Pearl Harbor teammates for the vessel discharge."We booked the...

SASEBO, Japan -- Rear Adm. Fred Kacher assumed command of Amphibious Force 7th Fleet from Rear Adm. Brad Cooper during a change of command ceremony aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) May 17.Vice Adm. Phil Sawyer, commander of U.S. 7th Fleet, was the guest speaker during the ceremony...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Yokota Air Base members participated in the week-long readiness exercise Beverly Morning 19-01, May 13-17.The full-scale exercise, which happens multiple times a year, is designed to enhance base readiness through training and practicing skillsets, ensuring the base is...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- Zama American Middle High School's Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps' "Trojan" Battalion welcomed its new cadet commander during a change-of-command ceremony here May 14.Cadet Lt. Col. Maxwell Orlosky, a junior at ZAMHS, said the path to his leadership role was paved with...

GULF OF BENGAL -- Ships from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and U.S. Navy commenced drills with French Navy aircraft carrier, FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91) and its escort ships while sailing through the Gulf of Bengal, May 16.Named after an 18th century...

BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Dennis P. LeMaster, commanding general, Regional Health Command-Pacific visited Thailand, May 13, 2019. During the visit, LeMaster met with Maj. Gen. Promote Imwattana, director general, Royal Thai Army - Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences;...