11 December 2018 Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Pumped for New Fuel Facility JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels management flight hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 6, 2018.The ceremony served as the unveiling of a new state-of-the-art fuel offloading facility called a JP-8...
10 December 2018 U.S. Indo-Pacific Forces Participate in Annual Operation Christmas Drop Santa 21 returned to the “north pole” of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam after delivering three bundles to the island of Nama in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) on Dec. 10, 2018.Among the helpers on board was none other than Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Adm. Phil Davidson. In its...
10 December 2018 Osan Tapped to Assist Balangiga Bell Return OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea – Airmen assigned to the 51st Logistics Readiness Squadron and 731st Air Mobility Squadron assisted in the return of one of three Balangiga Bells the U.S. is returning to the Philippines after more than a century of absence.Secretary of Defense James Mattis notified...
10 December 2018 Fijian Shiprider Joins Coast Guard Aircrew on Patrol SUVA, Fiji -- A Fijian navy shiprider flew with an Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew on patrol over the Fijian Islands, Saturday.“What we were tasked to do is to make sure we can conduct interoperable missions with our Fijian partners,” said Coast Guard Cmdr. Edward Ahlstrand, the...
10 December 2018 Koreans, Americans Join Together in Friendship, Honor Veterans at Annual Event CAMP HENRY, Rep. of Korea -- Remembering our shared past, honoring our Veterans of the Korean War, and joining together as a sign of friendship and cooperation -- that's what the 16th Chilgok Korean-American Friendship Day event was all about, held Dec. 6 at the Chilgok County Chamber of Commerce...
10 December 2018 Dunford Discusses Near-Peer Competition, Keeping U.S. Military Edge WASHINGTON -- Near-peer competition and the United States retaining its military competitive edge were among the issues the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff discussed today in an interview with Washington Post associate editor David Ignatius.The interview – broadcast as part of the Post’s...
10 December 2018 New Type of Marines for a New Battlefield CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- The 7th Communication Battalion held the Activation of Command ceremony for the Defensive Cyberspace Operations Internal Defense Measures (DCO-IDM) Company on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, December 7.DCO-IDM is an information-related capability of III Marine...
07 December 2018 77 Years Later, We Remember PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Early Friday morning, as rain fell softly across the island, a crowd of approximately 2,000 people were focused on one man -- Mr. Everett Hyland. Seventy-seven years ago, Hyland was on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania when it took a direct hit from a 500-pound bomb launched...
07 December 2018 India's Minister of Defence Visits USINDOPACOM Forces in Hawaii Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), Adm. Phil Davidson, hosted India’s Minister of Defence, Nirmala Sitharaman, for her first visit to USINDOPACOM headquarters, Dec. 6. “I was extremely pleased to host the Honorable Minister of Defence, Nirmala Sitharaman here in Hawaii,” said...
07 December 2018 USS John C. Stennis Leverages Logistics Hub in Sri Lanka INDIAN OCEAN -- Taking advantage of a growing naval partnership with Sri Lanka, the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) established a logistics hub in Sri Lanka to receive support, supplies and services at sea.A C-2 Greyhound carrier onboard delivery aircraft accessed the hub’s strategic...