07 December 2018 Exercise Forest Light 19.1 Press Release OITA, Japan -- Approximately 260 Okinawa-based U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Ground Self Defense Force personnel will begin the semi-annual bilateral exercise Forest Light 19.1 from Dec. 7 - 19, 2018 in the Oita Prefecture of Japan. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, forward-deployed to...
07 December 2018 Ronald Reagan Strike Group Conducts Cooperative Deployment alongside JMSDF in Philippine Sea PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Ronald Reagan Strike Group and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 181) conducted a cooperative deployment while operating in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 28-Dec. 5.Hyuga is a helicopter destroyer assigned to Commander, Escort Division 3. During the...
07 December 2018 America Bids Goodbye to President George H.W. Bush WASHINGTON -- Eulogies hailed former President George Herbert Walker Bush as both a great and a good man at a state funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral here today.The nation’s 41st president died Nov. 30 at the age of 94. President Donald J. Trump and former presidents Barack Obama,...
07 December 2018 Joint Task Group-Saipan Begins Redeployment of Forces SAIPAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands -- Service members supporting recovery efforts caused by one of the worst storm systems to ever hit U.S. soil since the 1930s began redeploying back home, Nov. 28-29.A little more than one month after Super Typhoon Yutu devastated the Commonwealth...
04 December 2018 USS Chief Completes Mine Warfare Exercise with Japanese, Australian Naval Forces SASEBO, Japan -- The mine countermeasures ship USS Chief (MCM 14) participated in Mine Warfare Exercise 3JA 2018, Nov. 24-27. 3JA is an annual exercise series that is designed to increase proficiency in mine countermeasure operations between the U.S. Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and this...
04 December 2018 USARPAC Commanders Conference; Competing in the Pacific HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Top U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) senior leaders and their spouses gathered at Fort Shafter, Hawaii for the biannual Commanders Conference, Nov. 28-29 2018.The two-day conference included key note speakers, strategists and military panels to help build a unified concept throughout...
04 December 2018 Coast Guard, Honolulu City and County Complete Successful Response Exercise Off Oahu HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, Honolulu Fire Department, Honolulu Police Department, and Oahu Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services concluded a successful two-day search and rescue exercise in the vicinity offshore from Ko'olina to Kahe Point."The exercise went very well,"...
03 December 2018 Navy Joins the Nation in Mourning Loss of Former President, Sailor George H.W. Bush WASHINGTON -- Among America’s few seafaring presidents, former President George H.W. Bush passed away Nov. 30 at his Houston, Texas home at the age of 94.“Today, I join the Navy-Marine Corps team, our Nation, and the world in mourning the loss of President George H. W. Bush. Navy Pilot. Congressman...
03 December 2018 Pacific Air Forces Airmen, B-52s Arrive in Australia for Combined Training JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Pacific Air Forces deployed aircrew, support Airmen and two B-52 Stratofortress bombers to Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Darwin to conduct combined exercises and training with their Australian counterparts Nov. 29 to Dec. 9, 2018.The deployment...
03 December 2018 USS Barry Completes Dry Dock Period in Japan YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) left the dry dock at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, and concluded a routine Docking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA), Dec. 3.Barry began its DSRA period November 2017 at the Navy's Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional...