08 November 2018 Marianas Strong: Life After Yutu CAPITOL HILL, Saipan -- More than 500 service members from Joint Region Marianas and other units from within Indo-Pacific Command assigned to Task Force-West (TF-W) are providing Department of Defense (DoD) support to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ (CNMI) civil and local officials...
08 November 2018 Richardson/Chief of Naval Operations Works to Strengthen Pacific Contacts, Alliances WASHINGTON -- Personal interactions at all levels underpin U.S. military-to-military relations with nations around the world, but these require care and Navy Adm. John M. Richardson tended to these relations during a recent trip through the Pacific.The chief of naval operations visited the...
08 November 2018 Commander, Task Force-75 Supports Task Force West in Typhoon Recovery Effort SANTA RITA, Guam -- Commander, Navy Expeditionary Forces Command Pacific is executing crisis-response with Task Force West in conjunction with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) efforts to rapidly assist residents of Tinian and Saipan, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,...
07 November 2018 Keen Sword 19: Historic First Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces Jump from USAF C-130Js in Japan YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 36th Airlift Squadron became the first U.S. aircraft to drop Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers on Hiju-dai drop zone, Oita prefecture, Japan, Nov. 4, 2018, during Keen Sword 2019.The JGSDF soldiers with the...
07 November 2018 Royal Thai Air Force, Pacific Air Forces Build Upon Strong Partnership JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Air Force Commander of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., hosted Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF), Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Chaiyapruk Didyasarin, to build upon the strong U.S. – Thailand partnership, at Headquarters...
07 November 2018 Guam National Guard, Navy Join Forces for Relief Efforts NAVAL BASE GUAM, Guam -- Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7 and the 1224th Engineering Support Company, Guam Army National Guard worked together to load heavy equipment vehicles onto the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) for transport to Saipan in support of disaster relief efforts after Super...
07 November 2018 Wild Weasels Engage in Yamada Sub Base Bilateral Exchange YAMADA SUB BASE, Japan -- Airmen with the 35th Fighter Wing visited with their Japanese counterparts from the 37th Surveillance Squadron during a bilateral exchange program, at Japan Air Self-Defense Force Yamada Sub Base, Yamada Town, Japan, Oct. 17 to 26.“Events like the BEP keeps the U.S. and...
07 November 2018 Ceremony Kicks Off Army's 2018 Pacific Regional Trials in Hawaii SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Army officials kicked off the 2018 Pacific Regional Warrior Trials with an opening ceremony Nov. 6 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.The 11-day trials features 11-scheduled disciplines of competition: indoor rowing, swimming, wheelchair tennis, wheelchair basketball,...
06 November 2018 Pacific Army Reserve Typhoon Recovery Efforts Put Needs of Community above All Else SAIPAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands -- Despite their own personal disaster and hardship, Pacific region Army Reserve Soldiers are helping their friends and neighbors, joining the Indo-Pacific and Joint Region Marianas Super Typhoon Yutu recovery. The direct hit from the Category 5+...
06 November 2018 Undersea Rescue Command Completes Submarine Rescue Exercise Off Alaska KETCHIKAN, Alaska -- Undersea Rescue Command (URC) and the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Texas (SSN 775) completed a submarine rescue exercise Oct. 27-31, at the Navy’s Southeast Alaska Acoustic Measurement Facility (SEAFAC) off the coast of Ketchikan.“The exercise demonstrated the Navy’s...