15 October 2018 USS Shoup Conducts Fiji Port Visit as Part of Oceania Maritime Security Initiative Deployment SAN DIEGO, California -- Guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) will arrive in Suva as part of the ship’s Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) deployment, Oct. 14.While in Suva, USS Shoup will host a formal reception, highlighting the partnership between the U.S. Navy and country of...
15 October 2018 U.S. Navy Divers Recover Oil from Wrecked WWII Prinz Eugen ENUBUJ ISLAND, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands – U.S. Navy divers from Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 1 aboard U.S. Naval Ship Salvor completed removal of fuel oil from the capsized World War II German cruiser, Prinz Eugen, at Enubuj Island in Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, Oct. 15.In...
15 October 2018 Wild Weasel Maintainers Learn Joint, Multilateral Tactics at Red Flag-Alaska 19-1 EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Maintenance Airmen with the 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan, are applying their maintenance skills and knowledge during exercise RED FLAG-Alaska 19-1 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 4 to 19.Due to the vast air space and minimal limitations in...
15 October 2018 U.S. Military, Japan Self-Defense Force Prepare for Exercise Keen Sword PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Units from the U.S. military and Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) will conduct exercise Keen Sword beginning Oct. 29.The biennial exercise is the latest in a series of joint/bilateral field training exercises since 1986 designed to increase combat readiness and...
15 October 2018 Pacific Ocean Division Partnering with Allies on Topic of Water DAEJEON, South Korea -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Pacific Ocean Division (POD) is bringing nations together on a universal topic - water.More than 40 participants from ten nations attended the 2018 Global Technical Exchange, co-hosted in partnership with POD's Far East District, the...
15 October 2018 Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Celebrates Navy's 243rd Birthday HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Sailors and Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NJROTC) cadets from James Campbell High School participated in a cake cutting ceremony in honor of the Navy’s 243rd birthday, Oct. 12.In 1972, Chief of Naval Operations Zumwalt designated Oct. 13 as the Navy’s official...
12 October 2018 Ronald Reagan Strike Group Joins International Fleet Review JEJU ISLAND, Republic of Korea -- The Ronald Reagan Strike Group, to include USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) and USS Benfold (DDG 65) participated in the Republic of Korea 2018 International Fleet Review near Jeju Island, Republic of Korea (ROK), Oct. 11.“The 2018...
12 October 2018 3rd Marine Division conducts a Combat Assault Battalion Deactivation CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, Japan -- Combat Assault Battalion was activated February 16, 1942 at New River, North Carolina. CAB has been in many locations and went under many names including at 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton CA, as the 1st Amphibian Track Battalion before being reassigned to the...
12 October 2018 Region Health Command-Pacific Will Seek National Accreditation in Public Health HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Beginning this month, the preventive medicine departments across Regional Health Command-Pacific (RHC-P) will kick off a performance improvement and accreditation initiative to position themselves for national accreditation in public health.Unique to the military, is that some...
12 October 2018 Tropic Lightning Soldiers Hone Skills in Warfighter SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division and supporting units participated in Warfighter 19-01 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, from September 30 to October 11.The multi-echelon exercise tested the division’s ability to manage, direct, and synchronize multiple brigades...