20 December 2024 USINDOPACOM Commander Travels to Vietnam, Attends Vietnam International Defence Expo Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, traveled to Vietnam for the first time, Dec. 19, to attend the 2024 Vietnam International Defense Expo...
20 December 2024 Air National Guard Defender Completes Jungle Agile Employment Course The 10-day JACE course, attended by 22 service members from the Air Force, Army, and Marines, was planned and executed by the 36th Contingency Response Group and the 736th Security Forces Squadron, Anderson Air Force Base, Guam. The CRG mission is to advise, defend, construct, connect, and operate...
07 December 2024 Tripler Hospital on Pearl Harbor Day and the Nurses Who Answered the Call World War II became real to many Americans on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, when 350 Japanese planes staged two air attacks on the U. S. military in Pearl Harbor and surrounding bases on Oahu, Hawaii. The attacks that morning took the U.S. Armed Forces by complete surprise...
07 December 2024 Forging Ahead: Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony Honors Past, Passes Legacy to Young Service Members On the 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day in 2021, about 135 World War II veterans attended the observance of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. Last year, fewer than 30 veterans attended Dec. 7 events...
30 November 2024 Loko Iʻa Pāʻaiau Fishpond Inspires Story of Healing and Peace Loko Iʻa Pāʻaiau, the ancient fishpond next to McGrew Point Navy housing that is being restored, was the inspiration for Hoʻoponopono is Harmony, a children’s book written by Thao “Kale‘a ” Le, PhD, MPH in collaboration with Bruce Keaulani, founder and CEO of Living Life Source Foundation...
28 November 2024 CFAS Participates in 80th Anniversary WWII B-29 “Acid Test” Memorial Ceremony Capt. Michael Fontaine, Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo (CFAS), Command Master Chief Alan Benavidez and 12 other CFAS personnel along with citizens of Isahaya, Japan and members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Fleet Air Wing 22 attended a memorial ceremony commemorating the 80th...
23 November 2024 The Serianthes Tree at Ritidian: Leaving Behind a Legacy of Hope Serianthes nelsonii is a tree species found only on Guam and Rota. The CHamoru name for the Serianthes tree on Guam is Håyun lågu, meaning "wood of the north" or "foreign wood," and in Rota, Trongkon guåfi, meaning "fire tree."...
23 November 2024 Sharing the culture, sharing the wealth American and Korean families gathered Nov. 16 to participate in a thousand-year-old tradition that continues to remain relevant today...
21 November 2024 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Holds an On-Camera, On-the-Record Press Briefing in the Philippines U.S. Department of Defense transcript:...
20 November 2024 19th ESC Celebrates 20 years of KAFC The Korean American Friendship Circle (KAFC), now in its 20th anniversary and embarking on its 35th cycle, is a significant program that solidifies the ironclad ROK-US alliance. The KAFC brings together Daegu-area college students and local families with U.S. military Soldiers and their families,...