WASHINGTON -- Todd Bishop started playing Santa Claus a couple years ago as a way to give back during the holidays, but things have changed quite a bit over the past year.With mandatory physical distancing and mask usage in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bishop had to get a little more creative...

SASEBO, Japan -- Two weeks ago the USS America (LHA 6) arrived at Commander, Fleet Activities (CFA) Sasebo bringing a new capability to the Indo-Pacific Region. Thursday, there was a ribbon cutting for the facility that made the homeport shift all possible. Representatives from Japan Engineer...

The midnight sun turned the sky pink as 12 paratroopers from 84th Engineer Support Company, 6th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne), 2d Engineer Brigade, jumped out of a C-17 Globemaster III to land north of the Arctic Circle during multi-component joint Arctic mobility exercise Arctic...

FORT GREELY, Alaska -- Two Soldiers, one serving and one retired, sit in a pickup truck and watch the rising sun slowly illuminate the sprawling wilderness of Fort Greely.It is Sept. 1, the opening day of Alaska's moose hunting season. The cool morning wind gently rustles the leaves of the quaking...

FORT GREELY, Alaska -- The 100th Missile Defense Brigade and the 49th Missile Defense Battalion conducted their most comprehensive and thorough external evaluation to date at Fort Greely Aug. 20-24.Guardian Watch 18, a variation of a biannual event, was an 84-hour exercise that tested the battalion...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Hundreds of National Guard and active-duty counterparts, Canadian military forces and civilian first responders are responding to a simulated large-scale natural disaster during the Arctic Eagle-Patriot 22 (AEP22) exercise Feb. 22-March 9.More than 900 Air and Army National...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Exercise Arctic Eagle-Patriot (APE) 22 is a homeland security and emergency response exercise operating throughout Alaska, hosted by the Alaska National Guard.Large-scale exercises such as AEP22 allow participants to explore capabilities in the context of domestic integration...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Turning wrenches, checking operating systems, safety inspections and ensuring a last line of defense are all part of daily life as a seat shop Marine with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121.Safeguarding pilots on everyday flights through hard work,...

CATC CAMP FUJI, SHIZUOKA, JAPAN -- Located at the base of the highest mountain in Japan, Mount Fuji, is a premier training venue that is put to great use by U.S. armed forces and the Japan Self-Defense Force.Combined Arms Training Center (CATC) Camp Fuji in Shizouka, Japan, provides training...

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii -- Marines from Bravo Company, “Black Sheep,” 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, participated in exercise Spartan Fury 16.4 at Marine corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 6, 2016. Spartan Fury is a pre-deployment exercise in which service members conduct...