MAJURO, Republic of the Marshall Islands -- Pacific Partnership 2019, the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific, kicked off with an opening ceremony and reception aboard the Military Sealift Command expeditionary...

CAMP AQUINO, Philippines -- Filipino Soldiers from the country's K9 Battalion and Soldiers from the U.S. Army train together to learn each other's military working dog training techniques on March 6, 2019 during exercise Salaknib. Training together allows U.S. forces and host countries to build...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Eielson held a major accident response exercise to better prepare the base for possible aircraft incidents March 6-7, 2019.“This exercise scenario involved a mid-air collision resulting in a downed aircraft,” said Master Sgt. Bradley Moore, 354th Fighter Wing...

APRA HARBOR, Guam -- USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723) conducted a mobile logistics demonstration with the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14) in Apra Harbor, Guam March 11 in the first of many evolutions designed to evaluate supply ships’ ability to sustain submarine...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Approximately 2,300 enlisted service members live at Misawa Air Base with an opportunity to interact face-to-face with their local Japanese neighbors.On March 6, The Japan-American Air Force Goodwill Association recognized Airman 1st Class William Raley, a 610th Air Control...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The exercise scenario for the final week of COPE North 2019 evolved from a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operation to combat air operations after an aggressive nation downed a friendly aircraft. This brought about a combined effort from three nations...

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii -- On March 5, Regional Health Command-Pacific hosted the Singapore Armed Forces during a visit to the Dental Health Command-Pacific. DHC-P's commander, Col. David Mott and Command Sgt. Major, Johnnathan Quaye provided Col. (Dr.) Gabriel Chong, second People's Defence Force...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Protecting military assets is important to all jobs in the Air Force, and one career field takes it a step further in trying to predict the future.While not always 100 percent accurate, the 8th Operations Support Squadron weather team is able to forecast...

TOKYO, Japan -- Japan Engineer District celebrated Engineer Week differently this year. This year, along with United States Forces Japan and the Japanese Ministry of Defense, hosted the Bilateral Senior Engineer Conference (BSEC) February 20-22 at the New Sanno Hotel, Tokyo, Japan."This conference...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- “Lead from the front,” responded retired Col. Bruce Hunt when asked about his leadership philosophy. Sitting in front of a P-40 static display, an aircraft he flew many missions on, Hunt recalls details of his time as a pilot like it was yesterday. Hunt is...