CAMP FOSTER, Japan - The holiday season is the time of the year set aside to spend with friends, family and loved ones. For the Marines and sailors stationed across Marine Corps Installations Pacific, many of their friends and family members are on the other side of the world, making the holiday...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Fourteen volunteers from Kadena's Top 3 and the 18th Communications Squadron brought a little Christmas cheer Dec. 10, when they visited the Midori School-Age Program in Okinawa City. Their visit gave the kids the...

PACIFIC OCEAN -- Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) transferred fuel to dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) during an underway replenishment, Dec. 10. This event was unique in that Boxer is the only ship in the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) with the capability to provide fuel as...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Adm. Scott Swift, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, spoke to more than 100 personnel at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) during a cooperative strategy forum co-hosted by the Chief of Naval Operations Dec. 14. During the forum Swift delivered a...

MANILA, Philippines -- Sailors from the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) gave a presentation on the SUBSAFE submarine quality assurance program and maintenance life cycle planning to sailors from the Philippine Navy on December 11.The exchange took place onboard Emory S. Land and gave both...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Stranded on Mount Sinjar, Iraq, without food, water or medical care, facing starvation and dehydration, and under constant enemy gunfire, more than 40,000 Iraqi Yazidis were saved by a multinational coalition force led by Misawa Air Base F-16C Fighting Falcon pilots during...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The list has been made and checked twice...no, we're not talking about Jolly Old Saint Nicholas and his list of who's been naughty or nice.It's the dedicated men and women of Alaskan NORAD Region that have made the vital preparations necessary to help keep...

IWAKUNI, Japan - Station residents participated in a noncombatant evacuation processing center exercise in IronWorks Gym at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 11, 2015.This exercise practices evacuating endangered personnel in a host-foreign nation to a safe location. Evacuees include...

The 21st year of the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) bilateral exercise series ended Nov. 20 following the successful completion of CARAT Cambodia.Consisting of subject matter exchanges and events, training symposia and at-sea serials, CARAT is the U.S. 7th Fleet’s premier naval...

CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, Japan -- Marines and sailors from 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade worked alongside their counterparts from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Army Dec. 1-11, 2015 to conduct exercise Yama Sakura 69. YS 69 is the largest bilateral command post exercise between the U.S. and...