24 July 2014 Fitzgerald Fosters Friendship in Fukuoka Sailors from Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) played basketball with students from The Fukuoka Institute of Technology, July 19, during a goodwill port visit to Fukuoka."No matter what language you speak, sports unite people," said Seaman Zachary Curato, from...
24 July 2014 EOD Community Builds Bilateral Relations "Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole!"After these words are shouted, what is left to hear is the sound of a "KABOOM!" from a nearby explosion slowly overshadowed by the resonating splashes of the morning Pacific Ocean. It is just another day on the job if you ask any of Misawa Air...
24 July 2014 Exercise Malabar 2014 Kicks Off Naval forces from India, Japan and the United States will participate in exercise Malabar 2014, July 24 - 30.Malabar is a complex, high-end warfighting exercise that has grown in scope and complexity over the years. Malabar 2014 is the latest in a continuing series of exercises conducted to advance...
24 July 2014 RIMPAC Promotes Trust, Preparedness, Prosperity RIMPAC 2014 is the world's largest international maritime exercise designed to build cooperative and adaptive partnerships.With 22 participating and six observing nations, this biennial exercise demonstrates America's commitment to preserving and promoting peace in the Indo-Asia- Pacific region...
23 July 2014 96th ARS Refueling Capability Keeps Planes Flying High during RIMPAC 2014 With more than 200 aircraft participating in Rim of the Pacific 2014, the 96th Air Refueling Squadron will play an integral role in this year's exercise.The 96th ARS is partnering with the Hawaii Air National Guard's 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, as well as the 465th Air Refueling Squadron from...
23 July 2014 USS Halsey Makes Guam Port Call, Sailors Volunteer in Community Sailors from Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) volunteered at Inarajan Elementary School in Inarajan, Guam July 18. Halsey made a port call to the island after departing their homeport in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet's area of...
23 July 2014 35th CSSB Hosts Bilateral "Friendship Luau" The "Bilateral Friendship Luau" hosted by the 35th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion on July 19 at the Sagamihara Family Housing Area brought several Camp Zama and Japanese community member together, here.More than 50 guests, including community officials from Sagamihara City, the Japanese...
23 July 2014 Humphreys Soldiers Attend Battle of Cheonan Ceremony A contingent of Soldiers from here joined Cheonan city officials for a ceremony commemorating the 64th Anniversary of the Battle of Cheonan, July 6.Cheonan is a city located about 30 minutes south of here.The annual event, hosted by the Cheonan Chapter of the Korea Freedom Federation, honors the...
22 July 2014 Flagship Blue Ridge Honors Partnership during Visit to Otaru U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) departed Otaru, Japan, after a four-day port visit devoted to boosting U.S.-Japanese ties July 22.During the visit, Blue Ridge crew members, embarked 7th Fleet Staff, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 and Marines from Fleet Antiterrorism Security...
22 July 2014 Rocket Battalion Lights up the Sky Soldiers from 6th Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division conducted a Field Training Exercise June 6 -- 20 at Rocket Valley, near Cheolwon, South Korea. In order to learn what it really means to deter the enemy in combat situations and send...