23 February 2022 Fighter Training Enhances Joint Lethality with Hawaii ANG, Navy Reserve JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The Hawaiian skies cleared for Total Force Airmen and Navy Reserve exercise participants as they took part in a first-of-its-kind fighter exercise here January 18-26.While the Hawaii Air National Guard routinely hosts large-scale combat exercises through...
22 February 2022 US Forces, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Participate in Resilient Shield 2022 YOKOSUKA, Japan -- U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Forces will participate in Resilient Shield 2022 from Feb. 21- 25, at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Japan, and other command centers throughout the region.Resilient Shield is an annual computer-based Fleet Synthetic Training-Joint (FST-J)...
22 February 2022 USS Chafee Returns Home to Pearl Harbor after Eight-Month Deployment PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) returned home to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, completing an eight-month deployment with Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 to U.S. 7th and 3rd Fleets, Feb. 19.Chafee departed Pearl Harbor en route to U.S. 7th...
22 February 2022 DoD and Partners Release Combined Space Operations Vision 2031 WASHINGTON -- The United States joins Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom in the joint release of the “Combined Space Operations (CSpO) Vision 2031” today.CSpO is an initiative to address the overarching need to encourage responsible use of space, recognizing...
22 February 2022 Commandant of the Marine Corps and SMMC Visit 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit while Deployed PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David H. Berger, and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, visited the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during a scheduled port visit in Pearl Harbor,...
22 February 2022 611 Air Communications Squadron Conduct Cyber Defense Activities in Remote Arctic Location UTQIAGVIK, Alaska -- Stepping off a U.S. Air Force C-12 Huron and into freezing air, four members of the 611th Air Communications Squadron (ACOMS) made their way to one of the most remote radar sites in the country, located 350 miles above the Arctic Circle and just outside the village of...
18 February 2022 March Brings Joint Pacific Multi-national Readiness Center Exercise to Fort Greely, Donnelly Training Area FORT GREELY, Alaska -- Recognizing that dynamic security challenges demand dynamic training environments, remote, Interior Alaska and the Donnelly Training Area are being called upon to host Joint Pacific Multi-national Readiness Center exercise 22-02 March 7-27.This exercise will provide the Army,...
18 February 2022 U.S. 7th Fleet Hosts III MEF for Naval Integration Staff Talks YOKOSUKA, Japan -- U.S. 7th Fleet hosted leadership and staff from III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, for Naval Integration staff talks, February 14-18.The staff talks are held biannually to align Naval Expeditionary Force leadership, discuss future integration...
18 February 2022 Guardsmen Join Forces during Cope North ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The importance Total Force Integration, put into place about 15 years ago, reigned supreme as the 36th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) and the 254 SFS joined forces during exercise Cope North 22.Exercise Cope North 2022 is an annual U.S. Pacific Air Forces...
18 February 2022 U.S. Ambassador to Japan Visits USS Ronald Reagan YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The Honorable Rahm Emanuel, U.S. ambassador to Japan, visited with the crew of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) while the ship was pierside at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Feb. 17.During Emanuel’s time on Ronald Reagan, he...