NEW YORK -- The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed New York City today, April 30, after supporting the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 response efforts to New York and New Jersey residents during the coronavirus outbreak.USNS Comfort has been at Pier 90 in New York City for a month,...

WASHINGTON -- While the private sector suffers from social distancing and the effects of illnesses and forced shutdowns related to COVID-19, the U.S. military must continue to do its job. And though it’s too early to tell if challenges with employment among civilians have driven more people to...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The 8th Fighter Wing safety office helps commanders deter complacency and preserve personnel, equipment and resources while maintaining combat readiness and proficiency.“We are not an enforcement agency,” said Master Sgt. Cas Caruso, 8th FW safety...

NAVAL BASE GUAM -- Hundreds of Sailors began the transition from quarantine and isolation to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) April 29, as the ship prepares to return to sea after a bow-to-stern deep cleaning process.More than 4,000 Sailors who tested negative for COVID-19 have...

EIELSON AFB, Alaska -- The Air Force’s first combat-coded F-35A Lightning II wing is sending aircraft to the Air Force’s newest F-35A wing to help speed their stand-up.Today, four F-35A Lightning IIs from Hill’s 388th Fighter Wing took off on a four-hour flight across the Pacific Northwest for...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --As many face hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic, JBPHH Airmen are helping the local Hawaiian community.Tech. Sgt. David Westerdale, 8th Intelligence Squadron Electronic Intelligency Analysis non-commissioned officer in charge, is leading the JBPHH...

PHILIPPINE SEA – The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard ships of the America Expeditionary Strike Group completed a series of sequential operations rehearsing naval expeditionary and Marine Air-Ground Task Force maneuver from Guam to Okinawa, Japan, March 21-28.The Marine Corps’ 31st MEU and...

POHNPEI, MICRONESIA, Federated States Micronesia -- U.S. Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5’s Detail Pohnpei completed the first set of eight head and shower facilities to assist the local government in a proactive response to the COVID-19 outbreak April 21.Additional...

SAN DIEGO -- As part of the Navy’s aggressive response to the COVID-19 outbreak on board the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100), the ship will arrive at Naval Base San Diego April 28 to provide medical care for its Sailors and to clean and disinfect the ship.“Sailors have called San Diego...

BREMERTON, Wash. - The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap, April 27.While underway, Nimitz will participate in a composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX is an intensive exercise designed to fully integrate units of a carrier strike group (CSG), while...