SOUTH CHINA SEA -- Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70 held a change of command ceremony, Sept. 29, in the hangar bay of America’s flagship, the forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).Rear Adm. George M. Wikoff assumed command of CTF 70, the U.S. Navy’s largest battle force, from...

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- “We should take pride in our force and recent operational successes,” General David H. Berger, 38th Commandant of the Marine Corps, wrote recently in his planning guidance, “But the current force is not organized, trained, or equipped to support the naval force –...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Group One conducted a successful test of their high-frequency communications system today by transmitting from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage to EOD Mobile Unit One operating over 2,000 miles away in Adak, Alaska, as part of...

SANTA RITA, Guam -- The U.S. and Republic of Singapore navies will come together in Guam beginning Sept. 27 for Pacific Griffin 2019, the most advanced naval training between the two nations in their longstanding maritime partnership.Pacific Griffin is a two-week maritime exercise conducted in the...

CAMP KENJUN, Japan -- U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Viet X. Luong, commander, U.S. Army Japan, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Lt. Gen Takashi Motamatsu, commander, JGSDF Western Army, closed out Orient Shield (OS) 2019 with their closing ceremony remarks Sept. 24, 2019, Camp Kengun, Japan.OS19...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Streaking across the sky at a neck-breaking 900 mph, United States Air Force F-15C Eagles have been training in the skies above and around Okinawa for 40 years.Both U.S. and Japanese F-15s are in the air daily keeping security interests safe from competition.The F-15C Eagle...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- “To generate combat power from a number of locations to create dilemmas for an adversary...I just need a runway, a ramp, a weapons trailer, a fuel bladder, and a pallet of [meals, ready to eat],” said Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander. “That’s maybe a little...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned the newest Hawaii-based 154-foot Fast Response Cutter in Honolulu, Thursday.“There is no greater reflection of the commandant’s strategic vision and commitment than the fact that as we commission the William Hart today, it will be the fifth Coast...

SASEBO, Japan -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85), assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, led the commencement of Exercise Malabar 2019, Sep. 25, in port Sasebo.An annual, multinational, naval field training exercise, Malabar is designed to improve the...

SEOUL, Republic of Korea -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday visited the Republic of Korea (ROK) to engage with U.S. Sailors and ROK national and naval leadership, Sept. 25.During the visit, Gilday met with Minister of Defense Jeong Kyeong-doo and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Sim...