DARWIN, NT, Australia -- U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin in collaboration with Australian Army Soldiers completed Exercise Koolendong 2019 in the Northern Territory of Australia in August.Exercise Koolendong, conducted at Mount Bundey Training Area from 21-29 August, was a...

CAMP FOSTER, Japan -- CAMP FOSTER, Japan -- September is Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month. Marine Corps Community Services Behavioral Health Branch Community Counseling Program on Marine Corps Installation Pacific, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler will be hosting a variety of events...

SANTA RITA, Guam (NNS) – Expeditionary forces from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States completed Exercise HYDRACRAB 2019, Aug. 31. HYDRACRAB was a first-of-its-kind quadrilateral exercise with key partner nations, which began Aug. 19 and spanned two weeks. The exercise aimed to...

SATTAHIP, Thailand (NNS) - The U.S. Navy and maritime forces from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will begin the first ASEAN-U.S. Maritime Exercise (AUMX) with opening ceremonies at Sattahip Naval Base, Thailand Sept. 2...

DODIKLATPUR, Indonesia -- U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division and their Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD Indonesia Armed Forces) counterparts celebrated several first-ever successes as Exercise...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The 599th Transportation Brigade and partners uploaded 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division cargo and equipment onto the USNS Brittin here Aug. 9-11 for shipment to Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana."Divisions normally do not deploy as a single element,"...

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea -- A hemorrhagic stroke can occur one of two ways. A blood vessel will rupture and cause blood to pool within the brain, or a vessel will break and cause blood to accumulate between the brain and the skull.Both ways, the former known as intracerebral and the latter as...

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, participated in Central Training Area High Mobility Artillery Rocket System field training exercise, known as CTA HIMARS, on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, from Aug. 15-30, 2019.During the field...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, director, Air National Guard, visited with 176th Wing Guardsmen at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Aug. 26 and 27.The director is responsible for formulating, developing and coordinating all policies, plans and programs affecting...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- In an effort to increase the lethality of the warfighter, the Air Force (AF) announced earlier this year that the 30-year-old M9 pistol would be put to rest and that the new workhorse, the Sig Sauer M18 pistol, would be taking its place.The 36th Security Forces...