22 April 2019 735th Air Mobility Squadron Maintainers Open the Gates to the Indo-Pacific JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- They don’t have aircraft of their own, but the Airmen of the 735th Air Mobility Squadron play a key role in mission accomplishment for Air Mobility Command in the Indo-Pacific region.When any AMC aircraft comes through Hickam, the 735th AMS is there.“We...
19 April 2019 Preble Completes Cooperative Deployment with HMAS Melbourne PHILIPPINE SEA – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88), completed a cooperative deployment with the Royal Australian Navy Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05) in the Philippine Sea on Friday, April 19.The two ships rendezvoused for a full day...
19 April 2019 Konetzni Hall: COMSUBRON 15 Dedicates Building to Historic Submariner Piti, Guam (April 19, 2019) – Commander, Submarine Squadron Fifteen formally dedicated Konetzni Hall during a ceremony April 19, in Piti, Guam.The building, named after Vice Adm. (ret.) Albert Konetzni, has served as the CSS-15 and Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific Detachment Guam headquarters...
19 April 2019 HSC-25 provides medical care for mariner at sea following explosion ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (April 19, 2018) – The Guam-based “Island Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 responded to a mariner in distress aboard M/V APL Saipan on April 17.U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam notified HSC-25 that the mariner aboard M/V APL Saipan sustained injuries from...
19 April 2019 30 NCR, III MEF Tighten Naval Engineering Relationship OKINAWA, Japan – The 30th Naval Construction Regiment (30NCR) and III Marine Expeditionary Forces (III MEF) established the Engineers Functional Working Group (EFWG) for the Indo-Pacific Theater, April 18.The EFWG brings synchronization across logistical and operational objectives between the Naval...
19 April 2019 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit gets reps in coordinating supporting arms fires OKINAWA, JAPAN - “As allies, it’s vital that we know how to work together,” says Cpl. Joseph Roche, a joint fires observer with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines. Roche, along with other individuals with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, spent the week conducting...
18 April 2019 USS Stockdale Visits Darwin during 7th Fleet Operations DARWIN, Australia -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) arrived in Darwin, Australia, April 17, for a scheduled port visit.The visit provides Sailors the opportunity to experience Darwin’s culture and explore the outback."My Sailors are looking forward to being in Darwin and...
18 April 2019 8th Theater Sustainment Command Hosts First Ever Pacific Theater Munitions Summit JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii -- More than 40 Pacific based military munitions experts gathered Apr. 4, at the Historic Hickam Officers Club for the first ever Pacific Theater Munitions Summit, hosted by the 8th Theater Sustainment Command.The 8th TSC serves as U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's...
18 April 2019 U.S., ROK Military Members Bond through Martial Arts KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The traditional martial art of Korea is Taekwondo, and members of the United States Forces-Korea got a chance to experience it firsthand with the Republic of Korea (ROK) Army.The Korean Ministry of National Defense (MND) organizes and hosts tours for U.S...
18 April 2019 U.S. Army Garrison Daegu's Shilla Tower Opens to Residents CAMP WALKER, Republic of Korea -- A bright yellow ribbon stretches across the front entrance of the newly finished Shilla tower, also known as Tower One to residents of U.S. Army Garrison Daegu. Pfc. Morgan Villarreal and her husband Roman Villarreal, the first residents of the tower, and other...