23 April 2018 Marines Land Down Under for Marine Rotational Force - Darwin 2018 DARWIN, NT, Australia -- Approximately 1,500 Marines have arrived and are scheduled to participate in the next iteration of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 2018 at Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, April 23.MRF-D is a six month rotation that started as an agreement between former...
23 April 2018 Brunswick Arrives in Malaysia for Pacific Partnership TAWAU, Malaysia -- Sailors participating in Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18) aboard Military Sealift Command expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) made their third stop of the mission in Tawau, April 21.Pacific Partnership, now in its 13th iteration, is the largest annual...
23 April 2018 Mattis Welcomes Japanese Counterpart, Discusses Regional Security WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis met with Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera of Japan at the Pentagon today.In a statement summarizing the meeting, Pentagon officials said the two leaders discussed ways to further strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance, and positively noting the increasing...
23 April 2018 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Returns Home after Historic Deployment WHITE BEACH NAVAL FACILITY, Okinawa, Japan (April 21, 2018) -- The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Amphibious Squadron 11, embarked aboard the ships of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, completed Spring Patrol 2018 - a regularly-scheduled patrol of the Indo-Pacific region - and have returned...
23 April 2018 Reservists Provide Medical Care for Underserved Regions of Alaska through Arctic Care 2018 KOTZEBUE, Alaska -- A joint and multinational contingent of Reservists kicked off Arctic Care 2018, an Innovative Readiness Training Exercise based out of Kotzebue, Alaska, April 16.Reservists of all branches of the Armed Forces, along with the Alaska National Guard and Canadian military, will...
23 April 2018 Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy's Executive Leadership Symposium Makes First Stop in Japan YOKOSUKA, Japan -- U.S. Pacific Fleet Master Chief led command master chiefs from units across the forward deployed naval forces in the first overseas MCPON Executive Leadership Symposium, April 18-20, on Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka.Fleet Master Chief James Honea, U.S. Pacific Fleet's top...
20 April 2018 U.S., Australia Enhance Interoperability during Sentry Aloha 18-2 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Approximately 780 Airmen and 30 aircraft from U.S. Air National Guard and U.S. Air Force Reserve units across 7 states trained alongside airmen from Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) No. 42 Wing during exercise Sentry Aloha 18-2 as part of the Enhanced Air...
20 April 2018 Joint Communications Training: Soldiers, Airmen Make the Connection ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The ability to communicate with others instantly, anywhere in the world, is increasingly a part of everyday life.What is less visible to the casual observer are the ever-expanding networks of wired and wireless connections that lay the foundation for the...
20 April 2018 Balikatan 34-2018 MANILA, Philippines -- The Government of the Philippines has invited U.S. forces to train alongside the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the 34th iteration of Balikatan (BK), from May 7 to 18, at multiple locations in Luzon.Philippine and U.S. forces began community engagement activities in...
20 April 2018 25th Infantry Division Aids Relief Efforts on Island of Kauai SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Using two CH-47 Chinook helicopters, Tropic Lightning aircrews from Company B, 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade joined the State of Hawaii and County of Kauai's multi-agency relief effort Monday morning."As America's Pacific Division,...