KOROR, Palau -- Pacific Partnership 2018, the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) preparedness mission, concluded aboard expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) in the Republic of Palau, April 14.More than 134 military personnel from the...

PELELIU, Palau -- The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps and Japanese Self-Defense Force held a wreath-laying ceremony at the Peleliu Peace Memorial Park to remember the service members who lost their lives at the Battle of Peleliu, April 12.Considered the bitterest battle of World War II for U.S. Marines,...

CHANGI, Singapore – Service members and partner nation personnel participating in Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18) aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), arrived in Changi, Singapore on April 13 for a port call.During the visit, the crew will conduct routine maintenance,...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Team Kadena honored fallen American and Filipino servicemen killed during the Bataan Death March with the 5th annual Bataan Memorial Death March, held April 7, 2018, at Kadena Air Base.The memorial march is held to give participants an idea what servicemembers dealt with...

SAN DIEGO -- Sailors from aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) returned home to Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, April 12, after completing a scheduled three-month deployment.More than 5,000 Sailors from Carl Vinson and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 deployed Jan. 5 to conduct...

FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan -- Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, the first complete Marine air group to be transported by sea to a combat zone, launched from the USS Princeton to the shores of Vietnam, Sept. 1, 1965. Immediately, they began providing troop lifts, air strikes, medical...

WASHINGTON -- Two combatant commanders embrace Mark Twain’s quote: “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”Navy Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., the commander of U.S. Pacific Command, turned the Old Goat Award over to Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, the commander of U.S...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The 599th Transportation Brigade and partners offloaded 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team cargo and equipment from the USNS Mendonca here, April 3-5.The newest member of the 599th's arsenal of total force integration partners was the 931st Expeditionary Terminal Operations...

Bangladesh -- A team of seven Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers traveled to Bangladesh to support exercise Shanti Doot 4 from Feb. 24 to March 12, 2018.The team joined more than 1,000 participants from approximately 30 countries who participated in the annual multinational exercise at the...

CHENNAI, India -- A large and diverse U.S. delegation will attend DEFEXPO 2018, a key defense trade event in India and the region. The delegation will include active duty military officers, government officials, and industry executives – demonstrating the depth and breadth of the commitment of the...