05 April 2018 Missile Defense Sensor Managers Push for Excellence JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Soldiers from the 10th and 14th Missile Defense Batteries (MDB) compete for excellence during the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC)Sensor Manager Best Crew Competition conducted here, 26-30 Mar.The Sensor Management Cell (SMC) operators...
04 April 2018 Pacific Partnership 2018 Mission Begins in Palau KOROR, Palau -- Pacific Partnership 2018, the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) preparedness mission, kicked off at the Ngarachamayong Cultural Center in Koror, Palau, April 4.Over 134 military personnel aboard USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) from the U.S...
04 April 2018 Warrior Information Network-Tactical Secure Communications System through Its Paces SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- During a recent field test highlighting the Army's push for more distributed mission command, a 25th Infantry Division brigade successfully held secure communications between light combat vehicles at three sites thousands of miles apart.The teleconference over the...
04 April 2018 New Pipeline Revitalizes Guam Fuel Infrastructure ANDERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- A new $63 million underground pipeline is open for business and increasing military readiness on the U.S. territory of Guam.Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Martin Chapin viewed the completed pipeline project including the filter...
04 April 2018 673d Civil Engineer Group Fire Emergency Services Wins 2017 Air Force Award JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 673d Civil Engineer Group Fire and Emergency Services won the Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Ralph E. Sanborn Fire Department of the Year Award for a large department March 20, 2018.These awards recognize all Air Force fire and emergency services...
03 April 2018 PP18 Enhances Interoperability with Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Seminar BENGKULU, Indonesia -- Service members supporting Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18) exchanged knowledge and experience with colleagues from the Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) and the Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah (BPBD), a local Indonesian disaster management agency, at a humanitarian...
03 April 2018 Theodore Roosevelt Arrives in Singapore for Port Visit SINGAPORE -- Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), with embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), and guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) arrived in Singapore for a regularly scheduled port visit, April 2."It is great to be back in the...
03 April 2018 PP 18 Officially Starts with Ceremony in Indonesia BENGKULU, Indonesia -- Service members assigned to Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) made the first official Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18) mission stop in Indonesia where they participated in a two-part opening ceremony, April 2.The morning began with a celebration in the...
03 April 2018 Ambassador Fitzpatrick from Timor Leste Remarks on the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Maritime Police Unit Pier Timor Leste -- To His Excellency Minister of Defense and Security Jose Agustinho Somotxo, local & national government partners, community members, and of course, the U.S. Navy Seabees. Good morning.I am happy to be here with all of you today for the official opening of the Maritime Police Unit’s...
02 April 2018 Pacific Partnership Concludes in Yap, Continues Onward to Palau YAP, Federated States of Micronesia -- Pacific Partnership 2018, the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) preparedness mission, concluded aboard the expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) in Yap, April 1.More than 130 military personnel...