21 March 2018 Leap-ahead Technology to Increase Soldier Readiness in Future Battles WASHINGTON -- For Soldiers, survival depends on out-maneuvering the enemy. While the Army's current fleet of tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and aircraft can protect Soldiers against near-peer threats, these vehicles lack the critical technologies to maintain tactical overmatch in future...
21 March 2018 Annual Tug of War Event Strengthens US, Japan Partnership MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Teams with the U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Navy (USN) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (USAF) came together to forge friendships and compete in the 16th Annual Northern Air Defense Force Commander’s Cup Tug of War Tournament at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 18.Nineteen...
21 March 2018 Maintenance Professionals Recognized as Best-of-the-best at Kunsan KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Airmen with the 8th Maintenance Group (MXG) received recognition for their job performance during the annual Maintenance Professionals of the Year ceremony held March 16, 2018, at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea.At the event, guest speaker and former 8th MXG...
20 March 2018 USNS Mercy Delivers Medical Supplies to Ulithi Atoll PACIFIC OCEAN -- Service members assigned to Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) made a brief mission stop, March 20, near Ulithi Atoll, part of the Caroline Islands in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).This is the first official engagement of Pacific Partnership 2018...
20 March 2018 Navy, Coast Guard Divers Recover Torpedoes in Freezing Arctic ARCTIC CIRCLE -- Divers from U.S. Navy Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) Two, Underwater Construction Team (UCT) One and the U.S. Coast Guard braved harsh Arctic waters to play a critical role during a torpedo exercise as part of Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2018.ICEX 2018 is a five-week biennial...
20 March 2018 Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Sails from Okinawa for Indo-Pacific Patrol OKINAWA, Japan - Ships of the Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) departed Okinawa, Japan March 19 after embarking more than 2,300 Marines and equipment of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU).The ESG and the MEU are now deployed together for a routine patrol in the Indo-Pacific region meant...
20 March 2018 U.S., South Korean Defense Chiefs Agree to Resume Combined Exercises WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo have agreed to resume their annual combined exercises, including Foal Eagle and Key Resolve, which were deconflicted with the schedule of the Olympic Games.Resumption Planned April 1The exercises are...
20 March 2018 Arctic Conditions Provide Valuable Lessons in Alaska Exercise JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- U.S. Alaskan Command has easily proven that Summer Soldiers or Sunshine Patriots do not exist in the U.S. military.More Than 1,500 U.S. military personnel braved the snowy and icy conditions, and temperatures that dipped well below zero to participate in...
19 March 2018 U.S. Navy Ship Brunswick Begins Pacific Partnership Mission APRA HARBOR, Guam -- Sailors participating in Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18) departed Guam aboard Military Sealift Command expeditionary fast transport ship U.S. Navy Ship (USNS) Brunswick (T-EPF 6) March 19, bound for the mission’s first stop in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.Pacific...
19 March 2018 1/3 Conducts Combined Anti-armor Team Mounted Patrol during Exercise Bougainville I MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, Hawaii -- U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 3d Marine Regiment conducted combined anti-armor team (CAAT) mounted patrols during Exercise Bougainville I at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows (MCTAB), Hawaii, March 15, 2018.The Marines dealt with simulated improvised...