15 March 2018 Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron-367 Bids Farewell to AH-1W Super Cobra Helicopters MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HI -- Since their arrival in 2012, the AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters have been flown out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) as a part of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367. With the introduction of the newest variant of the aircraft, the AH-1Z Viper, the whiskey...
15 March 2018 USS Ashland Arrives in Okinawa to Embark 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines OKINAWA, Japan (NNS) -- The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) arrived at White Beach, Okinawa, March 15 to embark the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) as part of a regularly scheduled patrol in the Indo-Pacific.Since deploying from Sasebo on March 8, the Ashland has been...
15 March 2018 Infantry Task Force Looks to Overmatch Potential Foes WASHINGTON -- The United States already has the best infantry soldiers, Marines and special operators on the face of the Earth, but Defense Secretary James N. Mattis wants them to completely overmatch any potential foes.Joseph L’Etoile, the senior advisor in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of...
14 March 2018 USS Mustin Sharpens Skills during MultiSail 18 PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) operated as Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15's flagship during MultiSail 2018 and functioned as the center of combat readiness for all warfare areas.MultiSail 2018 is designed to increase readiness and...
14 March 2018 Alaska National Guardsmen Support Arctic Ocean Ice Exercise JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- To most people – even Alaskans who are accustomed to the cold – the North Pole might as well be the surface of the moon in terms of its remoteness and hostility to the prospects of human survival.Whereas the South Pole is located over the bedrock of the...
14 March 2018 Japan Patriot Battalion Fields First Operational Dismounted Patriot Information Coordination Central OKINAWA, Japan -- The success of the United States Army is aided by consistent improvement in warfighting equipment. As a forward deployed Patriot Missile Battalion, the 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment (1-1 ADA) continues to protect the force and selected assets from air and...
14 March 2018 U.S. Military Turns over New Scan Eagle Unmanned Aerial System to Secretary of National Defense and Philippine Air Force MANILA, Philippines -- U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Y. Kim turned over a Scan Eagle Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to Secretary of National Defense Delfin N. Lorenzana during a transfer ceremony at Villamor Air Base, Pasay City, on March 13.Ambassador Kim and officials from the Joint U.S...
14 March 2018 Misawa Medic Chills in Antarctica, Supports Operation Deep Freeze MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Most humans will never venture as far south as Antarctica. The seasons rarely change with every dawn lighting up the snowy white tundra void of vegetation. The chilly air feels crisp as ice pierces even the thickest of garments.Nestled deep within these chilling, often...
13 March 2018 U.S., Indonesian Air Forces Kickoff Exercise Cope West 2018 MANADO AIR BASE, Indonesia -- Exercise Cope West 2018 (CW18), a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, bilateral exercise involving the U.S. and Indonesian air forces officially kicked off March 12, with an opening ceremony held at the at Sam Ratulangi International Airport, Indonesia.CW18 is designed to...
13 March 2018 Alaska Guardsmen Conduct Operations in Frozen Beaufort Sea JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- More than 50 Alaska National Guard members are supporting the U.S. Navy's Ice Exercise several hundred miles north of the Alaskan coastline. The training is linked to the Alaska National Guard's Arctic Eagle (ICEX)2018, a statewide exercise involving...