SYDNEY, Australia -- Warrant Officer Class One Craig Egan of the Australian Defense Force deals easily with American noncommissioned officers (NCO) -- they speak the same language, they go through many of the same schools, and they belong to militaries that have the same philosophy on the use of...

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Whether rendering first aid at a car crash in Carlsbad, California, or stabilizing a wounded Marine in Karbala, Iraq, pain management from point-of-injury to the hospital, is a priority for both civilian and military emergency medical professionals alike.But due to a nationwide...

AIEA, Hawaii -- Soldiers from the 8th Special Troops Battalion (STB), 8th Theater Sustainment Command volunteered at Gustav H. Webling Elementary School to support the annual Jump Rope 4 Heart event February 21 in Aiea, Hawaii.Webling Elementary hosts Jump Rope 4 Heart to promote the importance of...

APRA HARBOR, Guam -- Units and personnel from the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) are scheduled to participate in the annual bilateral training exercise MultiSail 2018, Mar. 8-14.MultiSail is an annual bilateral training exercise that improves interoperability between...

FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska -- As temperatures plummeted into the negative 20s, warriors in 17 10-Soldier teams from across U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK) and the Canadian Army competed in a series of cold weather and mountainous warrior tasks Feb. 27 to March 2.A team from 5th squadron, 1st Cavalry...

Hawaii -- Stretching across several tropical island sites, the Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG) installation encompasses 1,300 total acres. Some locations are home to rare, threatened, and/or endangered ecosystems and species, which can make managing these areas an immense challenge. However, the...

MANILA, Philippines -- U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) hosted 22 Philippine National Police (PNP) officers from the newly-formed Philippine Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit (TCIU) for an intensive three-week International Task Force Agent Training at the Federal Law Enforcement...

DA NANG, Vietnam -- USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) arrived in Da Nang, Vietnam, for a scheduled port call March 5, marking the first time a U.S. aircraft carrier has visited the country in more than 40 years.The aircraft carrier arrived with two escort ships, cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) and...

USS WASP (LHD-1), EAST CHINA SEA -- A detachment of F-35B Lightning IIs with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), landed on the USS Wasp (LHD-1) here March 5, marking the beginning of the F-35B’s first operational deployment with a MEU.The aircraft embarked on...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Sailors participating in Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18) aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Hawaii, March 3, while en route for PP18.The mission at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam will continue through...