13 July 2017 Marines Participate in Live-fire Weapons Training at Fuji, Japan COMBINED ARMS TRAINING CENTER CAMP FUJI, Japan -- U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, completed phase two of Eagle Wrath 2017 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, July 10, 2017.Phase two consisted of conducting live-fire...
13 July 2017 644th Combat Communications Squadron Hosts Biannual Combat Readiness Exercise ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- More than 30 Airmen from the 644th Combat Communications Squadron participated in exercise Dragon Forge June 12-16, 2017, at Andersen South, Guam.Exercise Dragon Forge is a 164-hour training exercise designed to teach, train and build combat skills, while instilling...
13 July 2017 Army Engineers Provide Vital Surveys for U.S. Ports, Waterways BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District Survey Team, responding to a temporary need for experienced surveyors, conducted project condition surveys for the Alaska District in June on the Aurora and Harris harbors in Juneau and the North Harbor in Petersburg.The Buffalo...
13 July 2017 Guam Command Marianas Engineers Partner with Society of Military Engineers Guam Post MANGILAO, Guam -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas and the Society of Military Engineers (SAME) Guam Post hosted their first science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) camp, July 8. "These young students represent our future," said NAVFAC Marianas Commanding...
13 July 2017 Extending Operational Sustainment in Korea Republic of Korea -- Providing joint operational sustainment in the Korean theater of operations (KTO) to ensure the commander is able to maintain operational options and reach presents challenging and unique opportunities for U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), the United Nations Combined Forces Command, and...
12 July 2017 Intelligence Driving Operations at Talisman Saber 2017 ROCKHAMPTON, Australia -- Though hidden behind the scenes, the intelligence analysts of the 353rd Special Operations Group and their Australian counterparts paint the big picture of the warfighting scenario for Talisman Saber 2017, a biennial military training exercise from 23 June to 25 July...
12 July 2017 Future USS John Finn Set for Commissioning at Pearl Harbor PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, the future USS John Finn (DDG 113) will be commissioned at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 15 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam’s Pier Kilo 10. Media are invited to cover commissioning week events, including media...
12 July 2017 Ammo Company Disposes Ammunition TENGAN PIER, OKINAWA, Japan -- The Marines with Ammunition Company, 3d Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3d Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) loaded up approximately 130 pallets of ammunition at the Ammunition Supply Point (ASP) to be transported and returned...
12 July 2017 Kadena Shoguns Change Command KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Brig. Gen. Barry R. Cornish relinquished command of the 18th Wing to Brig. Gen. Case Cunningham during a change of command ceremony July 10 at Kadena Air Base, Japan.Lt. Gen. Jerry Martinez, U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force commander, presided over the event held inside...
12 July 2017 Black Daggers Pierce the Skies SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Seven members of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Parachute Demonstration Team, known also as the "Black Daggers," filled the air with colorful smoke and unfurled a 1,000-foot long American flag in banner form as they exited a CH-47 Chinook over Schofield...