HONOLULU -- Brig. Gen. Bertram Providence, commanding general, Regional Health Command-Pacific (RHC-P) hosted the Asia-Pacific Military Medicine Roundtable (APMMR), Nov. 7, at RHC-P headquarters in Hawaii. Providence addressed the attendees, which included leaders from around the Pacific region...

CAMP HOVEY, Republic of Korea -- One of the training qualifications that field artillery Soldiers can achieve is to become a joint fire observer, or JFO, which aims at qualifying field artillery Soldiers to coordinate and integrate multiple assets from not only Army itself, but other branches of...

DAHLGREN, Va. (NNS) -- U.S. Navy scientists and engineers briefed a delegation of defense officials from the Republic of Korea (ROK) on directed energy technologies at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), the Department of Defense announced Nov. 4. The ROK delegation, led by...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Imagine the shell of a classic car. Each door is taken off and every part of the interior removed. Each part of the vehicle endures cataloging and inspection before the vehicle comes back together restored. Just like that classic car, every time an HH-60G Pavehawk reaches...

HONOLULU (NNS) -- Guided missile destroyers USS Spruance (DDG 111) and USS Decatur (DDG 73), along with embarked Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 49 and staff from Destroyer Squadron (CDS) 31, arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Nov. 3, for the final port visit in their...

PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) successfully completed its fifth day of F-35B Lightning II developmental test (DT-III) with the support of flight deck personnel who received specialized training in Yuma, Arizona, earlier in the month. Marine Operational Test and...

U.S. Army -- The rumor mill was in overdrive in late October 1950 on the Korean Peninsula.A Republic of Korea unit had first battled what seemed to be Chinese soldiers, Oct. 25, and United Nations forces had begun picking up prisoners who looked different from North Korean troops. They had different...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Airmen from the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron and 354th Operations Support Squadron worked together to remove the top 10-foot section of an antenna mast from an Instrument Landing System Oct. 6.The 60-foot antenna mast was shortened to improve flight safety and...

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (NNS) -- U.S. and Royal Cambodian navy (RCN) service members completed the 7th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise in Cambodia with a closing ceremony at Ream Navy Base, Nov. 4.Throughout the five-day exercise, U.S. Sailors and Marines engaged in...

PACIFIC OCEAN - USS Sampson (DDG 102) departed Hawaii Nov. 3 to participate in the Royal New Zealand Navy International Naval Review in Auckland, New Zealand.Culminating a request extended by the Government of New Zealand for a U.S. Navy ship to participate in the Royal New Zealand Navy’s 75th...