30 January 2017 Mobile Labor Force Prepares for Key Resolve '17 DAEGU, South Korea -- Construction efforts are under way at Camp Humphreys, preparing for Key Resolve and Ulchi Freedom Guardian '17. A temporary life support area is being built by the 22nd Korea Service Corps, Mobile Labor Force (MLF) to accommodate more than 600 service members.The new life...
30 January 2017 USS Michael Murphy Visits Fiji Ahead of Oceania Maritime Security Operations SAN DIEGO - The guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) arrived in Suva, Fiji, for a routine port visit, Jan. 27.Ship visits like these provide excellent opportunities for the United States and Pacific Island Nations to strengthen theater security cooperation and help to ensure a safer...
30 January 2017 New Jersey Air National Guard 119th Fighter Squadron Prepares for Osan Deployment JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Approximately 200 Airmen and 12 F-16 Fighting Falcons with the 119th Fighter Squadron from Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, New Jersey, are set to deploy in February to Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, as the 119th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in...
30 January 2017 Regional Health Command-Pacific Conducts Bi-lateral Engagement with United Kingdom HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Regional Health Command-Pacific, also known as RHC-P, conducted a bilateral, senior leader engagement with military medical leads from the United Kingdom, Jan. 25, 2017.RHC-P Commanding General, Brig. Gen. Bertram Providence, along with other RHC-P and United States Army Pacific...
30 January 2017 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Blasts Off KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- United States Marines from 5th Battalion, 11th Marines, from Camp Pendleton, California, are deployed to Camp Hansen, Okinawa, and trained with 17th Special Operations Squadron members by loading a high mobility artillery rocket system Jan. 23.The HIMAR system is a...
30 January 2017 Marine Wing Support Squadron-171 Kicks Off Exercise Kamoshika Wrath 17-1 HARAMURA, Japan -- Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 arrived at Japan Self-Defense Force’s Haramura Maneuver Area in Hiroshima, Japan, to conduct exercise Kamoshika Wrath 17-1, Jan. 22, 2017.The exercise is part of a biannual, unit-level training primarily focusing on establishing a forward operating...
30 January 2017 Joint Air Load Training Enhances Readiness OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea - With snow on the ground, 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment Soldiers battled the elements learning the procedures of joint air load operations from Airmen assigned to the 51st Logistics Readiness Squadron at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan...
27 January 2017 Marines Expand Capabilities for Operations in “Every Clime and Place” MARINE CORPS MOUNTAIN WARFARE TRAINING CENTER BRIDGEPORT, California - In mountain warfare, adversaries come in two forms, the enemy force and the unforgiving elements. In many respects, an alpine terrain can be the more formidable opponent, for unlike our enemies, we cannot oblige Mother Nature to...
27 January 2017 Yokota Prepares for New C-130J Super Hercules YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan - With the new C-130J Super Hercules coming to Yokota Air Base, the 374th Operations Support Squadrons Aircrew Flight Equipment Flight has been preparing for their arrival. The AFE flight is responsible for all the flight crews and passengers’ survival and life support...
26 January 2017 First Pacific-Based F-35C Fighters Arrive at NAS Lemoore LEMOORE, California – Four of the Navy’s newest F-35C Lightning II joint strike fighter aircraft arrived at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, Jan. 25. The jets’ arrivals mark the first time the new strike-fighter variant has been deployed to a West-coast based squadron, the recently reactivated...