20 July 2016 First-ever: Marine F-35B Takes Part in Red Flag 16-3 NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. - For the first time, the United States Marine Corps will be participating with their F-35B during the three-week Red Flag 16-3 exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. With the Marine Corps bringing this multi-role, next generation fighter, this year’s 16-3 iteration...
20 July 2016 Marine Wing Support Squadron-171 Blasts through First Stage of Eagle Wrath 2016 Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni -- U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, completed the first stage of Eagle Wrath 2016 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, July 17, 2016.The annual exercise focuses on providing...
19 July 2016 Senior Enlisted Leader Change of Charge at U.S. Pacific Command CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii - U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) bade farewell to its senior enlisted leader July 18 after more than four years in office and 30 in his career.Fleet Master Chief Mark Rudes, a native of Speculator, N.Y., officially turned over the command’s top enlisted spot with Marine Sgt...
19 July 2016 Chiefs of US and Chinese Navies Agree on Need for Cooperation BEIJING (NNS) -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson met with People's Liberation Army (Navy) (PLA(N)) Commander Adm. Wu Shengli during professional and social events held July 18 at navy headquarters in Beijing.The goal of the engagement was to improve mutual understanding and...
19 July 2016 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Conducting Japan Observer Exchange Program CAMP HANSEN, Japan -- 31st MEU and JGSDF are conducting several interoperability exercises to include swim qualification; Shallow Water and Egress Trainer; small boat basic skills training; and close air support skills training during the 12-day program.The JOEP will allow the JGSDF troops to...
19 July 2016 Joint Airborne Operation a Success for 353rd Special Operations Group POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii -- "One, two, three...five, six, seven...I see seven chutes," said an Air Force combat controller with the 353rd Special Operations Group, radioing back to the aircrew in the MC-130J Commando II that all jumpers were accounted for.The jumpers followed the lowest man...
19 July 2016 U.S.-ROK-Japan Leaders Conduct Trilateral Meeting at Honolulu HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Senior diplomatic officials from Japan, Republic of Korea and the United States met at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies July 14 to address key political and security issues of mutual concern in the Asia-Pacific region. U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden...
19 July 2016 Marine Forces Reserve improve Alaskan Infrastructure during Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor ...
18 July 2016 U.S., Singapore Armed Forces Increase Complexity, Enhance Longstanding Partnership during CARAT ...
18 July 2016 USS Chung-Hoon, Japan, Korea Conduct Combined Forces Exercise during RIMPAC PACIFIC OCEAN -- Guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), Republic of Korea Sejong the Great-class destroyer Sejong the Great (DDG 991) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer helicopter ship JS Hayuga (DDH 181) conducted a surface exercise July 16 as part of the Rim of the Pacific...