LCS Crew 103 Rough Riders successfully completed the second quarter of the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth's (LCS 3) maiden deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific following a crew swap with LCS Crew 102 Gold Crew May 26. The turnover is Fort Worth's second crew swap and marks the halfway point of...

More than 100 Sailors from Commander, Task Force (CTF) 73 and Navy Region Singapore commemorated Memorial Day by touring two of Singapore's WWII heritage sites - Changi Prison Museum and Kranji War Cemetery, May 26.Changi Prison Museum is dedicated to prisoners of war who were interned in Singapore...

Joint Task Force 505 deactivated today after redeploying from here and from Utapao Royal Air Field, Thailand, in support of Operation Sahayogi Haat.Service members with the joint task force deployed to Nepal in support of multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts after a...

The Hawaii Air National Guard trains and mobilizes to execute operational, disaster response and humanitarian missions for the state and Pacific Air Forces under U.S. Pacific Command. The 154th Wing, the largest wing in the Air National Guard, has a dual mission to serve the state and provide...

U.S. Army Pacific and the Government of Papua NewGuinea completed the first Oceania Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exerciseand Exchange May 15 in Lae, Papua New Guinea with a closing ceremony and remarksfrom Maj. Gen. James Pasquarette, USARPAC deputy commanding general, and Brig.Gen. Gilbert...

Alaskan Command and U.S. Coast Guard District 17 hosted an Arctic General Officer/Flag Officer (GO/FO) Conference April 29 - May 1, which included flag officers and senior enlisted leaders from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska National Guard and Canadian Forces, to strengthen...

The annual Shangri-La Dialogue will take place May 29-31 inSingapore.  Senior U.S. defense officialsand Congressional representatives will be at the security dialogue which first occurredin 2002.The most senior diplomatic and defense officials of numerouscountries convene at a meeting that plays a...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) entered the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operation (AOO), May 17 after approximately six months of maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operation in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. While deployed to U.S. 5th...

GEN. Scaparrotti’s remarks as delivered:  On May 28th, 1952, 19 year old Marine Corporal David Champagne was serving as a fire team leader in the 1st Marine Division.  On that day, he led an assault with his Platoon against Communist controlled Hill 104, a heavily defended position that you can see...

ROBERTSON BARRACKS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia -- U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, departed in support of Exercise Predator Walk, May 20 from Robertson Barracks, Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia. “We are moving personnel,...