30 April 2015 Marines Rehearse Critical EOD, CBRN, Joint Training Sirens screech as two figures fully loaded with safety equipment breeze through the hazy, clouded air. With voices muffled behind gas masks, they shout instructions to each other as they entered the gas chamber, a simulated site of a leaking ordnance package. Marines performed leak, seal, package...
29 April 2015 PACOM Joint Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team Deployed to Nepal U.S. Pacific Command continues to workclosely with the U.S. Embassy in Nepal and U.S. Agency for InternationalDevelopment colleagues to determine how USPACOM forces and assets can assistthe Government of Nepal in the aftermath of this disaster. The U.S. military has transported members ofthe USAID...
29 April 2015 US Marines Share Communications Practices with Armed Forces of the Philippines U.S. Marines from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade based out of Camp Pendleton, California, spent the day sharing communications practices with Philippine Marines from 3rd Marine Brigade, Western Command today.Communications is a vital function of warfighting, and an absolute necessity for...
29 April 2015 Japanese and U.S. Submarine Forces Bolster Alliance in Guam Rear Adm. William R. Merz, commander, Submarine Group 7, and Vice Adm. Masakazu Kaji, commander, Fleet Submarine Force of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) visited Naval Base Guam April 26-28.Merz and Kaji toured Naval Base Guam, the JMSDF submarine JS Hakuryu (SS 503), and observed the...
06 April 2015 Marines Maintain Operational Readiness Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, conducted a mass casualty exercise, April 3, 2015, in preparation for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force/MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day 2015 Air Show.This is the first time the JMSDF is participating in the Friendship Day Air Show.The exercise simulated an...
06 April 2015 Team Andersen Demonstrates Skills during Annual Fire Muster Team Andersen firefighters earned a share of first place after a strong finishduring the annual Guam Fire Muster competition in Hagatna, Guam, March28-29.The annual event brought together members from the Guam AirportAircraft Rescue and Firefighting division, Guam Fire Department and the NavyFire...