22 August 2016 Secretary of the Navy Visits US, Republic of Korea Leaders in Korea SEOUL, Republic of Korea -- The Secretary of the Navy visited U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) civilian and military leaders during a visit to Seoul, Aug. 18-20...
22 August 2016 B-52s Enhance Australian Partnership through Vietnam Remembrance Day Flyover JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- In conjunction with a routine mission, two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft performed a flyover Aug. 18 in Canberra, Australia, during a ceremony commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan and Vietnam Remembrance Day. At the...
22 August 2016 On Board and Underway, Marines and Sailors Set Sail WHITE BEACH , OKINAWA, Japan -- Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) have embarked onto the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, beginning their annual fall patrol from White Beach, Okinawa, Japan Aug. 21, 2016. This...
22 August 2016 USS Fort Worth Departs Singapore for San Diego SINGAPORE - The littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) departed Changi Naval Base in Singapore Aug. 22, beginning a transit across the Pacific Ocean to her homeport in San Diego.In the last month the “Iron Warriors” of LCS Crew 111 successfully completed a damage control material assessment...
22 August 2016 US, Japan Prepare for Largest Land Return Since '72 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Forces, Japan officials are preparing for the largest land return on Okinawa since the 1972 reversion of the island to Japanese control.The return of more than half of the Northern Training Area, nearly 4,000 hectares of single and double-canopy rainforest, will reduce...
22 August 2016 Air Refueling: Here Comes the Boom EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Laying down soaring through the sky clouds are visible as far as the eye can see. In the distance appears a speck, which grows larger by the second, finally becoming recognizable as an aircraft. Now the hard part begins. Both aircraft move at hundreds of miles per...
19 August 2016 Pacific Partnership 2016 Arrives in Indonesia PADANG, Indonesia (NNS) -- Pacific Partnership 2016, embarked aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived in Padang, Indonesia, Aug. 18 for the final mission stop of 2016. This year marks the fifth time the mission has visited Indonesia and will include partner nations' military forces from...
19 August 2016 Air Force, Army Medics Come Together for Medical Exercise 16 MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- More than 60 U.S. Army Soldiers from the 228th Combat Support Hospital, U.S. Army Reserve unit arrived at Misawa AB Aug. 16, to participate with Airmen from the 35th Medical Group in the joint exercise MEDEX 16. MEDEX 16 will afford Army and Air Force medics the opportunity...
19 August 2016 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-122 Medical Team Trains with Australian Search and Rescue Crew ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE TINDAL, Australia -- As the thumping of the blades sliced through the air, U.S. Navy Lt. Matthew Case, flight surgeon, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Juan Garcia, hospital corpsman assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122, were lowered to the ground with a winch...
19 August 2016 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Conducts Aircraft Barrier Maintenance Training KADENA, OKINAWA, Japan -- The morning’s intense, blistering heat did not stop Airmen from the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron from preparing for training while waves of heat rose from the flightline Aug. 16. Members of the 18th CES power production unit and the fire department conducted training on...