17 May 2022 Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group conducts Training Underway with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force PHILIPPINE SEA -- Ships and aircraft from Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (RRNCSG) concluded a week of at-sea bilateral training with a destroyer from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) May 17.The training included U.S. Navy’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 flagship USS Ronald Reagan...
17 May 2022 Littoral Combat Ship Completes First Land Attack Missile Exercise PACIFIC OCEAN -- The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) class successfully launched sea-based missiles at a land-based target for the first time during a proof of concept exercise, May 12.Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) fired three AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire...
17 May 2022 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 3 Train Mobile Bay, HSC-14 Sailors on HVBSS PHILIPPINE SEA -- Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 3 conducted helicopter visit, board, search and seizure (HVBSS) training with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14 and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), May 11. The training was...
17 May 2022 Defense Health Agency Leaders Visit U.S. Army Japan ZAMA, KANAGAWA, Japan -- Lt. Gen. Ronald J. Place, Defense Health Agency (DHA) director, and Command Sgt. Maj. Michael L. Gragg, DHA senior enlisted leader, met with Col. Terry Butcher, U.S. Army Japan deputy commanding officer and Command Sgt. Maj. Justin Turner, United States Army Garrison Japan...
17 May 2022 Abraham Lincoln Deployed Resiliency Counselor Visits Mobile Bay Sailors PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Deployed Resiliency Counselor (DRC) contracted to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) visited the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), April 6.Nandranie “Nan” Busjit-Bhalai, a licensed clinical social worker, licensed in...
17 May 2022 Faith and Service: U.S. Army Chaplain Upholds Century-long Family Legacy in U.S., Korea U.S. Army -- The multitalented Army chaplain who serves at the U.S. military’s only multifunctional all hazards command can preach a sermon, play a song and break a stack of bricks.Lt. Col. Martin S. Cho is not only a well-respected United States Army chaplain serving at the 20th Chemical,...
16 May 2022 RED FLAG-Alaska 22-1 Concludes at Eielson Air Force Base EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 22-1 officially concluded May 13 following a successful two-week training blitz.RF-A 22-1 was a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. and international forces flown under simulated air combat conditions primarily out of...
16 May 2022 Wild Weasels Agile Combat Employment Exercise at Misawa, Yokota MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen assigned to the 35th Fighter Wing showcased their Agile Combat Employment (ACE) capabilities during readiness exercise Beverly Sunrise 22-04, at Misawa Air Base, and Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 7-13, 2022.Exercise Beverly Sunrise 22-04 tested real-world contingency...
16 May 2022 Alaska Guard Provides Flood Assistance to Manley Hot Springs JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska National Guard is helping the Interior Alaska community of Manley Hot Springs recover from flooding from the Tanana River.An Alaska National Guard task force of five Soldiers departed Fairbanks May 12 for Manley Hot Springs after the region...
16 May 2022 U.S., Philippines Train to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines - The U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) concluded its two-week training course on May 13, with the Philippine Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) on countering weapons of mass destruction (CWMD).This training, which involved more than 100 participants...