PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Ronald Reagan Strike Group and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Escort Division 12 conducted bilateral exercise at sea in support of regional security and stability in the Indo-Pacific, Oct. 24 through Nov. 2.The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and U.S. Navy executed...

NEW DELHI - The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet visited India, Oct. 26-31, to expand the maritime partnership between the two countries, and emphasize the importance of a free and open Indo-Pacific.During a stop in New Delhi, Adm. John C. Aquilino met with India’s Chief of Naval Staff Adm...

Japan -- "Leaders are made, not born" Vince LombardiThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is an Army organization that is predominately civilian. The majority of these civilian employees are technical experts. They have honed their skills in multiple disciplines including various types of...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Thirty-one service members from eight nations met for the Junior Enlisted Leadership Forum (JELF) at the 17 Wing, Winnipeg, Canada October 21 - 25.The JELF is designed to inform junior Non-Commissioned Officers about professional development strategies to...

SANTA RITA, Guam -- USS Boxer (LHD 4) and the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived at Naval Base Guam for a port visit, Oct. 30.“Our visit is a chance for our Sailors and Marines to enjoy the beauty, activities and history that Guam has to offer” said Capt. Dale Heinken, commanding...

SAPWAUHFIK, Federated States of Micronesia - Sailors from Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2 significantly reduced the size of an underwater obstruction in Sapwauhfik Atoll, Oct. 11-29, widening a channel that serves as an important cargo and passenger transfer point for the Federated States of...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A new leash hangs by the door ready to go on long walks, toys spread out across the home left exactly where they were last played with, a Tempur-Pedic memory foam bed in the corner to nap in when the eyes get heavy, and a family to provide a life’s worth of love. This isn’t...

NAHA, Okinawa, Japan -- Naha Military Port here is currently undergoing its first dredging operation since 1989.Home to the 835th Transportation Battalion, one of 599th Transportation Brigade's three forward battalions in the Pacific, and Military Sealift Command Okinawa, this major hub in shipping...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Blood buys time and spans the vast distances of the Alaska landscape when someone is critically injured in the remote wilderness.The moment a hunter was mauled by a grizzly bear shortly after midnight June 10 near Galena, there already wasn’t much sand left...

APRA HARBOR, Guam — On the heels of their operations combatting United Nations sanctions violations in support of the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) arrived in Guam, Monday, furthering the United States’ commitment to regional security and...