MANADO, Indonesia -- More than 5,000 Indonesian citizens flooded the Sam Ratulangi International Airport flightline during the Cope West 19 open house and interacted with U.S. and Indonesian service members in Manado, Indonesia, June 22.The event, organized by the U.S. Pacific Air Forces and...

SAN DIEGO, California -- USS Stethem (DDG 63) returned to the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations, June 30, following 14 years of forward-deployed service in the Indo-Pacific region operating from Japan.The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer is en route to San Diego, where she will be...

MANADO, Indonesia -- Six 35th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) technicians from Misawa Air Base, Japan, forward deployed the mobile aircraft arresting system (MAAS) in support of Cope West 19 at the Sam Ratulangi International Airport, Manado, Indonesia, June 17, 2019.The MAAS is a contingency airfield...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Lt. Cmdr. Kyle Ensley relieved Cmdr. Todd Wimmer as the Civil Engineering Unit Honolulu commanding officer during a change of command ceremony at Base Honolulu, Thursday.Capt. T. Wade Gesele, commander, Shore Infrastructure Logistics Center, presided over the ceremony.The change...

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- Heavy brush sways in the wind, leaves falling gently to the damp ground. Rain pours from the darkened sky, transforming into steam as droplets ricochet off of the barrels of lethal weapons, scorching from heat caused by the reaction of what happens inside.A U.S. Marine...

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia -- Canadian Army Cpl. Michelle Gerdis is a medic in with 31st Canadian Forces Health Service Center, stationed in Canadian Forces Base Borden in Ontario, Canada, and is participating in Khaan Quest 2019 at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from June 14-28.Gerdis,...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Airmen assigned to the 25th Fighter Squadron and 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, are participating in RED FLAG-Alaska 19-2 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.The 25th FS contributed their A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft to the...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- One of Misawa Air Base’s most famous flightline assets hit a historic milestone June 10. A 29-year-old Block-50 F-16 Fighting Falcon, tail number 808 and affectionately known as “BOB,” reached 10,000 flight hours during a sortie flown across Japan.BOB is the first Block-50...

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia -- U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Alexendra Flores is a native of Anchorage, Alaska, who sought to be self-sufficient. Nearing the end of her senior year in high school, she pondered the best path to take to support herself during college. Flores did not want to put the financial burden...

BRISBANE, Australia -- The forward-deployed San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20), Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), and the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Brisbane for a scheduled port visit, June 18."It's...