HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Jasnoch relieved Lt. Cmdr. Robert Cole as commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205) in a change of command ceremony at Coast Guard Base Honolulu, Friday.Rear Adm. Kevin Lunday, commander, Coast Guard 14th District presided over the...

SAIPAN, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS -- The bombardment of Saipan began on June 13, 1944. 165,000 shells were fired, from 15 battleships, in an attempt to neutralize Japanese forces along the shore, allowing U.S. Marines to assault the beaches.The battle began on June 15, 1944, when the Marines launched...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Each year RED FLAG-Alaska brings hundreds of Airmen and aircraft from around the globe to participate in cutting-edge, realistic combat training in the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, and with each iteration something new is always tested.RF-A 19-2 marks the...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88), along with the “Easyriders” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 37, Det. 1, returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, June 13, following a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.Since departing Pearl...

ALAMEDA, Calif. – The Coast Guard Cutters Stratton and Waesche set sail Wednesday for months-long deployments to opposite ends of the Pacific. With their departure, all four of the national security cutters homeported in Alameda are currently on patrol.The crew aboard the Waesche departed for a...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron accomplished a rare maintenance achievement, June 7, 2019, at Yokota Air Base, Japan.The C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 374th AMXS, received a black-letter status after receiving zero discrepancies.This is a feat...

CAIRNS, Australia -- Humanitarian public health and disaster response professionals located throughout the Oceania region gathered at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia, for the Health and Humanitarian Action in Emergencies (HHAE) course, June 3-14.HHAE is a two-week course developed by the...

IE SHIMA, Okinawa, Japan -- As the wind swept through the tall green grass in an open field on the Ie Shima coast line, a group of Marines stood in anticipation as they watched a bundle soar across the bright sky. Guided by the Joint Precision Air Drop System, the package piloted itself onto the...

PHILIPPINE SEA -- As part of a furthering of the relationship between the U.S. Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), a sailor assigned to Commander Task Force 70 was invited to, and attended, the Lead Leaders Leadership Course at the Devonport Naval Base in Auckland, New Zealand.“The idea for...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 19-2, a training exercise hosted at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, began June 6 and is scheduled to continue through June 21.RF-A is held several times each year and typically involves allied nation's air forces in collaboration and...