15 January 2019 Anchored in Japan YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Sharon Canales, chief logistics specialist on USS Benfold (DDG 65), remembers feeling scared when she first moved to Yokosuka from San Diego six years ago.Canales, then a petty officer second class, had never lived or worked in a foreign country before. She didn't know a soul in...
14 January 2019 U.S., Australia Set to Kick Off 2019 Exercise Sea Dragon ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Located at the southernmost point of the Northern Marianas Islands and the United States’ westernmost point, Guam will serve as the location of 2019 Exercise Sea Dragon, which is slated to kick off Jan. 14."Exercise Sea Dragon is an exciting opportunity to enhance...
14 January 2019 Coast Gard Conducts Medevac of Fisher Off Kauai HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard successfully medevaced a 37-year-old crewmember off a tuna longliner 80-miles north of Kauai, Sunday."Our trained crews and hoist-capable aircraft are vital to ensuring mariners reach a higher level of medical care quickly," said Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashley...
14 January 2019 U.S.-Japan Alliance Remains Cornerstone of Peace in Asia, Commander Says WASHINGTON -- The U.S.-Japan alliance remains the cornerstone for peace and stability in Asia even as it has adapted to changing threats, the commander of U.S. Forces Japan said during a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo yesterday.Air Force Lt. Gen. Jerry P. Martinez said his...
11 January 2019 B-2 Bombers Deploy to Hawaii JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Three B-2 Spirit bombers and more than 200 Airmen, from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, deployed, here in support of U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission, Jan. 10, 2019.Bomber aircraft regularly rotate through the...
11 January 2019 Army Engineers Arrive to Lead Continued Joint-Service Efforts to Install Temporary Roofs after Yutu ASAN, Guam -- More than 140 active-duty service members arrived on the island of Saipan Jan. 5-6, to install temporary roofs and continue to provide Department of Defense support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and work with the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands'...
11 January 2019 Air Force Wounded Warrior2: Finding Resiliency by Building Connections JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Resiliency is not a new concept. The idea that developing a person to be mentally, physically, spiritually and socially strong so they can adapt to stressful events in their lives is the basis of the Comprehensive Airman Fitness program. But what happens...
11 January 2019 Singaporean Faculty Delegation Visits Laboratory ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- A group of Singaporean researchers met with representatives from the RDECOM Research Laboratory, the Army's corporate research laboratory (ARL), at the Rodman Materials Research Laboratory and the Adelphi Laboratory Center during a two-day coordination visit Jan...
11 January 2019 Seabee Shares Common Bond with Grandfather 74 Years Later NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS -- A little more than 74 years ago, Seabees fought along side U.S. Marines in the battle for the Marana Islands chain. Fast forward to Today, Seabees’ are now fighting a different battle on the same island they liberated in August of 1944.Super Typhoon Yutu, a category five...