From August 22-26, 2018, Hurricane Lane impacted the Hawaiian Islands. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center coordinated with the Central Pacific Hurricane Center, NOAA and Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter units to provide up-to-date forecast and analysis information to the many DoD assets in Hawaii...

Two U.S. Marines, two U.S. Sailors and a Philippine Marine came to the assistance of a local Filipino motorcyclist who was pinned underneath his vehicle as a result of an accident in Ternate, Cavite, Philippines, around 3 p.m. Tuesday. The Marines that responded to the injured local national, Bryan...

PHILIPPINE SEA -- The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) became the first U.S. Navy ship in the 7th Fleet to conduct amphibious operations with the newly established Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB) troops and their equipment Oct...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- RED FLAG-Alaska 19-1, a realistic training exercise of simulated combat, is scheduled to begin Oct. 4 and continue through Oct. 18, 2018.Throughout RF-A 19-1, international partners from the Republic of Korea Air Force and the Finnish Air Force will experience what...

WASHINGTON -- The United States can help Pacific island nations with security needs, Navy Undersecretary Thomas B. Modly told the Defense Writers Group here today.Modly just finished a trip through the island nations of Oceania. The trip involved stops in Kiribati and its capital on the island of...

SUBIC BAY, Philippines -- Two U.S. Marines, two U.S. Sailors and a Philippine Marine came to the assistance of a local Filipino motorcyclist who was pinned underneath his vehicle as a result of an accident in Ternate, Cavite, Philippines, around 3 p.m. Tuesday. The Marines that responded to the...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Three B-2 Spirits and approximately 200 Airmen completed their first deployment to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H), Hawaii, in support of the U.S. Strategic Command’s Bomber Task Force (BTF) deployment, Aug. 15 - Sept. 27, 2018.Though bombers...

WASHINGTON -- Four Indiana National Guard soldiers talked with reporters at the Pentagon today about the experiences they had training alongside Australian, Japanese and Indonesian service members as part of the Defense Department’s “Showcasing lethality” series.The soldiers – from the 76th Infantry...

BOISE, Idaho -- The Idaho National Guard strengthened its partnership with the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces this month when it sent 11 Idaho National Guard Soldiers and Airmen to share their skills and build relationships with Cambodian soldiers in Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia, Sept. 12 to 24.The...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Select U.S. Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen stationed across Okinawa attended classes at the Erwin Professional Military Education Center on Kadena Air Base, Japan, for the Okinawa Joint Experience (OJE) from Sept. 25 to Sept. 27.The OJE was designed to give service...