YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) Maj. General Shizuo Kashiwase, 7th Airlift Wing commander recognized members of the 374th Security Forces Squadron for their help in training Japanese military working dogs and their handlers.With Yokota Air Base located in the...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The completed transition from the C-130H Hercules to the new J model has been a long time coming for Yokota Air Base, Japan.To distinguish this milestone, Team Yokota gathered in front of the 374th Airlift Wing Headquarters building for the unveiling of a C-130J Super...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- More than 20 select civic leaders joined Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force Gen. Stephen Wilson for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Air Force operations on Guam, April 27-28.Completing their fourth stop on a week-long tour of Pacific Air Forces stations...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard and Navy completed a 24-day joint mission in the Western and Central Pacific under the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative to combat transnational crimes, enforce fisheries laws and enhance regional security, Wednesday.A Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment...

Mongolia, Japan, and the United States held a trilateral meeting in Tokyo on April 26, 2018. The participants reaffirmed the importance of the Japan-Mongolia-U.S. trilateral meeting as an important mechanism for the exchange of views on regional and multilateral cooperation and on mutually...

PACIFIC OCEAN - San Diego-based guided-missile destroyers USS Sterett (DDG 104) and USS Dewey (DDG 105) departed U.S. 7th Fleet, April 29, after two months of operations in a multitude of warfare areas and partnership-enhancing port visits.Sterett and Dewey, with respective embarked helicopter...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Today marks the official start of the 2018 season of RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A). The exercise serves as an ideal platform for international engagement and has a long history of including allies and partners, ultimately enabling all involved to exchange tactics,...

SASEBO, Japan -- USS Green Bay (LPD 20) returned to Sasebo, Japan, after a successful patrol with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in the Indo-Pacific region, April 28.Green Bay, serving as the amphibious transport dock in the Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), completed all major events...

WASHINGTON -- During a phone conversation between Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and South Korea’s Minister of National Defense Song Young-moo, the two leaders expressed their serious commitment to a diplomatic resolution that achieves complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of...

FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska -- The execution phases of America's First Corps' exercise Courage Ready 18-01 began with an emergency deployment readiness exercise for Soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Washington.The Soldiers traveled here to participate in realistic combat training...