02 November 2017 Stronger Together: Japan Air Self-Defense Force, U.S. Airmen Build Bonds during Resiliency Day MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Resiliency days are a familiar, recurring concept among the U.S. Air Force community and focus on Comprehensive Airman Fitness to build and maintain a thriving population. The 35th Fighter Wing Staff Agencies took its scheduled day one step further, here, Oct. 27.The 35th...
01 November 2017 USS Ashland Departs Okinawa, Geared Up to Begin Blue Chromite 2018 OKINAWA, Japan -- The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) departed Okinawa Oct. 31, with embarked 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division to conduct Blue Chromite 2018.Blue Chromite is a joint field training exercise held annually between the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps to...
01 November 2017 Organization to Oversee Readiness in the Western Pacific Established PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- U.S. Pacific Fleet (CPF) Commander Adm. Scott Swift established the CPF Detachment (Det) Naval Surface Group Western Pacific (NSGWP) Oct. 31.Forward deployed in Japan, this interim detachment will oversee the training and certification of forward deployed surface ships with...
01 November 2017 Maintainers' Ground Work Keep Bats Flying MARINE CORPS SIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- The clashing sound of metal on metal echoes off the canopies on the flight line where Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 stores their F/A-18D Hornets.Aviation ordnance technicians, or maintainers, work under the roaring engines of aircraft as...
01 November 2017 Search and Recovery Team Focuses on the Basics during Training Event JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The 647th Force Support Squadron’s search and recovery team put their skills into practice during a training event on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.Search and recovery is a mortuary affairs asset that facilitates the collection of remains in the...
01 November 2017 150 Years of the Army in Alaska SITKA, Alaska -- I recently attended the 150-year commemoration of the transfer of Alaska, previously known as Russian America, from tsarist Russia to the United States. The original ceremony occurred in Sitka (New Archangel while under Russian rule) on October 18, 1867, and just like the modern...
31 October 2017 USS Theodore Roosevelt Arrives in Guam for Port Visit APRA HARBOR, Guam -- The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) arrived in Guam for the first time in the ship's history, Oct. 31, for their first scheduled port visit of their current deployment.Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG), entered...
31 October 2017 Exercise Dawn Blitz Concludes, Setting Standard for New Amphibious Capabilities PACIFIC OCEAN -- U.S. 3rd Fleet's (C3F) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3 and I Marine Expeditionary Force's (MEF), 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) completed the amphibious exercise Dawn Blitz, Oct. 30.Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven exercise designed to train and integrate Navy and Marine...
31 October 2017 Dunford Discusses Issues Confronting U.S.-South Korea Alliance ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT -- U.S. and South Korean defense chiefs discussed the full range of issues confronting the alliance during two days of talks in Seoul, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Oct. 28, 2017. .Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford spoke to reporters after the Security...
31 October 2017 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade Names Best Crews for 2017 OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea -- Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Soldiers across the Korean Peninsula tested their intellect, endurance and strength Oct. 23-26 at Osan Air Base, South Korea, during the 35th ADA Brigade Missile Defender of the Year competition.Every fall, Soldiers from 6th Battalion, 52nd...