31 October 2017 Team Misawa Supports Wisconsin Guardsmen, Executes Mission MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Badgers aren’t normally considered flying mammals, but when you give them some tools, an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet engine and a cool facility, they are more than capable to provide fully-functional jet engines that power highly-maneuverable aircraft.The 35th Maintenance...
30 October 2017 Dunford Hosts Trilateral Meeting With South Korean, Japanese Military Leaders CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff hosted a trilateral conference with South Korean and Japanese military leaders here yesterday.Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford and his counterparts, South Korean Air Force Gen. Jeong Kyeong-doo and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force...
30 October 2017 After Rescuing Mariners, Ashland Arrives in Okinawa for Blue Chromite Preps OKINAWA, Japan - The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) arrived in Okinawa, Oct. 30, as part of a scheduled port visit to prepare for the joint U.S. exercise Blue Chromite.The port visit also serves as a disembarkation point for the two mariners who had been adrift in the Pacific...
30 October 2017 Mattis: U.S. Will Not Accept Nuclear-Armed North Korea HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Defense Secretary Jim Mattis reiterated that the United States will not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea.Mattis spoke at a news conference following talks with South Korean Minister of National Defense Song Young-moo in Seoul yesterday.The two men met for the 49th annual...
30 October 2017 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines Conduct Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel Training MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii -- U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment participated in a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP) training event at Landing Zone Boondocker, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Oct. 26, 2017.The TRAP training event rehearsed the search and rescue of...
30 October 2017 Exercise Courageous Channel 2017 OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- A Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) exercise was held at Osan Air Base from Oct. 24-27. Exercise Courageous Channel 2017 provided more than 1,700 members from the base an opportunity to learn and understand the evacuation process to be better prepared in...
27 October 2017 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Republic of Korea Chairman Meet, Discuss Stronger Alliance, Military Readiness WASHINGTON -- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., met with Chairman of the Republic of Korea Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Kyeong Doo Jeong during the 42nd Republic of Korea and U.S. Military Committee Meeting (MCM) in Seoul Oct. 27.The Republic of Korea delegation was...
27 October 2017 Remarks by Secretary Mattis and Min. Song at the DMZ, South Korea MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE SONG YOUNG-MOO (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): This area that we're standing here now, the Panmunjom area, was not only a site of intense and bloody battle for the ROK and U.S. Marine Corps, but also on the day 1953, 27th of July, it was a historical event where the armistice...
27 October 2017 Sumos Conduct Aerial Refueling Training with Thunderbolts, Green Knights MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152 flew KC-130J Hercules aircraft to conduct nighttime aerial refueling training operations with the F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 and F/A-18C Hornets with VMFA-251 Oct...
27 October 2017 2nd Infantry Division Artillery Stays Ready to 'Fight Tonight' with Training Exercise JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- Dozens of Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division Artillery, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), participated in a deployment readiness exercise, Oct. 16-18, in preparation for an upcoming deployment to the Republic of...