30 August 2017 USS John Paul Jones Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Intercepts Target Missile KAUAI, Hawaii (NNS) -- The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy sailors aboard USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted a complex missile defense flight test, resulting in the intercept of a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) target using Standard Missile (SM) 6 guided missiles...
30 August 2017 Japan Air Self-Defense Force Conducts Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Training at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- The Japan Air Self-Defense Force 2nd Air Defense Missile Group conducted Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) deployment training at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Aug. 29, 2017.PAC-3 is a surface-to-air missile defense system, which provides a...
30 August 2017 Annual Full-scale Exercise Provides U.S. Army Garrison Japan with Opportunities to Use Skills CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Japan conducted its annual full-scale exercise Aug. 21-24 on Camp Zama and other installations, including Sagami General Depot, Sagamihara Family Housing Area and Yokohama North Dock.USAG Japan Garrison Commander Col. Phillip K. Gage said the full-scale...
30 August 2017 USS Ashland Arrives in Guam for Voyage Repair Availability during Indo-Asia-Pacific Deployment APRA HARBOR, Guam -- The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived in Guam Aug. 29, as part of a scheduled voyage repair availability (VRAV).The VRAV comes as Ashland, forward-deployed to Sasebo, Japan, fulfills a multi-month...
30 August 2017 Secretary Tillerson's Calls with Japanese and Republic of Korea Foreign Ministers Washington, DC -- The following is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert:Secretary Tillerson spoke on separate calls with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Republic of Korea (R.O.K.) Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha to discuss North Korea’s launch of a missile that overflew Japan.They...
30 August 2017 Misawa Load Competition Challenges Weapons Airmen Readiness MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The brash horn ricochets off hangar bay concrete walls alerting two three-person weapons load crews to begin the race to meet each required objective—speed, cleanliness, but most importantly, safety— while weapons experts evaluated them at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug...
29 August 2017 Exercise Tropic Agile Combat Employment Tests Rapid Deployment Capabilities JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Airmen from the 36th Contingency Response Group, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and the 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan, are exercising the ability to conduct rapid deployment operations during Exercise Tropic ACE Aug. 28 - Sept. 15, 2017.Tropic ACE was...
29 August 2017 Soldiers from All Over Pacific Participate in Best Medic Competition JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington -- Sixteen of the Army’s top medics from across the Pacific region gathered at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington Aug. 21 through 25 for Regional Health Command-Pacific’s Best Medic competition.Soldiers hailing from duty stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Washington,...
29 August 2017 The National Defense Committee Visits Eighth Army Head Quarters U.S. ARMY GARRISON-HUMPHREYS, South Korea -- As U.S. Forces Korea's transformation is now in full swing on the peninsula, members of the National Defense Committee took the occasion to visit the Eighth Army headquarters and learn about the unit's blueprint at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, South...
29 August 2017 Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 Conducts Search and Rescue ANDERSEN AIR BASE, Guam -- Sailors assigned to the Guam-based "Island Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 rescued five hunters stranded on the remote island of Aguijan about 85 miles north of Guam, Aug. 28.The hunters ran out of food and were running low on water following a brief...