COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- U.S. Sailors from the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) completed their contributions to the humanitarian assistance mission in Sri Lanka, June 17.More than 400 Sailors participated in the mission in Sri Lanka, where recent heavy rainfalls brought...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Looking up to the skies on any given day, multiple aircraft can be seen flying around the Anchorage area. From commercial, civilian, and military aircraft, it would be an understatement to say the skies are busy.Thanks to the dedicated Airmen and civilians...

NORTHERN VIETNAM -- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) deployed an Underwater Recovery Team (URT) comprised of Department of Defense civilians and U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force service members to northern Vietnam in search of two U.S. Navy aviators who went missing during the Vietnam War,...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Once a patient is deemed incapable of receiving care at Misawa Air Base due to medical restraints, the 35th Medical Support Squadron aeromedical evacuation team engineers an expedited mobility plan utilizing Pacific Air Forces assets to relocate the patient for critical...

ZHANJIANG, China -- Sailors from the guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) spent time in port here building relationships with their People's Liberation Army (Navy) (PLAN) counterparts through both leisure and professional activities.Activities commenced June 13 with Sailors travelling to a...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Military members and family members participated in the annual exercise Focused Passage 17 here this week, arriving in a pair of C-17 Globemasters and a C-130 Hercules to simulate what might happen during a non-combatant evacuation (NEO).The military members and family...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Grimacing, they run through the rain, their water-logged bulletproof vests getting heavier by the second while their teammate’s encouraging shouts grow louder.A finish line is crossed, usually denoting completion, but in this case, representing simply a line of demarcation...

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (NNS) -- Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled port visit, June 14.Prior to the visit, the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group completed routine operations in the 7th Fleet...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The military lifestyle is all-inclusive of late nights, long shifts, and more often than not, living out of a backpack on weeks-long temporary duty. For the hard-working Airmen of the 13th Fighter Squadron, that reality is all too familiar.Two weeks ago, the...

PACIFIC OCEAN -- Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) expeditionary transfer dock USNS Montford Point (T-ESD 1) and large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off (LMSR) ship USNS Soderman (T-AKR 317) performed a “skin-to-skin” (S2S) maneuver in the vicinity of Saipan to demonstrate MSC’s unique seabasing...