CAMP AGUINALDO, Philippines -- Government officials and senior military leaders of the U.S. and the Republic of Philippines announced the opening of Balikatan 33-2017, May 8.Balikatan 2017 is the 33rd iteration of the annual U.S.-Philippine bilateral military exercise taking place May 8-19. It is...

DA NANG, Vietnam (NNS) -- Pacific Partnership 2017 (PP17) began a mission in Da Nang, Vietnam, May 8 with the arrival of the U.S. expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Fall River (T-EPF-4).The Da Nang mission stop marks the fourth consecutive year and the eighth time in 11 years that Pacific...

YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), departed Fleet Activities Yokosuka, May 7.Ronald Reagan’s crew shifted colors at 11:54 a.m. and made way to conduct sea trials in the final phase of the ship’s selective restricted availability (SRA)...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Safety is a unifying, borderless and meaningful venture for everyone,” stated U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Andrew Mueller, chief of safety, during his opening remarks at U.S. Pacific Command’s annual Asia-Pacific Aviation Safety Subject Matter Expert Exchange...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Fighter planes, they're all glamour, thrust, being inverted and huge amounts of swag, right?Few people consider the small army of logisticians and maintainers who work quietly behind the scenes to keep these beasts topped up on fuel and ammunition, and in...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, opened its gates to approximately 210,000 guests for the 41st Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day, May 5, 2017.Since 1973, MCAS Iwakuni has held a single-day air show designed to foster...

PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Sailors aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) participated in a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) training exercise, May 3, as part of America Amphibious Ready Group's Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX).The training scenario gauges the...

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2017 -- Navy Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr. grew up listening to sea stories about the Battle of the Coral Sea.The admiral, now the commander of U.S. Pacific Command, is the son of a sailor who participated in the legendary World War II battle that turned back the Japanese thrust at...

DALANZADGAD, Mongolia - Exercise Gobi Wolf 2017 began May 1, 2017, with an opening ceremony, academic training, a United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs webinar and a reception dinner in Dalanzadgad, Mongolia.Gobi Wolf (GW) 17 is a five-day disaster response exercise and...

EILESON AFB, Alaska -- Approximately 6,000 military members gathered together to take on the most challenging scenarios in the Pacific theater during Exercise Northern Edge 17 (NE17), at the Gulf of Alaska and around central Alaska ranges from May 1-12, 2017.NE17, a biennial Pacific Command...