Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), along with the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, arrived in Hong Kong, Aug. 20, for a port visit.The visit is the first port call for the crew, who departed San Diego July 25 before conducting Marine sustainment training off the coast of...

Ulchi-Freedom Guardian 2014, a 10-day annual computerized command-and-control exercise, kicked off Monday.More than 25 Hawaii-based Soldiers from the 8th Theater Sustainment Command, joined the 50,000 South Korea troops, and 30,000 U.S. Soldiers throughout the Pacific, for the combined and joint...

Four Stryker combat vehicles were successfully loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III on the JBPHH flightline Aug. 13, marking the Army's first use of the Stryker Marshalling Pad and Hot Cargo Pad since their construction.According to Glen Bailey, 15th Wing Plans and Programs chief of support...

The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Hawaii (SSN 776) arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka Aug. 20 for a visit as part of its deployment to the Western Pacific. With a crew of approximately 140, Hawaii will conduct a multitude of mission and showcase the latest capabilities of the submarine...

Exercise Citadel Pacific 2014 will be conducted on Navy Installations throughout the U.S. Pacific Command area of responsibility, including Navy Region Japan, Joint Region Marianas and Navy Region Hawaii from Aug. 25-29. This annual exercise is designed to enhance the training, readiness and...

Guam, because of its military bases, Army anti-ballistic missile system and location 3,300 miles west of Hawaii is an increasingly important strategic hub for the U.S. Asia-Pacific rebalance, Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said today.Work’s visit here was part of a seven-day trip that began with...

U.S. Navy underwater archeologists, in conjunction with Indonesian Navy divers, have assessed in an interim report that the wrecked vessel surveyed in the Java Sea in June is "consistent with the identification" of the World War II wreck of the cruiser USS Houston (CA 30), and that divers documented...

 Marines and sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Squadron 5 were afforded a rare opportunity to visit Iwo To (formally known as Iwo Jima) while transiting through the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility Aug. 16, 2014.Through the natural course of transit while deployed...

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brede Grorud and Mongolian Armed Forces Sgt. Erdenetsogt Batchuluun, electricians participating in Pacific Angel 14-4, stand in the poorly lit gymnasium of Bulgan Province, a Mongolian primary school, effortlessly repairing the building’s electrical system though they are...

Senior leaders from the U.S. and Republic of Korea navies signed a charter August 16 pledging to increase cooperation in future anti-submarine warfare training. The charter was signed during a special ceremony hosted by Vice Adm. Jung, Ho-Sup, commander of the Republic of Korea Fleet. Vice Adm...