10 July 2015 U.S./ROK Troop Partnership Takes Flight Through Combined Air Defense Air defenders of Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment "Guardians" were provided a unique opportunity in Gunsan July 9.Five Soldiers and one Korean Augmentee to the U.S. took a 20-minute drive from their headquarters at Kunsan Air Base to visit the Republic of Korea Air...
09 July 2015 U.S. Army Pacific announces force structure decisions Today, the Department of the Army announced force structure decisions affecting the U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC). The significant changes/proposal to USARPAC forces structure are: Conversion of the 4th infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division at Joint Base...
09 July 2015 Okinawa preps for Typhoon Chan-Hom As of 2 p.m. local time here, The 18th Wing commander, Brig. Gen. Barry Cornish, has directed Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness 1.At 9 a.m., Typhoon Chan-Hom, with winds gusting to 110 knots near its center, was located 250 nautical miles southeast of Kadena, moving northwest at 12...
09 July 2015 Airmen Share Forward Aerial Refueling Tactics with Aussies U.S. Air Force members demonstrated forward aerial refueling tactics with Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force personnel July 8 during Talisman Sabre 2015.The training demonstration helped provide Australian forces with the knowledge to establish similar capabilities for their future...
09 July 2015 US, Australia Team up as a Combined Task Force during Talisman Sabre For two years service members from both the U.S. and Australian Navies have prepared for a complex amphibious assault scenario taking place on the shores of the Northern Territory of Australia during Talisman Sabre 2015. Talisman Sabre is a comprehensive biennial military exercise allowing a U.S...
09 July 2015 Paratroopers Bring Unique Capability to Australia Exercise About 400 Soldiers, including a handful of Airmen and Marines, parachuted onto Kapyong Drop Zone, Williamson Airfield, in the northeast state of Queensland, the morning of July 8, as part of exercise Talisman Sabre 15.The Soldiers, almost all of whom were from 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry...
09 July 2015 George Washington Carrier Strike Group improves combat efficiency with dynamic war-at-sea exercise during Talisman Sabre The George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWCSG), the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy completed a dynamic war-at-sea exercise (WASEX) as part of Talisman Sabre 2015 (TS15), July 8-9. WASEX simulated searching for and engaging hostile surface warships in order to improve joint...
09 July 2015 USNS Millinocket to visit Solomon Islands for Pacific Partnership The Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) will arrive in Honiara, Solomon Islands, July 10, for the ship’s third stop of Pacific Partnership 2015.Millinocket and embarked Task Force Forager, led by an expeditionary command element from the Navy's 30th Naval...
09 July 2015 Lasson Promotes Maritime Security in South China Sea The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) continues to patrol the South China Sea since the end of May 2015 in support of security and stability in the region.Since August 2013, Destroyer Squadron 15 DDGs have routinely operated in the South China Sea. During these...
09 July 2015 Australia, U.S. Partnership Journeys to Outback Next week, the U.S. Army’s 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division is scheduled to jump with Australian jumpmasters as part of the joint forcible entry operation dubbed Operation Talisman Saber which serves two primary...