19 June 2015 Kunsan surge operations generate 350 sorties The 8th Fighter Wing tested its flying and maintenance operations during Surge Week here June 15-18.F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots from the 35th Fighter Squadron "Pantons," 80th FS "Juvats" and the 175th FS "Lobos," deployed here from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, flew together generating over 350 sorties...
19 June 2015 Green Bay Recovers Distressed Mariners in Makassar Strait Amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) rendered assistance to distressed mariners in the waters between the Indonesian islands of Kalimantan and Sulawesi June 19. Shipboard lookouts first spotted the distressed mariners waving a black flag approximately 3 to 5 nautical miles from the...
19 June 2015 Kiribati Phase of Pacific Partnership Mission Completed Task Force Forager embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) wrapped up its first visit of Pacific Partnership 2015 with a closing reception June 17.While only in the Republic of Kiribati for 15 days, the crew made a significant impact on the...
19 June 2015 Mercy Completes First Pacific Partnership Mission Stop in Fiji The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) left the shores of Fiji June 19, to continue its Pacific Partnership 2015 mission after working alongside Fijian military, government and health professionals treating thousands of patients, conducting public health engagements and constructing new school...
17 March 2015 PACOM Joint Intelligence Operations Center Honors Fallen Marine Family and service members of Joint IntelligenceOperations Center (JIOC), U.S. Pacific Command, gathered at the U.S. PacificFleet complex March 12 for a memorial service to honor the life and sacrificeof a fallen Marine.Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Allan Borchers was killed March12, 1990, while on sentry duty...
17 March 2015 USAF, U.S. Army Host 15th Annual NCO Exchange for Japan Air Self-Defense Force KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force and Army service members hosted an NCO exchange here March 3, giving seven Japan Air Self-Defense Force members a chance to work with their U.S. counterparts.The JASDF Airmen were each paired with Kadena Airmen or Soldiers in their respective jobs for almost...
17 March 2015 U.S. Army Garrison Japan Hosts 4th Annual Earthquake Functional Exercise CAMP ZAMA, Japan (March 17, 2015) --The 4th annual earthquake functional exercise was conducted March 12 by U.S. Army Garrison Japan's Directorate of Emergency Services. The exercise was held in the Emergency Operations Center on the Camp Zama installation. Ransom Bush, emergency manager for USAG...
17 March 2015 Asistant Secretary Remarks on U.S.-Republic of Korea Relations ASSISTANT SECRETARY RUSSEL: Thank you. Well I’ve had some very good meetings today and I want to begin by saying that the best meeting I had, I had last night with my good friend, Ambassador Mark Lippert. I’m very proud to call him a friend and a colleague. We think that his bravery under fire, his...
16 March 2015 Marine Analyst Visits Spartan Brigade to Build Exchange Program JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- What seemed to be a normal week at the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, turned out to be a little different as green, beige and black camouflage contrasted sharply with the Army Combat Uniform normally seen around the...
16 March 2015 Republic of Korea Joint Chiefs of Staff Learns Littoral Combat Ship Capabilities during Visit to USS Fort Worth in Busan BUSAN, Republic of Korea (NNS) -- Chairman of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Choi, Yoon-hee visited the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) March 16 during the ship's inaugural port visit to Busan. While on board Fort Worth, Choi toured the ship and gained a better...