10 March 2015 Sentry Aloha Pits Fighter vs. Fighter Residents in Hawaii may notice an increase in fighter aircraft activity as welldiversity of airframes in and around the airspaces of the state as the HawaiiAir National Guard hosts its second large-scale "Sentry Aloha" fighter exerciseof 2015.The exercise officially begins on March 5 and is...
10 March 2015 12th Marine Regiment Maneuvers through Dragon Fire Exercise 15 Rain falls for 18 hours straight onto the rocky, uninhabitable terrain in the Pohakuloa Training Area while Marines rush to break down their combat operations center. Marines start before the sun rises above the Pacific, highlighting the hills and volcanic rock as it rises to meet them 6,000 feet...
10 March 2015 Remotely Operated Vehicle Deployed to Assist in Missing Diver Recovery A Navy remotely operated vehicle (ROV) assisted in the recovery of a civilian diver who went missing at the Blue Hole near Apra Harbor, Guam, on Feb. 28 and March 1. The Guam Fire Department received a call regarding a missing South Korean tourist and several marine units were activated, including...
09 March 2015 Winnefeld: Demilitarized Zone Provides Reminder Why Military Defends Freedoms The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visited Korea's demilitarized zone yesterday, where soldiers from North Korea and South Korea have stared each other down for more than six decades after an armistice ended hostilities of the Korean War. Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr. said the tour is...
09 March 2015 Expeditionary Strike Group 7 Embarks Bonhomme Richard, Focus on Core Combat Capabilities The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), embarked Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7 for patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.The ARG is comprised of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme...
09 March 2015 Exercise Sandfisher Opening Doors for U.S., Singapore Marines with Bravo Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, joined members of the Underwater Demolition Group with Singapore’s Naval Diving Unit, to exchange dive tactics and training Feb. 27, 2015 in one of the School of Infantry-West classrooms in building 223 aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii. The...
06 March 2015 First Australians Graduate Growler Program The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) graduated its first five aviators from the training pipeline of the EA-18G Growler during a ceremony at the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) Officers' Club, Feb. 27.Australia currently flies F/A-18 Hornets and F/A-18E Super Hornets so joint cooperation...
06 March 2015 Military Sealift Command Expeditionary Port Unit Builds Thai Relations during Cobra Gold Navy Reservists from the Military Sealift Command's (MSC) Expeditionary Port Unit 112 conducted a community relations project at the Wat Koh Khwang Elementry School in Chanthaburi, Thailand, March 3.This is the second community relations event MSC EPU 112 has conducted while on annual training in...
06 March 2015 51st Fighter Wing Provides 'Home' during Key Resolve 2015 The giant voice loudly blares the Mission Oriented Protective Posture conditionas Airmen working at the Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Fitness and SportsComplex scramble to put on gas masks.The 51st Fighter Wing isparticipating in Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight 15-1,...
06 March 2015 Deadhorse Drop Tests Paratroopers' Arctic Skills Paratroopers with U.S. Army Alaska's 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team(Airborne), 25th Infantry Division performed the largest U.S. airborne missionnorth of the Arctic Circle in more than a decade Feb. 24 during Spartan Pegasus15.The exercise demonstrated their unique ability to rapidly mass poweron...