OKINAWA, Japan -- Blue Chromite is a U.S.-only exercise which strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps expeditionary, amphibious rapid-response capabilities required to swiftly and effectively respond to a regional crisis or contingency across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, to include humanitarian...

SANTA RITA, Guam -- The Maritime Prepositioning Ship (MPS) USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams (T-AK-3009) pulled back into Apra Harbor, U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG), Oct. 27 to backload nearly 80 U.S. Marine Corps vehicles and equipment after a three-week visit to the port. The visit was a rare opportunity...

DAEGU, South Korea -- 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command and 2nd Operational Command's Unit Ministry Teams trained aboard the Nimitz-class super carrier USS Ronald Reagan with Navy Religious Support Teams. Oct. 20. While aboard the carrier, teams received instruction on unique ways Naval...

BUSAN, GOJEDO, PYEONGTAEK, JINHAE, SOUTH KOREA -- U.S. and Republic of Korea Sailors joined forces to help the local Busan community during the recent USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group port visit, Oct. 16-21. Throughout the port visit, 609 U.S. and ROK Sailors volunteered at 14 locations in...

PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted amphibious sustainment training on Oahu and the island of Hawaii, Oct. 19-23, after departing Naval Base San Diego, Oct. 14, for a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas...

CAMP CASEY, South Korea -- Two rotational units relinquished their responsibilities during a ceremony here today, after successfully providing nine months of critical contributions to the security and stability of the Republic of Korea and the Fight Tonight readiness across the peninsula.The...

WASHINGTON -- The rapidly evolving security environment, including the persistent North Korean threat and maritime issues in the East and South China Seas, highlighted a meeting at the Pentagon today between Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work and Tetsuro Kuroe, Japan’s administrative vice defense...

PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) conducted its first at-sea ammunition onload in more than two years, Oct. 23-24 during an underway replenishment (UNREP) with the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8).Nimitz Sailors moved a total of 1,542 pallets...

WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii - Elements of Task Force Raider from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, performed a rare boarding, here, of a C-17 Globemaster III to fly to the island of Hawaii, Oct. 24, 2016.Normally, Soldiers would board a C-17 from the 535th Airlift Squadron, 15th...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The command to “sound off for equipment check” resonates through the immense interior of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. The call of “One, OK!” finalizes the equipment check, then 170-pound Soldiers carrying 150 pounds of gear each shuffle like zombies...