The United States is providing people across the Eastern Province with betteraccess to water for drinking and farming, launching three separate projects thisweek in Batticaloa and Ampara through its development arm, the United StatesAgency for International Development (USAID).“Through projects big...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron conducted an amphibious training operation along the West Coast of Okinawa Sept. 22 - 24 to refresh qualifications and retain proficiency in various special tactics skill sets.The training entailed day and nighttime...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 23rd InfantryRegiment, 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division and 6th Battalion of the KumaonRegiment concluded the 11th iteration of exercise Yudh Abhyas at Joint BaseLewis-McChord, Wash., Sept. 9-23.Yudh Abhyas is an annual, U.S...

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea – Air Defense Artillery Fire Coordination officers from the 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade held a tactical seminar Sept. 23-24 at Camp Carroll and Suwon Air Base to brief Information and Coordination Central/Engagement Control Station/Battery Command Post crews on...

SUWON AIR BASE, South Korea -- More than 600 Soldiers and family members of 6thBattalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, along with 125 Republic of Koreaservice members and distinguished guests celebrated the culmination of theannual Ulchi-Freedom Guardian exercise with a victory party in...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Members of the Gunsan City fire department visited the 8th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department here Sept. 16, 2015.The purpose of the visit was to work with Wolf Pack Airmen for interoperability and familiarization."It is always important for us to interact...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan:  Face-to-face with an energetic German Shepherd, Senior Airman Alyssa Stamps, 35th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, makes a grab for the ball. Now holding the cherished reward, she chucks it across the yard and the dog stampedes after it. Instead of...

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea -- Rockets hit a mountainside like a traincrashing into a wall at full speed on one late September afternoon. The soundwas deafening and the dust clouds could be seen from a mile away. The rocketswere fired from two AH-64 Apache's providing a deep attack to support a...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The U.S. military will kick off the 2015-2016 season of Operation DEEP FREEZE, the Department of Defense’s support of the U.S. Antarctic Program and the National Science Foundation, with operations commencing Sept. 28.This support is provided by Joint Task...

YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. (Sept. 23, 2015) -- Waiting. Soldiers scan theexpansive, arid range, ready to fire, waiting for two magic words - "firemission!" Until then, they wait, preparing their equipment and thinking aboutthe task at hand. They stand ready to bombard the range with...