15 January 2016 Soldiers Prepare for a Deployment to Joint Readiness Training Center to Continue Mission Readiness JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- A lone group of artillerymen stand by a M119A2 howitzer waiting for a fire mission. The Soldiers, masters of their craft, have set up their station. They have trained for this day, practicing every aspect until they could do it asleep. The call comes,...
13 January 2016 Fires in Fuji: Marines Participated in a Combined Arms Live-fire Training COMBINED ARMS TRAINING CENTER CAMP FUJI, Japan -- Humvees crunch over a gravel road, bounding over bumps and dips before halting in a column facing a steep, distant, mountain. Marines had arrived at the staging area where they would prepare to conduct night-fire engagements. The sun set deep...
30 December 2015 Load Crew Airmen Race Against the Clock MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron competed in a quarterly weapons load crew competition here, Dec. 30. teams composed of three Airmen raced against the clock, and each other, to arm an F-16 Fighting Falcon with three different weapons systems, all with...
29 December 2015 17th Field Artillery Brigade Participates in Yama Sakura 69 JOINT BASE LEWIS- MCCHORD, Wash. - For the Soldiers of the 17th Field Artillery Brigade, months of hard work and preparation culminate this week with the execution of Yama Sakura 69 from Dec. 5 to Dec. 10, 2015. For the artillery brigade this means, conducting split operations between a team in...
24 December 2015 Reminder to U.S. Citizens To Exercise Caution While Traveling During the Holidays As we approach the holidays, the U.S. Department of State reminds U.S. citizens of our Worldwide Travel Alert, issued on November 23, and the continuing need to exercise caution during the holiday season.Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive security messages and make it...
23 December 2015 Misawa, Kadena Airmen Strengthen Bilateral Ties MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) -- Aircraft and personnel from Kadena Air Base, Misawa AB and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force participated in Aviation Training Relocation Dec. 1-18 here.The exercise gave all aircrew members involved the opportunity to demonstrate interoperability between...
21 May 2015 DoD Likely Lessened Nepal Quake’s Effects, Official Says Himalayan mountain nation’s recent earthquakes, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for stability and humanitarian affairs said on Capitol Hill yesterday.Anne A. Witkowsky testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Asia and Pacific subcommittee on DOD’s efforts in the earthquake...