26 September 2016 USS Chancellorsville Arrives in Guam APRA HARBOR, Guam (NNS) -- Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) arrived in Guam for a routine port visit Sept. 24. While in Guam, Chancellorsville Sailors have the opportunity to experience the culture and take part in Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) events. The...
26 September 2016 Camp Casey Logistics Soldiers Stretch Their Skills in Ground, Air Exercises CAMP CASEY, South Korea -- Soldiers conducted ground and air resupply training missions to ensure they could “Fight Tonight” in South Korea – with written exams and other challenges during various exercises in July and August. Soldiers from the Forward Support Company H, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry...
26 September 2016 Philippine Amphibious Landing Exercise 33 Set to Begin PHILIPPINES -- Humanitarian civic assistance efforts, an amphibious landing exercise and live- fire training featuring artillery are just a few of the many team building opportunities during PHIBLEX 33, all designed to advance cooperation, improve interoperability and assist in strengthening...
23 September 2016 Joint Exercise Valiant Shield Concludes in Pacific ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Forces from the U.S. Pacific Command concluded exercise Valiant Shield Sept. 23. 18,000 personnel and more than 180 aircraft from the U.S. Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, and nine surface ships came together on Guam and around the Marianas Island Range Complex for...
23 September 2016 Jungle Warfare Training Center Prepares Marines for Operations in Asia-Pacific JUNGLE WARFARE TRAINING CENTER, Okinawa, Japan -- Since 1958, the Jungle Warfare Training Center has provided terrain and climate-specific training to units serving across the Asia-Pacific region. This training area made up more than 17,000 acres of mountains and jungle, is the only one of its kin...
23 September 2016 Joint Professional Military Education Provides Insight to Enlisted Leaders KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, Japan -- Usually seeing a group of E-6 and E-7s coming your way strikes fear into young enlisted member, but in this case the group of joint enlisted leaders are here to learn. Enlisted leaders from across Okinawa joined forces for a week-long joint professional military...
23 September 2016 Valiant Shield Participants Engage with Youth Correctional Facility Students MANGILAO, Guam - The Marine Corps, the Air Force and the Navy joined forces with students at the Youth Correctional Facility on Sept. 22, 2016 for a basketball game. The fifteen Marines, one Airman and one Sailor are in Guam as participants of Valiant Shield, a biennial field training exercise with...
23 September 2016 Army Surgeon General Shares Journey during Pacific Region Trip HONOLULU, Hawaii -- "It doesn't matter where you start. It's where you end up," said Lt. Gen. Nadja West, Army Surgeon General and Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM), to an audience of military and civilian leaders at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, as part of her first official visit to...
22 September 2016 Nepalese Army Disaster Response Exercise Kicks Off KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A bi-lateral disaster response exercise focused on earthquake preparedness began in Kathmandu Sept. 20 as part of the enduring collaboration between the U.S. and Nepalese governments to prepare for natural disasters in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. The Pacific Resilience Disaster...
22 September 2016 Destroyer Squadron 7 Staff Complete Exercise Valiant Shield GUAM -- Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7 staff disembarked amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), Sept. 21, following completion of their duties during exercise Valiant Shield 2016. DESRON 7 staff served as the sea combat commander (SCC) for Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7 and was...