13 July 2016 O'Shaughnessy Assumes Command of Pacific Air Forces JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy assumed command of Pacific Air Forces July 12 during a ceremony here.Presiding over the ceremony, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein expressed confidence in O’Shaughnessy as the new commander of PACAF.“General TJ...
08 July 2016 Iwakuni Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 Arrives in Fuji, Unleashes Eagle Wrath 2016 COMBINED ARMS TRAINING CENTER CAMP FUJI, SHIZUOKA, Japan -- U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, arrived at the Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, to participate in exercise Eagle Wrath 2016 on July 8, 2016.The annual...
05 July 2016 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment Marines Disembark USS Ashland after Participation in CARAT OKINAWA, Japan (NNS) -- U.S. Sailors and Marines with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment disembarked the forward-deployed Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) in Okinawa, Japan, after several training engagements in the region, July 4. The Marines returned to...
24 December 2015 Okinawa Service Members Bring Christmas Joy to Okinawa Residents OKINAWA, Japan - Okinawa residents at the Enobi No Sato home for the mentally disabled received a visit from Santa Claus and his helpers Dec. 19 in Uruma City.Status of forces agreement personnel volunteered to visit the home and spread Christmas joy to its residents. “This is an annual tradition...
11 December 2015 Republic of Korea/U.S. Air Force Airmen participate Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants Train Together KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Without a Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL) flight, it would be difficult to get aircraft off the ground. Kunsan Air Base Airmen conducted their first-ever POL bilateral training with the Republic of Korea Air Force Dec. 8. This training took place to build...
16 October 2015 USS Fort Worth Completes Harbor Phase of Exercise Malabar CHENNAI, India (NNS) -- The littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) completed the harbor phase of exercise Malabar in Chennai, India Oct. 15.Malabar 2015 is a complex, high-end warfighting exercise that has grown in scope and complexity over the years and is the latest in a continuing series...