19 March 2020 Army Grappling with COVID-19 Head-on, Says Army Secretary WASHINGTON -- More than 2,000 National Guardsmen are taking on COVID-19 as it continues to sweep the globe and safety measures ramp up, said the Army’s top official.To date, at least 49 service members throughout the Department of Defense have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. However, in the...
19 March 2020 Camp Zama Housing Inspectors Ensure Safe, Clean, Comfortable Homes SAGAMIHARA FAMILY HOUSING AREA, Japan -- As Mamiko Takishima conducts housing occupancy inspections for U.S. Army Garrison Japan, she methodically checks everything, right down to the little handle on the back side of the laundry room door.“I’ve been doing this a long time, about five years,”...
18 March 2020 Theodore Roosevelt, America strike groups conduct expeditionary strike force training SOUTH CHINA SEA - The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, America Expeditionary Strike Group and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted expeditionary strike force operations March 15-18.The training, the second that the two strike groups have conducted since February, put the full...
18 March 2020 Misawa Airmen continue Agile Combat Employment training MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, “The only constant in life is change.” That’s true in how we learn, how we teach, and even how the military operates in the defense of the United States, its interests, and its allies.It is that thought of change that 24 U.S...
18 March 2020 Midnight Sun Guardian aerospace medicine Airman impacts the mission JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Impact. Defined as yielding an effect, having an impact is the singular goal Senior Airman Loida Torres Román had in mind when she joined the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing.Impact can also be defined as the striking of one object against another,...
17 March 2020 Updated Training Track Guidance Issued WASHINGTON -- The Navy has issued amplifying guidance to the recently issued “stop movement” order that has frozen non-mission essential transfers and official travel until May 11.Additional guidance is now available concerning travel for Sailors on temporary duty orders for training or permanent...
16 March 2020 Flight Provides Vital Support to Entire Continent YOKOTA AIR FORCE BASE, Japan -- One small unit has the extensive mission of providing support services over a 76.9 million square mile territory.As an active duty service member who has spent 17 years serving overseas, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Troy Sachao, 337th Air Support Flight commander, can...
16 March 2020 USS America, Gabrielle Giffords, Integrate Operations SOUTH CHINA SEA -- Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), flagship of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7, conducted operations with littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), March 13.America, the Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship and Gabrielle Giffords, the fifth...
16 March 2020 Navy Sets Coronavirus Transfer and Travel Rules: What You n=Need to Know WASHINGTON -- In the wake of the rapidly expanding world-wide coronavirus outbreak, the Navy has issued two administrative messages outlining new travel and transfer rules in effect until May 11.The temporary change in policies is needed to protect Sailors, families and civilians while helping...
13 March 2020 Alaska National Guard’s Exercise Arctic Eagle 2020 Wraps Up JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Exercise Arctic Eagle 2020, a two-week biennial exercise organized by the Alaska National Guard, came to an end Mar. 7. The exercise included about 1,250 participants from multiple local and federal civilian agencies as well as foreign and domestic military...