27 December 2019 Tinsel Town Delivers Snow, Festivities to Okinawa KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- It doesn’t normally snow in Okinawa, but once a year Tinsel Town brings the magic of the holiday season to Kadena Air Base.Tinsel Town, held this year, is an annual event in which the local community and service members get together and share the holiday spirit with music,...
27 December 2019 U.S. Navy Seabees Deployed with NMCB-5’s Detail Sasebo Conduct Critical Repair to Seawall SASEBO, Japan -- U.S. Navy Seabees deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5’s Detail Sasebo completed the construction repair of a seawall on board Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo, Nov. 27.Sasebo Public Works Department (PWD) requested Seabee repair support for an eroded section...
26 December 2019 American, Japanese Sailors Exchange Culture YOKOSUKA, Japan -- With 2019 drawing to a close, Sailors and their families stationed in Japan spent time with their counterparts in the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) exchanging culture and building friendships.The various events, held at Navy installations around Japan annually, help to...
26 December 2019 USS Wayne E. Meyer Returns Home from Indo-Pacific Deployment SAN DIEGO - Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108), along with an embarked detachment from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 37 “Easyriders,” returned to its homeport of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Dec. 23, following an independent deployment to the...
26 December 2019 Powering the Fleet SASEBO, Japan -- Two weeks ago the USS America (LHA 6) arrived at Commander, Fleet Activities (CFA) Sasebo bringing a new capability to the Indo-Pacific Region. Thursday, there was a ribbon cutting for the facility that made the homeport shift all possible. Representatives from Japan Engineer...
26 December 2019 3rd Munitions Squadron Airmen Build New Bombs, Lethality JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Airmen of the 3rd Munitions Squadron (MUNS) at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, are becoming vastly more effective and lethal due to a regimen of training on bombs used in different locations.The 3rd MUNS primarily builds bombs for the F-22 Raptors...
26 December 2019 Army Pacific Commander Concludes Visit to Japan FORT SHAFER, Hawaii -- For his first visit to the Indo-Pacific region as Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific, Gen. Paul LaCamera reaffirmed the U.S. Army's steadfast commitment to the defense of Japan during a visit Dec. 14-18. Gen. LaCamera met with senior leaders from the Japan Ground Self...
26 December 2019 Joint, Bilateral Exchange Conducted as Part of Exercise Tiger Triumph VISAKHAPATNAM, India -- The United States Marine Forces Pacific and Pacific Air Forces command surgeons and Indian Air Force, Army and Navy members participated in TIGER TRIUMPH, a bilateral amphibious exercise focused on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations, 13-21 Nov.This is the...
19 December 2019 Governor, INDOPACOM Commander Announce End of War Commemoration PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Gov. David Ige today proclaimed the establishment of a blue-ribbon committee that will oversee events here commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in September. Joining him was the honorary co-chair, Adm. Phil Davidson, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific...
19 December 2019 Pacific Fleet commander Visits Thailand to Expand Partnership BANGKOK, Thailand -- Adm. John C. Aquilino met with senior Royal Thai Navy leaders and had the unique opportunity to witness Thailand’s royal barge procession during a Dec. 10-13 visit to further strengthen the relationship between the two navies.At the invitation of Adm. Luechai Rutdit, the Royal...