NORTH PACIFIC -- A U.S. Navy salvage team aboard a contracted vessel completed its mission supporting search and recovery operations with the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JASDF) after locating debris from the downed JASDF F-35A off the coast of Japan, May 8.Working closely with JSDF forces, the...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Most students, at some point or another in their lives, hear the questions, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” and, “What are you going to do after you graduate?”. It’s a question students may hear as early as kindergarten and all throughout high school. Some people...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- Members of the Camp Zama community need to carefully assemble their emergency kits, and the reason why boils down to three main words: earthquakes, volcanoes and typhoons.Japan has had more than 1,000 earthquakes of 5.0 or greater on the Richter scale over the past decade; there...

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII -- Four MV-22B Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 successfully completed a trans-Pacific flight from Okinawa, Japan to Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, on May 2, 2019. This has become a recurring milestone flight that the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and...

CHINHAE, Republic of Korea -- Senior Chief Operations Specialist John Venetsanakos relieved Command Master Chief (CMC) William Palmer as command senior enlisted leader (SEL) of Commander, Fleet Activities Chinhae (CFAC) during a change of charge ceremony on the installation, May 7.Cmdr. Jeremy...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- For more than four decades, live aircraft performances, hot food, cold beverages, and service members from the U.S. and Japan have created opportunities for new experiences and everlasting memories through a single-day air show which, over the years, has...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Louisville (SSN 724) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam from a deployment, May 2."Louisville Sailors are some of the finest in the world,” said Cmdr. Robert W. Rose, from Garland, Utah, and Louisville’s commanding...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea --Members of the 8th Civil Engineer Squadron, also known as the Legendary Red Devils, rapidly repaired a rupture on Kunsan Air Base’s active runway in record, May 1-2, 2019.At approximately 9 a.m. on May 1st, a rupture was discovered on Kunsan’s runway and Col...

CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea -- Military life can present many challenges for married Soldiers. Separation due to training, deployments and temporary duty assignments has the potential to cause friction in a marriage."This deployment has been a rough one, coming soon after a previous tour,"...

YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka (FLCY) held the 100th Japan Maritime Self-Defense Program (JMSDF) internship graduation ceremony April 26, commemorating an important milestone it shares with host nation.The JMSDF and U.S. Navy internship...