PETERSBUG, Alaska -- Accurately capturing and recording an underwater ecosystem is a difficult task and one made more difficult when it involves the deep, cold and dark waters of Alaska. This is the challenge presented to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District and Matt Ferguson, a...

BUSAN, Republic of Korea -- A P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft assigned to the “Mad Foxes” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 5 will participate in a multinational maritime security exercise, beginning April 30.The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM-Plus)...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam --Pushing the boundaries of rapid deployment calls for some early mornings and late nights. Thankfully, the rainbow-colored sunrises and sunsets in Guam made the week-long Resilient Typhoon exercise a little more bearable for 35th Fighter Wing personnel, April...

KANOYA AIR BASE, Japan -- A P-8A Poseidon aircraft from Patrol Squadron (VP) 5 will participate in this year’s Kanoya Airshow held at the Kanoya Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Airbase, in Kagoshima, Kanoya, Nishihara, Japan, April 27-28.The Kanoya Airshow is an annual event that brings...

LIHUE, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard, Kauai Fire Department, HDOT Airports Division, HDOT Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Section, Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services, Kauai Police Department, American Medical Response, and Wilcox Medical Center conducted a full-scale mass rescue exercise Friday at...

OKINAWA, Japan -- During Spring Patrol 2019, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit completed a first in its 50 year history: split operations spanning a vast swath of the Indo-Pacific region. Marines and Sailors dispersed across thousands of miles of open ocean completed a series of complex amphibious...

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The U.S. Navy announced today that the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) and landing platform dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18) will become part of the U.S. 7th Fleet forward-deployed naval forces (FDNF) in Sasebo, Japan.The guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) will...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- With a focus on building relationships among emergency management professionals, the Washington Emergency Management Division and Washington National Guard participated in the first Malaysian Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HADR) Civil-Military Course at the...

DILI, Timor-Leste – Timorese leaders and Pacific Partnership 2019 (PP19) participants attended a ground-breaking ceremony at the Timor-Leste National Institute of Health (Instituto Nacional de Saude-INS) in Dili, April 24.The event marked new construction of a two-room lab and four-stall restroom...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam from deployment April 22."I am exceptionally proud of the crew’s efforts to prepare for, sustain, and successfully execute every phase of this deployment,” said Cmdr...