30 October 2018 U.S. and Japan Kick Off Exercise Keen Sword PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Units from the U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) began exercise Keen Sword at military installations throughout Japan and surrounding waters, Oct. 29.The biennial exercise is the latest in a series of joint/bilateral field training exercises since 1986...
30 October 2018 Chief of Naval Operations Visits Philippines, Highlights Importance of U.S.-Philippine Alliance MANILA, Philippines -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John M. Richardson visited the Republic of the Philippines Oct. 28 and 29, highlighting the importance of the U.S.-Philippine alliance to the Indo-Pacific region.While in the Philippines, Richardson met with Chief of Staff of the Armed...
30 October 2018 USS Shoup Arrives in American Samoa as Part of Oceania Maritime Security Initiative Deployment PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA -- Guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) arrived in Pago Pago October 27 as part of the ship’s Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) deployment.OMSI is a Secretary of Defense program that leverages Department of Defense assets transiting the region to improve...
30 October 2018 Coast Guard Responds to Report of Sinking Vessel off Ewa Beach, Oahu HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard responded to a report of a sinking charter-fishing vessel off Ewa Beach, Sunday.A Station Honolulu 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew was able to evacuate the three crewmembers aboard and is currently bringing them back to Sand Island. Six passengers on the charter...
30 October 2018 7th Fleet Commander Joins Royal New Zealand Navy's Fleet Warfare Forum AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Vice Adm. Phil Sawyer, Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, represented the U.S. Navy at the Royal New Zealand Navy’s (RNZN) annual Fleet Warfare Forum at Devonport Naval Base Oct. 29-30.As well as meeting with his New Zealand counterparts he had the opportunity to get together with a...
29 October 2018 Statement from the U.S. Forces Japan Commander, Lt. Gen. Jerry P. Martinez Commencement of Exercise Keen Sword 19 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Today marks the start of Exercise Keen Sword ’19, the largest and most complex U.S.-Japan bilateral field training exercise. This biennial event is designed to increase the combat readiness and interoperability of the U.S. military and the Japan Self Defense Forces.Keen...
29 October 2018 U.S. Successfully Conducts SM-3 Block IIA Intercept Test KAUAI, Hawaii -- Sailors aboard USS John Finn (DDG 113) and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully conducted an intercept of a medium-range ballistic missile target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile during a flight test off the west coast of Hawaii, Oct. 26.The SM-3 Block IIA...
29 October 2018 Crew Chief Green-Lights Career EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Extreme temperatures, dwindling daylight hours, and the looming threat of snow is the best way to describe his current working conditions. The job itself is so demanding that if the “newbies” aren’t told to eat, they’d work straight through lunch. It’s an endless...
29 October 2018 Sentinel Radar Operators Participate in Combined Avenger Training Event RODRIGUEZ RANGE COMPLEX, Republic of Korea -- Air defenders from The 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade maintain readiness through constant training.E/6-52 Air Missile Defense (AMD) Battery from Camp Carroll recently conducted Avenger/Sentinel Table VIII Gunnery in conjunction with 210 Field...
29 October 2018 From New York Central Park Zoo to Fuji Japan SHIZUOKA, Japan -- No one knows where life’s path will lead them, which is why it’s worth taking chances. Lance Cpl. Jacob Brown, a field artillery Marine, with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, never would have imagined that one day he would be on Camp Fuji, Fuji, Japan, firing weapons in the...