19 September 2018 Kunsan Air Base Launches USAF's First-ever Rapid Airfield Damage Assessment System Test Flight KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Kunsan is getting ahead of the curve when it comes to innovation and executing new ideas that improve the way the Air Force trains and fights.Most recently, the 8th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) conducted the United States Air Force’s first-ever Rapid Airfield...
18 September 2018 ROK-US Alliance Continues through Unified Public Affairs Training JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Members of the Republic of Korea’s Air Force Public Affairs (ROKAF/PA) leadership team traveled to Pacific Air Force ( PACAF) Headquarters to conduct periodic Public Affairs (PA) cooperation training Sept. 11-13.During the visit, aimed at facilitating...
18 September 2018 459 Airlift Squadron Showcases Capabilities Exercise during Friendship Festival YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Yokota’s 459th Airlift Squadron showcased one of their UH-1 mission sets during a Capabilities Exercise (CAPEX) at the 2018 Japanese-American Friendship Festival, Sept. 15-16 at Yokota Air Base, Japan to give approximately 145,000 visitors a better understanding of what the...
18 September 2018 Adametz Becomes New Commander at Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (NNS) -- Rear Adm. John J. Adametz relieved Rear Adm. John W. Korka as commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific during a change of command ceremony held Sept. 13 at NAVFAC Pacific headquarters.NAVFAC Commander and Chief of Civil Engineers Rear...
17 September 2018 Joint U.S. Forces Team for Exercise Valiant Shield 2018 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- U.S. military forces from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command are scheduled to participate in exercise Valiant Shield (VS) 2018, Sept. 16-23, around the Marianas Island Range Complex as well as on Guam.Participants include the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), 15 surface...
17 September 2018 Bayonet Soldiers begin Bilateral Training Yudh Abhyas Exercise in India CHAUBATTIA MILITARY STATION, India -- Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 7th Infantry Division and the Indian army's 99th Mountain Brigade officially began this year's Yudh Abhyas training exercise with an opening ceremony held Sept. 16, 2018, at Chaubattia Military Station.This year's training, located...
17 September 2018 B-2s Conduct Hot-pit Refueling at Wake Island JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Two U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirits took off from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H), Hawaii, to conduct routine training at Wake Island and in the vicinity of Hawaii, Sept. 14, 2018.During the training, one B-2 conducted hot-pit refueling at Wake Island, a...
17 September 2018 Marine Units Complete Support to Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands following Typhoon Mangkhut ROTA, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS -- “As we join here today at this memorial, I am not only thankful for Rota's quick recovery but for the brave men that have given their lives in the name of freedom. I salute them and you all - Semper Fidelis,” reflected Marine Corps Col. Robert Brodie, commanding...
17 September 2018 Exercise Rising Thunder 18 Ends with Strengthened Bonds YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Washington – Friendly laughs and heartfelt goodbyes filled the air when Soldiers from two nations gathered on a parade field at Yakima Training Center, Washington for the conclusion of Exercise Rising Thunder 18 Sept. 14.The 20th annual Rising Thunder exercise involved...
17 September 2018 Operation Island Chief: Strengthening Pacific Partnerships HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard is responsible for 11 main missions. Ranging from search and rescue to coastal security, navigation markers, and living marine resource enforcement; Coast Guard crews aboard our assets around the nation often perform more than one of these missions regularly, and...