14 September 2018 Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group Provides Air Support to CNMI Recovery Efforts PACIFIC OCEAN -- “The MEU assembled teams on board in order to provide water support on the island and generators for the local population if necessary” said 1st Lt. Cameron Field, the combat cargo team embarkation officer. “We also had company-sized teams of Marines ready to assist with debris...
14 September 2018 Hawaii Bids Aloha to USS O'Kane, USS Wayne E. Meyer PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- "Aloha" means hello and goodbye.The guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) arrived in its new homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in a homeport shift with USS O'Kane (DDG 77). O'Kane departed for San Diego this week after nearly 19 years of service in the...
14 September 2018 Transportation Operator Uses Language Skills Between Two Militaries YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Washington -- Staff Sgt. Lucas Miller is not officially an Army translator. The motor transportation operator from 109th Transportation Company, 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, never trained at the Defense Language Institute. Miller was asked for by name to deploy...
14 September 2018 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Participates in 42nd Pacific Armies Management Seminar Promoting Indo-Pacific Security, Peace HANOI, Vietnam -- The Pacific Ocean Division's (POD) top leader, along with other staff, engaged with Army delegations from 26 Indo-Pacific countries during the 42nd Pacific Armies Management Seminar (PAMS) Aug. 20-23, discussing key topics, to include land forces response to HA/DR (Humanitarian...
14 September 2018 First A2A Talks Strengthen Relationship between U.S., Malaysia JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- In an effort to deepen already strong bilateral ties and nurture interoperability between nations, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) hosted a Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) delegation for the two air force’s first Airman-to-Airman (A2A) talks here, Sept. 5-6,...
14 September 2018 Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit-6 Conducts Global Health Engagement in the Solomon Islands PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit (NEPMU) 6, in conjunction with the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence and Australian Defence Force entomologists, completed a Global Health Engagement with the Solomon Islands Ministry of Health to enhance their mosquito...
13 September 2018 Japan and Indiana Guard forge Alliance through Live-fire Exercises and Disaster Response OJOJIHARA MANEUVER AREA, Japan -- The air is saturated and dense, the fog is sinking towards the ground, and what seemed like an unlikely chance of rain now seems certain. Making their way up the side of the mountain, Indiana Army National Guardsmen are in unfamiliar territory, but this is business...
13 September 2018 Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Visit USS Blue Ridge YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Bill Moran and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Russell Smith visited U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) Sept. 12 to meet with Sailors, discuss readiness in the area of responsibility (AOR) and tour the ship.The...
13 September 2018 Purple Heart Hunt Allows Wounded Veterans Exclusive Access to Fort Greely FORT GREELY, Alaska -- Two Soldiers, one serving and one retired, sit in a pickup truck and watch the rising sun slowly illuminate the sprawling wilderness of Fort Greely.It is Sept. 1, the opening day of Alaska's moose hunting season. The cool morning wind gently rustles the leaves of the quaking...
13 September 2018 Coast Guard Sets Port Heavy Weather Condition Whiskey for the Ports of Guam and Saipan SANTA RITA, Guam -- The hazardous conditions associated with Typhoon Mangkhut are no longer a threat to the Ports of Guam and Saipan. Therefore, the Captain of the Port has set Port Heavy Weather Condition (PHWC) Whiskey in both locations as of 4 p.m. Tuesday.The Ports of Guam and Saipan are now...