OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The will to win has been an unmatched factor for one squadron since their early World War II days. Whether flying over the Himalayan mountains into the foothills of China in the 1940’s, or staying mission ready today as the Korean Peninsula’s premier close air...

NAVAL BASE GUAM -- Sailors stationed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) voluntarily participated in a public health outbreak investigation from their various locations on Naval Base Guam, April 20-24.The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center in coordination with the...

WASHINGTON -- Defense Department planners are working on how to resume normal military operations following the coronavirus pandemic, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Rath Hoffman said.Because defense is a full-time necessity, the military cannot shut down, Hoffman said at a Pentagon news conference...

SAN DIEGO -- The Navy accepted delivery of USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the lead ship of the Navy's next-generation of multi-mission surface combatants, on April 24.Following this delivery, the ship will transition from Combat Systems Activation to the next phase of developmental and integrated at-sea...

SINGAPORE -- Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4) conducted a replenishment-at-sea (RAS) with U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) in the Philippine Sea, April 17.During the replenishment, Richard E. Byrd...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The 8th Security Forces Squadron training office has a Multiple Interactive Learning Objective (MILO) System, giving service members the opportunity to accomplish their weapons training when a firing range isn’t available.The MILO system is a virtual reality...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Airmen from the 15th Wing and the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing taxied out of Honolulu International Airport as a routine training schedule on April 21, 2020. Given the low traffic at the airport due to COVID-19 mitigation efforts, the units seized an opportunity to...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) Chapel of Hope personnel delivers goodie bags to Sailors currently under Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Restriction of Movement (ROM) at Transient Personnel Unit (TPU), April 23.The goodie bags were put together at the Yokosuka...

WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department is moving to a tiered COVID-19 testing program to protect service members and ensure they can continue to do the nation's business, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten and Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist...

U.S. Army -- As Col. Andrew Morgan gazed out of the open hatch into the cold vastness of space, he looked toward the earth and saw what many astronauts before him had seen: a planet without borders.“It’s very similar to looking out the ramp of a C-130,” said Morgan from inside a quarantine facility...