19 December 2013 Mission Accomplished! Forager Fury II concludes Service members on Tinian and Guam successfully completed Exercise Forager Fury II Dec. 20 and has begun the return trip to their home units.FFII is designed to employ and assess combat power generation and operations in an austere environment and with the exercise completed, Marine Aircraft Group...
18 December 2013 SAMC of Hawaii Collects for Toys for Tots For many, the holidays are a time of joy, gift giving, and family, but for others it can be a stressful time and a reminder of a poor financial situation.The Sergeant Audie Murphy Club of Hawaii, who has a long standing history of supporting the community, teamed up with the Marine Toys for Tots...
18 December 2013 Seabees, Tonga Counterparts Advance Disaster Center Project Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3's Construction Civic Action Detail (CCAD) in Tonga reached the halfway point in their construction of a new community center and disaster response center here, Dec. 18.Seabees have teamed up with the Tonga Defense Force (TDF) to build...
17 December 2013 Guam Sailors Partner with Palauan Security Forces to Expand Medical Knowledge Medical personnel from U.S. Naval Hospital Guam partnered with various security forces from Palau to learn life-saving techniques, first-responder skills and best medical practices during a seminar aboard USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo (T-AK-3008) from Dec. 4 - 12. The training was part of a Theater...
17 December 2013 Marines, Navy, AF Take Part in 3-day Surge during Exercise Forager Fury II Various units from the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force came together to exercise their ability to conduct combat operations across the Pacific by participating in a nonstop operations surge Dec. 10 to Dec. 13 on Guam and the nearby island of Tinian.The surge was part of Exercise...
16 December 2013 Operation Christmas Drop Delivers Relief to Typhoon-stricken Island Airmen participating in Operation Christmas Drop here coordinated with non-governmental organizations and State Department officials in the region to airdrop critical shipments of water and food for 30 workers recovering from damage caused by Typhoon Haiyan on Kayangel Island, part of the Republic...
16 December 2013 Komatsu Aviation Training Relocation Wraps Up The 67th Fighter Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, concluded a week-long Aviation Training Relocation Program with Japan Air Self Defense Force members at Komatsu Air Base in western Japan, Dec. 14.Approximately 90 Airmen and six F-15 Eagles were deployed from Kadena to Komatsu for the ATR where...
13 December 2013 JBER C-17 Participates in Operation Damayan The loading ramp at the back of a C-17 Globemaster III began to lower. Behind it, 100 people stood in line looking worn, but with smiles on their faces. They slowly began to pile into the back of the aircraft saying "thank you" as they passed the loadmaster directing them to their seats. After the...
13 December 2013 Naval Special Warfare Group Partners with Palauan Security Forces for Communications Training Two Sailors from Naval Special Warfare Unit 1 (NSWU -1) concluded a communications familiarization seminar with Palauan security forces in Koror Dec. 11.The Sailors, home-based in Guam, travelled to Palau aboard the USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo (T-AK-3008) last week as part of a theater security...
13 December 2013 Eighth Army Participates in Exercise in South Korea Eighth Army participated in exercise Warpath III, here, Dec. 7-15, to hone its ability to command combat operations.The annual command post exercise keeps Eighth Army and its main ground maneuver formation, 2nd Infantry Division, ready to deter aggression on the Korean Peninsula and maintain...