08 May 2014 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit-5 Conducts 2014 Tri-Crab Exercise Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 trained alongside members of the Royal Australian Navy and Air Force, Australian Army and Republic of Singapore Navy during the biennial Tri-Crab Exercise on U.S. Naval Base Guam. The two-week training, which began April 28 and will...
08 May 2014 New U.S. Naval Hospital Facility Opens U.S. Naval Hospital Guam officially opened the doors of their new, state-of-the-art facility in Agana Heights for the first time April 21, replacing the old hospital that was built in 1954.Hospital officials said the transition to the new hospital was seamless, and with the exception of going to a...
07 May 2014 USS City of Corpus Christi Returns to Pearl Harbor Family and friends gathered May 6 at the submarine piers on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to welcome home Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705) from a deployment to the Western Pacific region."This is my final underway in command and I cannot be prouder than...
07 May 2014 Alaska Air Force Reserve Unit Flies Milestone Sortie F-22 pilots from the 477th Fighter Group, Alaska's only Air Force Reserve unit, made history during the Unit Training Assembly weekend May 3. With a combined total of 4000 flight hours, Col. David Piffarerio, Majs. Jonathan Gration, Ryan Pelkola and Chad Newkirk flew the most experienced four-ship...
07 May 2014 Wolf Pack Combat Survival Exercise: Hide Fast, Move Slow From outside the woods, it looks like several Airmen playing a game of hide and seek that any passerby would dismiss as "boys being boys." Once you take a look inside the woods and add the uniforms, well-trained seekers and cold adrenaline-filled pilots, then it becomes a Wolf Pack Survival,...
06 May 2014 USS Hopper to Return from Deployment The guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) is scheduled to return to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam May 6 from an independent deployment to the 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility.Commanded by Cmdr. Dave Snee, the ship and its crew of nearly 280 Sailors deployed from Hawaii Sept. 6, 2013...
06 May 2014 35th Medical Group Revamps for Realism There's an anxious feeling in the air as medics surround a landing aircraft packed full of injured Airmen. For each patient, the minutes drag on like hours, and each breath is a fight for survival. The scene is set by war, and the difference between life and death lies directly in the hands of the...
06 May 2014 American Troops Honored at Korean Cultural Night Senior South Korean officials and U.S. military leaders honored American troops at the Korean Cultural Night dinner here May 2.Sponsored by the Kumgok Academico-Cultural Foundation, the cultural night was held for U.S. troops, civilians and family members in South Korea.Among the leaders in...
05 May 2014 23 Nations to Participate in World’s Largest Maritime Exercise Twenty-three nations, 47 ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise scheduled June 26 to Aug. 1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands.The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a...
05 May 2014 Misawa Airmen Evaluated on Deployment Prep The steady deployment of Airmen in support of combat, peacekeeping and humanitarian operations abroad is part of the U.S. Air Force's mission and requires meticulous coordination to employ. Often times Airmen deploy with a mass group and on short-notice, making the job of all the agencies clearing...