Sailors from the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) volunteered for a community relations (COMREL) project at the Hong Chi Association for the intellectually handicapped during their goodwill port visit June 18.COMREL's allow George Washington Sailors the...

The remains of 17 service members have been recovered from an aircraft that was lost in Alaska more than six decades ago, Pentagon officials announced today.On Nov. 22, 1952, a C-124 Globemaster crashed while en route to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, from McChord Air Force Base, Washington, with...

More than 400 paratroopers and Airmen participated in a large-scale exercise at Fort Greely June 7 to Tuesday. The Joint Forcible Entry Exercise included an airborne jump and trained paratroopers to get on the ground quickly and efficiently.Spartan paratroopers with 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team...

A two-day conference focused on threats to the ocean has garned commitments from maritime governments to increase efforts to stop illegal fishing, to promote greater efficiency in sustainable fishing and to designate more territorial waters as marine protected areas.By stepping up their conservation...

A group of just 23 Airmen manage 5,800 pieces of equipment, 119 work centers and control $10.2 million worth of equipment assets.The unit must simultaneously execute Pacific Air Force-wide lateral support requests and ensure compliance with Air Force meterology and calibration standards, Air Force...

Representatives of Japan and the United States assessed progress on a range of nuclear power issues and agreed on specific activities for the coming year at the third meeting of the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Commission on Civil Nuclear Cooperation in Tokyo during the week of June 9.U.S. Deputy Secretary...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver remarks at a Pacific Day event at 6 p.m. on June 18 [EST] at the New Zealand Embassy in Washington.The Pacific Day celebration will also feature remarks from the President of the Republic of Palau Tommy Remengesau, the Prime Minister of New Zealand...

The Hawaii-based Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) returned June 16 from a four-month deployment to the Western Pacific.This is the last time the ship and crew of Lake Erie returns home to Pearl Harbor as they are scheduled to change homeports."Capt. Banigan and his team...

SECRETARY KERRY:  Well, welcome back, everybody. Good morning to you all. And thank you, Mr. President, for that announcement. And I think many of you saw the sneak preview in the newspaper this morning, in The Washington Post, about a major announcement that John Podesta will share at lunchtime on...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (June 8, 2014) - A HC-130P refuels a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during the Joint Forcible Entry Exercise at Donnelly Training Area near Fort Greely Sunday. The exercise was part of a three-day, joint forcible-entry exercise to train on airfield seizure...