13 June 2014 USS Lake Erie to Return from last Hawaii-based Deployment The Hawaii-based Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) will return June 16, from a four-month deployment to the Western Pacific.“While on deployment, Lake Erie leveraged her accomplishments and proficiencies on the test range and defended the homeland and our allies on...
13 June 2014 1,500+ Airmen and Soldiers Conduct Mass Airfield Seizure Exercise in Alaska The office bustled with olive green jumpsuits, the smell of pizza and a dozen conversations dropping terms such as "sorties" and "objective." At the white board near a high table covered in maps, a 6-foot-plus commander in a flight suit bearing the 144 Airlift Squadron patch scribbled information...
13 June 2014 RQ-4 Global Hawk Makes First Flight Out of Misawa The RQ-4 Global Hawk made its first operational flight out of Misawa Air Base on June 6.The flight marked two milestones, as it was the first time an RQ-4 mission has flown out of Japan, in addition to being the first operational mission flown out of a jointly-used civilian and military...
13 June 2014 Face of Defense: Former Australian Soldier Returns as U.S. Marine Marine Corps Cpl. Christopher Eves, born in Queensland, Australia, is back in his native land, serving as a section leader with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force DarwinEves was raised just outside of Brisbane, Australia, though as the son of an Australian...
12 June 2014 Army, Coast Guard Intel Troops Share Experiences to Increase Harbor Awareness Intelligence troops from the 8th Theater Sustainment Command embraced the characteristics of their water-locked home by welcoming the opportunity to learn from their Coast Guard counterparts during a joint training here last month.The 15 Soldiers visited The Coast Guard Integrated Support Command to...
12 June 2014 B-29 Ceremony Cultivates Compassion, Understanding Saturday was a dreary and rainy day for many at Yokota, but in Shizuoka, where the 42nd annual B-29 Memorial Ceremony was held on Sengen Hill, blue skies prevailed. Every year, U.S. and Japanese service members hike to the Sengen Hill monuments in honor of those who lost their lives in a B-29...
12 June 2014 Medical Training Key Component of Pacific Partnership 2014 DA NANG, Vietnam (June 10, 2014) - Vietnamese medical personnel practice chest compressions after an advanced cardiac life support class, part of Pacific Partnership 2014, at Da Nang General Hospital. Pacific Partnership is in its ninth iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian...
12 June 2014 Band Soldier Uses Bilingual Skills, Music to Strengthen Bonds with Japanese Community "Thank you for saving me that day." Sgt. Cameron Blackhurst, assigned to the U.S. Army Japan Band, here, was told those words by a tearful Japanese woman after he, along with other band members, put on a concert at Showa Kinen Park on the outskirts of Tokyo in November 2013. Blackhurst, who plays...
12 June 2014 8th TSC Troops Prepare for Pacific Theater Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team Mission, Demonstrate Expeditionary Capability More than half the people in the world call the Pacific region home, and history reflects extremely high odds that each of their lives will be impacted in some way by a natural disaster. Typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, cyclones, floods and mudslides characterize the region’s past and realistically...
12 June 2014 U.S., Indonesian Navy Divers Lay Wreath on Wreck of USS Houston during CARAT Deputy Chief of Mission Kristen Bauer, U.S. Embassy Jakarta, joined U.S. and Indonesian navy divers on board the USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) to lay a wreath at the site of the USS Houston (CA 30), June 11.The commemoration ceremony occurred mid-way through a five-day bilateral diving exercise as part...