ATLANTIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) departed Japan May 18 and will complete a 52,064-mile, seven-month voyage to Naval Station Norfolk, VA, Dec. 17, after serving seven years as the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan. Washington will...

KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii -- As clouds covered the sky and rain fell upon the jungle canopy, two teams of reconnaissance Marines stepped out into the darkness to begin a training mission unlike most of them had ever encountered.Marines with  Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division,...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Col. Randy Huiss, 15th Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Jerry Williams, 15th Wing command chief, along with other leaders from the Hawaii Air National Guard, traveled to the highest point on the island of Oahu to understand the unique mission of the...

CAMP FOSTER, Japan - The holiday season is the time of the year set aside to spend with friends, family and loved ones. For the Marines and sailors stationed across Marine Corps Installations Pacific, many of their friends and family members are on the other side of the world, making the holiday...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Fourteen volunteers from Kadena's Top 3 and the 18th Communications Squadron brought a little Christmas cheer Dec. 10, when they visited the Midori School-Age Program in Okinawa City. Their visit gave the kids the...

PACIFIC OCEAN -- Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) transferred fuel to dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) during an underway replenishment, Dec. 10. This event was unique in that Boxer is the only ship in the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) with the capability to provide fuel as...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Adm. Scott Swift, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, spoke to more than 100 personnel at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) during a cooperative strategy forum co-hosted by the Chief of Naval Operations Dec. 14. During the forum Swift delivered a...

MANILA, Philippines -- Sailors from the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) gave a presentation on the SUBSAFE submarine quality assurance program and maintenance life cycle planning to sailors from the Philippine Navy on December 11.The exchange took place onboard Emory S. Land and gave both...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Stranded on Mount Sinjar, Iraq, without food, water or medical care, facing starvation and dehydration, and under constant enemy gunfire, more than 40,000 Iraqi Yazidis were saved by a multinational coalition force led by Misawa Air Base F-16C Fighting Falcon pilots during...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The list has been made and checked twice...no, we're not talking about Jolly Old Saint Nicholas and his list of who's been naughty or nice.It's the dedicated men and women of Alaskan NORAD Region that have made the vital preparations necessary to help keep...