04 December 2015 Bringing Home the Final USS Oklahoma Fallen Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) worked alongside caretakers of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP) to disinter the last of the 388 unknown service members associated with the USS Oklahoma...
04 December 2015 Japanese Defense Minister Visits MCAS Iwakuni MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- The Japanese Defense Minister, Gen Nakatani, arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 2, 2015, during his tour through the U.S. Pacific Command and its component commands.This visit provided Nakatani the opportunity to meet station officials...
04 December 2015 Hammack Wants Army Off-Grid WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Dec. 3, 2015) -- If a tsunami ever hits Oahu, Hawaii, where tens of thousands of troops are stationed, power would be knocked out across the island and military operations would be impacted because all of the electrical generators are located along the shore, Katherine...
04 December 2015 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement Comment Period Extended JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The U.S. Air Force announced the comment period for Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Divert Activities and Exercises, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has been extended from Dec. 1 until Dec. 14. The Air Force published the...
03 December 2015 U.S. Navy, Royal Malaysian Navy Submarine Leaders Participate in Guam Staff Talks POLARIS POINT, Guam (NNS) -- Key members of the U.S. Navy and Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) submarine forces met at Submarine Squadron 15 headquarters on Polaris Point, Guam, for the RMN and U.S. Navy Submarine Staff Talks 2015.The talks, presided over by Rear Adm. William Merz, commander, Submarine...
03 December 2015 Maintaining the Alliance: U.S./ROK Patriot Technical Experts Hold Summit OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea -- The 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade hosted the Republic of Korea Air Force's Air and Missile Defense Command Nov. 30 during the annual US/ROK Patriot Technical Exchange to share the latest tactics, techniques and procedures involving Patriot missile system...
03 December 2015 USS Ronald Reagan Completes 2015 Patrol YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, (CFAY) after completing its 2015 patrol, Dec. 3.Ronald Reagan became the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier after a hull swap with USS George...
03 December 2015 Army Surgeon General honored by Japanese Army FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS -- Japanese Army Surgeon General, Maj. Gen. Satoshi Suzuki, presented U.S. Army Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, with the Japanese Medal of Defense Cooperation (Legion of Merit equivalent) and a letter of appreciation on behalf of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense...
03 December 2015 Seabees Build Friendship with Washroom Facility in Marshall Islands KWAJALEIN, Marshall Islands - Marshallese construction workers and U.S. Navy Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, construct a washroom facility in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Nov. 20, 2015.The previous outdoor facility where local Marshallese bathed and washed up after...
02 December 2015 Battlefield Airmen Complete Direct Action Resource Center Training KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron completed Direct Action Resource Center training with a mobile training team on the Camp Hansen range Nov. 20.The training was held locally in order to reduce the costs that were once used to send entire STS teams back...