19 May 2015 U.S. Military Helicopter Teams Up with Samaritan's Purse to Deliver Aid before Nepal Monsoons Deployed U.S. Military members and a North Carolina faith-based organization provided earthquake disaster relief supplies to Nepalese villagers in Dolakha District, May 16 and 17.Joint Task Force 505, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Samaritan’s Purse worked...
19 May 2015 Australian Air Force Pilot Flies First Partner F-35 Sortie A pilot with the Royal Australian Air Force made history May 14, by flying the first RAAF F-35A Lightning II sortie at Luke Air Force Base.RAAF Maj. Andrew Jackson, the squadron leader for the 61st Fighter Squadron and the first F-35 senior national representative at Luke, was the first Australian...
19 May 2015 Kadena Firefighters Facilitate Joint Training It's one thing to talk about what steps to take if a fire breaks out, and something else entirely to combat an out-of-control blaze. For U.S. Marines and sailors operating onboard a ship deployed to the middle of the ocean with no nearby aid, that distinction becomes even more important.To prepare...
19 May 2015 Operation Sahayogi Haat Cargo Download Passes 4 Million Pounds The Nepal army, in partnership with Airmen from the 36th Contingency Response Group supporting Operation Sahayogi Haat, has offloaded more than 4 million pounds of cargo from 80 aircraft since arriving at the Tribhuvan International Airport here May 5."Four million pounds of cargo is the most amount...
19 May 2015 Centurions, PJs Conduct Joint Casualty Exercise It was 2 p.m. April 30 as a four-vehicle Army convoy rolled out of its forward operating base to deliver a high value target to a secure location. Any convoy in a deployed environment can be a dicey affair, but this one in particular had personnel on high alert.From a hidden knoll in the distance, a...
18 May 2015 George Washington CSG Begins Patrol, Increases Maritime Security The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) departed Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, for its patrol of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region as the flagship for the George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWCSG), May 18.George Washington served as the U.S. Navy's forward deployed...
18 May 2015 Press Briefing by Kerry, South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Secretary of State John Kerry - Joint Press Availability with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Yun Byung-seMODERATOR: (Via interpreter) We’re now on. We would like to start this joint – with Foreign Minister Yun and Secretary Kerry, the speeches by both ministers, and also we would like to have...
18 May 2015 Marines Killed in Nepal Helo Crash Identified, Recovered Joint Task Force 505 officials today identified the six U.S. Marines who were killed along with two Nepalese soldiers when their UH-1Y Huey helicopter went down in the mountains of Nepal May 12.The fallen Marines are: -- Capt. Dustin R. Lukasiewicz, 29, a UH-1Y pilot with Marine Light Attack...
18 May 2015 Submarine and Submarine Tender Moor Together in Phuket During Western Pacific Deployment The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Key West (SSN 722) arrived in Phuket, Thailand, and moored alongside the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) for a visit as part of its Western Pacific deployment May 14. "The crew enjoyed getting back to the mission of supporting submarines and...
18 May 2015 Sergeant Major of the Army Motivates, Captivates NCOs With a little more than three months under his belt as the 15thSergeant Major of the Army, Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey, hit the roadwith his sights on the Pacific region. Dailey completed a three-day tourof the U.S. Army Pacific area of operations at Fort Shafter, Schofield Barracksand...