21 August 2015 Accomplishing the Mission CAMP CASEY, South Korea -- Bags are being packed and minds are starting to thinkof home. The end is near and they are on the last stretch, but the mission isongoing and the training does not stop. The unit completed mission after missionand can proudly reflect on what they did at the end of their...
21 August 2015 CARAT Malaysia 2015 Comes to a Close in Sandakan SANDAKAN, Malaysia (NNS) -- The 21st annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and Malaysian armed forces drew to a close during a ceremony held in Sandakan, Aug 21. During CARAT Malaysia 2015, U.S and Malaysian forces conducted a...
21 August 2015 Steel Battalion Conducts Combined Live-fire Exercise with Republic of Korea Army Partners CAMP CASEY, South Korea - Improved combat capabilities andgreater operational understanding in the joint environment are two of the mostimportant outcomes of combined training among Republic of Korea, or ROK, andU.S. Soldiers. As a result, Soldiers, from Company B, 1st Battalion,38th Field Artillery...
21 August 2015 Rescue Teams Prepare for Worst during RED FLAG-Alaska 15-3 EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Pararescuemen and survival, evasion, resistance and escape (SERE) specialists from the 353rd Combat Training Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, joined up with the Alaska National Guard's 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons to hold multiple exercises to safely...
20 August 2015 Australia, 5th Air Force Commemorate VP70 TOWNSVILLE, Australia - As American and Australian Flags flewtogether throughout the weekend; veterans of the Second World War took part incommemorations at Townsville, Aug 15 to 16, marking the end of the war andvictory in the Pacific 70 years ago. The veterans, more than one hundred Australian...
20 August 2015 Maryland-based Command Soldiers Participate in Ulchi Freedom Guardin YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea -- The 20th CBRNE Command(Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives) is participating inExercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian in South Korea, Aug. 17 - 28.Soldiersfrom the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland-based command are training withU.S.-Republic of Korea...
20 August 2015 Secretary of the Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced Aug. 18 that the next Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship will be named USS Oakland (LCS 24).The ship will be named to honor the long-standing history its namesake city has had with the Navy.The future USS Oakland will be the third...
20 August 2015 Red Flag-Alaska: Historic First Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Jump JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- A C-130 Hercules with the 36th Airlift Squadron became the first U.S. Aircraft to drop Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members on U.S. soil, Aug. 12, 2015, during RED FLAG-Alaska.The JGSDF company, with the 3rd Battalion, 1st Airborne Brigade, alongside the...
20 August 2015 51 Fighter Wing Airmen Tests 'Fight Tonight' Capabilities during Exercise, Links to UFG 2015 OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Airmen from the 51st Fighter Wing received some additional exercise inputs during the Beverly Midnight 15-03 readiness exercise here Aug. 17 through 20."Our ability to perform well as a wing relies on our collective ability to expertly execute tactical operations...
20 August 2015 Japanese Security Guards Complete Nonlethal Weapons and Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Training CAMP FOSTER, Japan - The first line of defense for personnel threats aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler is the Japanese security guards who stand watch at the gates. The job this security team performs requires them to be well-trained, alert and ready for anything at any time.New JSGs...