04 November 2016 US, Royal Cambodian Navy Conclude CARAT Exercise in Sihanoukville SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (NNS) -- U.S. and Royal Cambodian navy (RCN) service members completed the 7th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise in Cambodia with a closing ceremony at Ream Navy Base, Nov. 4.Throughout the five-day exercise, U.S. Sailors and Marines engaged in...
04 November 2016 USS Sampson Departs Hawaii for Royal New Zealand Navy's International Fleet Review PACIFIC OCEAN - USS Sampson (DDG 102) departed Hawaii Nov. 3 to participate in the Royal New Zealand Navy International Naval Review in Auckland, New Zealand.Culminating a request extended by the Government of New Zealand for a U.S. Navy ship to participate in the Royal New Zealand Navy’s 75th...
04 November 2016 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command Conducts Realistic Evacuation Training with DoD Families DAEGU, South Korea -- Soldiers from the 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command successfully conducted and completed a Non-combatant Evacuation Exercise as part of Courageous Channel 2016. Family members, including children, from across the peninsula assisted in the exercise by role playing as...
04 November 2016 U.S. Army Pacific and Vietnam Bolster Military Partnership through Humanitarian Demining Capabilities SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii− Kicking off what will be a first of its kind Humanitarian Mine Action collaboration between U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) and the Vietnam National Mine Action Center (VNMAC), a team of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) trainers with the 303rd EOD Battalion, 8th Military...
04 November 2016 44th Fighter Squadron from Kadena Patrolling the Pacific KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- The potent smell of jet exhaust filled the air as a line of F-15 Eagles crept to their spots after four months away from home.The 44th Fighter squadron returned sharpening their skills in Exercises Cope Taufan, Valiant Shield, Century Aloha, Distant Frontier and Red...
04 November 2016 71st Chemical Soldiers Increase U.S. Army Pacific's Combat Readiness SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii− U.S Army Soldiers from the 71st Chemical Company, 303rd Ordnance Battalion (EOD), 8th Military Police Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command participated in the battalion’s first Stryker Gunnery Oct. 10-14, here. For the first time in the battalion’s history, leaders...
03 November 2016 PACOM Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Specialists Train Together YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- In any environment, under any condition, SERE specialists are highly trained to survive. SERE, which stands for Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape, is a program created to train air crew how to survive and resist the enemy in the event that their aircraft goes down...
03 November 2016 Amphibious Squadron 11 Completes Patrol SASEBO, Japan (NNS) -- Ships of Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 11 completed their three-month, Indo-Asia-Pacific region patrol as part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG), Nov. 3. The Bonhomme Richard ARG/Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) team consisted of amphibious assault ship...
03 November 2016 Kadena Air Crew Members Prepare for Weapons Load Competition KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- As weapons load crew team members wait for the competition to begin, a quiet, anxious calm hovers at their spots on the flightline.The call to attention rings out across their spots and suddenly there’s an organized frenzy of movement.The 67th and 44th AMU held the third...
03 November 2016 731st Special Handling Has a "Hand" in Everything OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- A dark, mysterious storage compound rests on the edge of the Osan flightline. Vaults litter the sulfur-smelling storage area holding items valued in the millions, with others priceless to the United States. One small group of U.S. Airmen hold the responsibility...