31 August 2016 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-122 Gets Low during Southern Frontier ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE TINDAL, Australia -- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 executed low-altitude tactics training during the last week of Southern Frontier at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, Aug. 29, 2016.By integrating low-altitude tactics into the three week unit...
30 August 2016 USS Boxer Makes First Stop in U.S. During 2016 Deployment PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), with embarked units from Amphibious Squadron 1 and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Aug. 29 for their first port visit in the U.S. since leaving their San Diego homeport for a...
30 August 2016 Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Visits Kadena KADNEA AIR BASE, Japan -- Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke with members of Team Kadena about leadership, jobs and how they form integral parts of the military.“Thirty-four years the Army has kept me around, McDonalds...
30 August 2016 Senate Homeland Security, Governmental Affairs Committee Staff Tour Emory S. Land SANTA RITA, Guam (NNS) -- Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) toured spaces aboard submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) Aug. 29.The members are visiting facilities on the island of Guam to learn about missile defense, as well as the infrastructure...
30 August 2016 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-122 Gets Low during Southern Frontier ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE TINDAL, Australia -- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 executed low-altitude tactics training during the last week of Southern Frontier at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, Aug. 29 - Sept. 1, 2016.By integrating low-altitude tactics into the three...
30 August 2016 Ironhorse Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army Service Earn Honors at Selection Board CAMP RED CLOUD, South Korea -- Forcefully knocking on the door three times, Republic of Korea Army Cpl. Young Woong Won entered the large room Aug. 19 at Camp Red Cloud, South Korea, to face a table of five senior U.S. and ROK noncommissioned officers.Raising his right arm to give a crisp salute,...
30 August 2016 USS Harpers Ferry Arrives in Hawaii PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) moored at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Aug. 29. This is the first stop in the U.S. since Harpers Ferry departed its homeport of San Diego for a seven-month deployment Feb. 12. "Hawaii provides an opportunity for...
30 August 2016 Texas Gunfighters Join in Hawaii Air Nation Guard's Sentry Aloha JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Pilots, maintainers and various support personnel from the Texas Air National Guard’s 149th Fighter Wing traveled to Hawaii to participate in Sentry Aloha, Aug. 17-26, 2016. Sentry Aloha is a large-scale, combat exercise that employs several different...
30 August 2016 Acting Assistant Secretary Judith Garber Travels to Honolulu, Hawaii Washington, DC -- Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Judith Garber will travel to Honolulu, Hawaii, August 30 – September 3 to participate in the Pacific Island Conference of Leaders (PICL) and the International Union...
29 August 2016 USS Decatur, USS Spruance Conduct Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise with Japan PHILIPPINE SEA (NNS) -- Guided-missile destroyers USS Decatur (DDG 73) and USS Spruance (DDG 111) conducted bilateral training exercises in the Philippine Sea with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMDSF), Aug. 22-26. The Ship Anti-Submarine Warfare Readiness Effectiveness Measuring (SHAREM)...