11 October 2016 RED FLAG-Alaska 17-1 Brings 'Ready to Fight Tonight' Attitude EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- RED FLAG-Alaska 17-1, the first RF-A for Fiscal Year 17 and the last RF-A of this calendar year, officially kicked-off Oct. 6 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. This is a Pacific Air Forces’ commander-directed training exercise using the world’s premier Joint...
11 October 2016 US, Republic of Korea Navies Conduct Exercise Ensuring Alliance Remains Ready to "Fight Tonight" WATERS EAST AND WEST OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA (NNS) -- The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) began a series of exercises with the Republic of Korea (ROK) navy Oct. 10-15 to strengthen maritime interoperability and tactics, techniques and procedures.The U.S. routinely conducts CSG operations in...
11 October 2016 U.S. Marines, Singaporean Armed Forces Strengthen Bonds during Valiant Mark MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. -- Marines with Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and soldiers with the Singapore Armed Forces exchanged techniques and tactics during platoon-level training at Range 410A at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine...
11 October 2016 Sailors in Korea Celebrate Being "Bold, Tough, Ready" with 241st Birthday Bash in Busan BUSAN, Republic of Korea (NNS) -- Sailors stationed throughout Korea gathered in Busan with Navy friends and family from the U.S. and the Republic of Korea to celebrate the 241st birthday of the U.S. Navy.This year's theme, "America's Sailor: Tough, Bold and Ready," honored the history of Sailors...
11 October 2016 605th Transportation Detachment Returns from Pacific Pathways JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii –Thirty-one Soldiers from the 605th Transportation Detachment, 8th Special Troops Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, deployed in support of Pacific Pathways 16-3,were welcomed home during a pier-side ceremony Saturday, October...
09 October 2016 Strengthening the Alliance Through Expanding Cooperation YONGSAN ARMY GARRISON, Republic of Korea (ROK) -- General Vincent K. Brooks, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and U.S. Forces Korea commander met with Gen. Toshiya Okabe, Chief of Staff, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force in Washington, D.C., Oct. 5, to discuss the need for greater...
07 October 2016 Pacific Surface Action Group Ships USS Decatur and USS Spruance Visit Hong Kong HONG KONG (NNS) -- The guided-missile destroyers USS Decatur (DDG 73) and USS Spruance (DDG 111) arrived in Hong Kong for a regularly scheduled port visit Oct. 7-11.U.S. Navy ships have visited Hong Kong for decades, most recently by the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) and the...
07 October 2016 Joint Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team Showcases Capability MARINE CORPS INSTALLATIONS PACIFIC -- The image most have of the military centers around strength and winning battles. The military, however, and specifically the 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade, boasts some very impressive abilities during a humanitarian crisis.During Philippine Amphibious Landing...
07 October 2016 Kunsan AirmenTackle Water Curtailment during Exercise KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Members of the 8th Fighter Wing began receding from water curtailment measures Oct. 7, 2016, 37 hours after they were initiated in the middle of exercise Beverly Pack 17-1.Halfway through the five-day exercise, Kunsan Air Base and surrounding areas encountered...
07 October 2016 Lt. Gen. Martinez Assumes Command of U.S. Forces, Japan and 5th Air Force YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt. Gen. Jerry P. Martinez assumed command of United States Forces, Japan, and 5th Air Force during a ceremony here Oct. 6.Martinez was the Director of Operations for the U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command at Scott AFB, Illinois. He is a command pilot with more than...