ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, SD -- B-1 bombers from the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron deployed to Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, joined U.S. forces and the Japan Self-Defense Force for Exercise Keen Sword 17, which took place Oct. 30 to Nov. 11, 2016.Keen Sword is a joint and bilateral exercise held...

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii -- Twenty-seven top performing company-grade officers, warrant officers and non-commissioned officers at the joint level, from all services across the Pacific region, and one Department of the Army (DA) Civilian, attended and completed the 8th Theater Sustainment Command’s Phase...

QUANG BINH PROVINCE, Vietnam - More than four decades ago, the United States found itself divided by the controversial war in Vietnam. The conflict resulted in the deaths of almost 60,000 service members. More than 1,200 are still Missing in Action (MIA).During a recent temporary assignment with the...

DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA - The 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command conducted a combined decontamination exercise with the Republic of Korea 2nd Operational Command as a part of the Reception, Staging, and Onward Movement Field Exercise at Camp Carroll, Nov. 17.Multiple units participated in the...

CHANGI, Singapore (NNS) -- The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) arrived in Singapore for a scheduled port visit, Nov. 18.The port visit will allow Sailors from Makin Island and Marines from the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to experience the local culture and conduct...

TORII STATION, Okinawa -- The first sergeant's words bounced off the shoot house walls like the sim-rounds being fired through the Special Forces support Soldier's rifles. "We need you to be enablers. To enable, you must be able to enhance our Special Forces missions. In order to do that, you must...

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225 and other elements of Marine Aircraft Group 12 from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, arrived at Osan Air Force Base, Korea, Nov. 15, 2016, to conduct unit level training and...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Joel and Timothy Seppala, natives of Hayti, South Dakota, share a bond not only as siblings, but also as brothers-in-arms.“We had a typical big brother-little brother relationship growing up,” said Army Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Seppala, the senior religious...

SUBIC BAY, Philippines (NNS) -- Sailors and Marines aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) and the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Subic Bay, Philippines, Nov. 16, for a port visit while operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. During the port...

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus met with Sailors and Marines stationed in Hawaii during all-hands calls at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) and Marine Corps Base Hawaii Nov. 16. Mabus said the purpose of the visits was to thank service members for their hard work and...