Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and Marines with the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) joined members of the Malaysian Armed Forces for Exercise Tiger Strike 16 in Lahad Datu, Malaysia, Nov. 10-13.Tiger Strike 16, formally known as MALFEX (Malaysia –...

IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, Japan -- U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel conducted exercise Active Shield at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 8-11, 2016. Active Shield is an annual exercise incorporating the air station’s defense posture to test the abilities of U.S. and...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Cope West 2017, a bilateral aircraft exercise between U.S. and Indonesia military forces at Manado Air Base, Indonesia, concluded operations November 11, ending a week of full-spectrum fighter training. Cope West, a Pacific Air Forces sponsored exercise,...

CAMP H.M. SMITH (NNS) – The U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) Headquarters received a donation of specially-grown “sakura”, or cherry blossom, trees from the Hawaii Cherry Alley Committee Nov. 10, 2016. During a tree planting ceremony, Adm. Harry Harris, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command; the...

OKINAWA, Japan –Marines train and deploy in a variety of different locations that may have rough terrain such as gaps in the land and broken down bridges they cannot cross on foot. When these problems arise, the engineers are called.During exercise Blue Chromite 17, Marines from 9th Engineer Support...

SINGAPORE (NNS) -- Pacific partnership staff and partner nation representatives met in Singapore, Nov. 8-10, for a planning conference to finalize details for the upcoming mission, slated for the spring of 2017. In its 12th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian...

KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, Japan -- The moment he enters a room, his top priority is shaking hands with any Airman he encounters.Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein visited Kadena’s Airmen Nov. 4 and 5.Goldfein spoke with Airmen throughout his base tour and at an all call he hosted. He talked...

WAIANAE, Hawaii — Families and friends of the leeward communities of Oahu paid tribute to the service of all military veterans as Soldiers assigned to the 25th Infantry Division participated in the annual 34th Waianae Veterans Day parade, here, Nov. 7. The Waianae Military Civilian Advisory Council...

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Sailors assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron (CRS) 3 Mark VI boat crew provided exercise support during USS Carl Vinson's (CVN 70) Composite Unit Training Exercise (COMPTUEX), Nov. 4, marking a first for the patrol boat. Operating off the California coast, the MK VI crew assisted...

PACIFIC OCEAN -- The F-35B Lightning II completed a new milestone during its third and final Developmental Test Phase (DT-III) by successfully completing the first power module and engine swap at sea in the hangar bay of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6).Mark Schroeder, the maintenance and...