09 November 2016 ROK-U.S. Combined Division Honors Veterans, Past and Present CAMP RED CLOUD, Republic of Korea -- Soldiers of 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-US Combined Division gathered at Camp Red Cloud’s Medal of Honor Park for a Veterans Day observance Nov. 9, 2016.Col. (R) William M. Alexander, now 2ID/RUCD Museum director, spoke to those gathered about the importance and...
09 November 2016 Navy Families Take Back the Night for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Awareness SINGAPORE – Military service members and their families along with DoD civilians assigned to Navy Region Singapore walked along the streets of Sembawang, Singapore to raise awareness and support for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence Nov. 4, 2016.The event entitled, Take Back the Night,...
08 November 2016 Frank Cable Returns from Indo-Asia-Pacific Region Deployment APRA HARBOR, Guam (NNS) -- Sailors and civilian mariners of submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) completed a five-month deployment, returning to their homeport at Naval Base Guam, Nov. 8.Frank Cable, which departed Guam June 6, concluded a successful five-month deployment to the...
08 November 2016 Leaders Discuss Logistics of Move to Camp Humphreys CAMP HUMPHREYS YONGSAN, South Korea -- Beginning in the spring, U.S. Forces Korea initiates a major wave of unit moves to Camp Humphreys as part of the Yongsan Relocation Program.Logistical plans for moving nearly 2000 personnel by the end of 2017 were discussed with Korean Ministry of National...
08 November 2016 Regional Health Command-Pacific hosts Asia-Pacific Military Medicine Roundtable HONOLULU -- Brig. Gen. Bertram Providence, commanding general, Regional Health Command-Pacific (RHC-P) hosted the Asia-Pacific Military Medicine Roundtable (APMMR), Nov. 7, at RHC-P headquarters in Hawaii. Providence addressed the attendees, which included leaders from around the Pacific region...
08 November 2016 Devil Soldiers Train as Joint Fires Observers CAMP HOVEY, Republic of Korea -- One of the training qualifications that field artillery Soldiers can achieve is to become a joint fire observer, or JFO, which aims at qualifying field artillery Soldiers to coordinate and integrate multiple assets from not only Army itself, but other branches of...
07 November 2016 Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense Tours Directed Energy Facilities at US Navy Base DAHLGREN, Va. (NNS) -- U.S. Navy scientists and engineers briefed a delegation of defense officials from the Republic of Korea (ROK) on directed energy technologies at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), the Department of Defense announced Nov. 4. The ROK delegation, led by...
07 November 2016 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit Conducts 600-hour Inspection KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Imagine the shell of a classic car. Each door is taken off and every part of the interior removed. Each part of the vehicle endures cataloging and inspection before the vehicle comes back together restored. Just like that classic car, every time an HH-60G Pavehawk reaches...
07 November 2016 USS Decatur and USS Spruance Visit Pearl Harbor HONOLULU (NNS) -- Guided missile destroyers USS Spruance (DDG 111) and USS Decatur (DDG 73), along with embarked Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 49 and staff from Destroyer Squadron (CDS) 31, arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Nov. 3, for the final port visit in their...
07 November 2016 America's Familiarization Training Pays Off during F-35B DT-III PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) successfully completed its fifth day of F-35B Lightning II developmental test (DT-III) with the support of flight deck personnel who received specialized training in Yuma, Arizona, earlier in the month. Marine Operational Test and...