ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The U.S. Department of Defense’s longest-running humanitarian mission came to a close Tuesday, Dec. 13 when members of Team Yokota concluded their contribution to the 65th annual Operation Christmas Drop (OCD).In seven days of operation, the 36th Airlift Squadron...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- In the midst of a Senior Officers Leadership Course tour, 49 Japanese and Republic of Korea lieutenant colonels and colonels visited Misawa Air Base to better understand the United States' air and naval mission capabilities here Dec. 13.The senior leaders from the Japanese...

DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA -- Soldiers from 84th Ordnance Company and 551st Inland Cargo Transfer Company conducted port operations with Korean Nationals at Pier 8, Busan on December 8.US Soldiers oversaw the downloading operations of equipment from the vessel, Green Lake, which arrived at Pier 8 earlier in...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- The bilateral command post exercise Yama Sakura 71 concluded Tuesday in Japan, where U.S. forces and Soldiers with the Japanese Western Army trained together to defeat a near-peer competitor.This year's Yama Sakura -- a yearly exercise -- involved more than just...

CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan -- Marines with Landing Support Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducted annual helicopter support team and external load lift training Dec. 5-8, 2016, working with pilots from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262...

WASHINGTON -- Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work today welcomed Australian Defense Secretary Dennis Richardson to the Pentagon, where the two leaders discussed global security issues and opportunities to further bilateral defense cooperation, Work’s spokesperson, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Courtney Hillson, said...

CHINHAE, Republic of Korea -- Sailors and family members from Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea (CNFK) visited the Republic of Korea Naval Academy (ROKNA) in Jinhae as part of a ROK Navy hosted culture and heritage tour.The one-day tour consisted of a visit to the academy museum, a 16th century...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Airmen from the 734th Air Mobility Squadron work to uphold the tradition of Operation Christmas Drop by organizing the delivery of bundles to the people of 54 Micronesian islands, Dec. 3-13.The 734th AMS and Operation Christmas Drop, a private organization of 372...

KUNMING, China – Senior leaders with U.S. Army Pacific, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and representatives from various disaster management agencies recently held an expert academic dialogue (EAD) during the U.S.- China disaster management exchange November 13-19 at Kunming, Yunnan Province,...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Throughout Operation Christmas Drop’s 65 years, C-130s have been taking off, aircrews have been delivering bundles of donated goods to the remote islands around the Pacific and at the end of every mission the OCD team has celebrated hard-earned success. The amount of...