VISAKHAPATNAM, India - The Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) arrived Feb. 4 in India to participate in the nation’s International Fleet Review (IFR) 2016. This is an international military...

OTARU, Japan (NNS) -- USS Patriot (MCM 7) pulled into Otaru, Japan, Feb. 4 for a scheduled port visit. The ship's crew will be given the opportunity to experience the world-famous Sapporo Snow Festival and Otaru's Snow Light Path Festival during the visit. "This is the Patriot's first visit to...

CAMP FUJI, Japan - Marine Corps Installations Pacific is the back bone of Marine Corps Forces Pacific, enabling the strategic launch and recovery of military capabilities to save lives and preserve regional peace, stability and security. The Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, plays...

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDELTON, Calif -- Over the roar of the wind, a voice yelled “contact front!” Without hesitation, Sgt. First Class Yusuke Irie of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Western Army Infantry Regiment Scout Sniper program sprinted to get on line and provide firepower...

BAN PHROMNIMIT - Members of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, U.S. Army and Indonesian National Armed Forces worked beside one another to construct a one-room multi-purpose educational building Feb. 2, at Ban Phromnimit, Sakaeo, Thailand, before the start of Exercise Cobra Gold 2016. The construction...

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDELTON, Calif -- U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Soldiers conducted a live-fire mortar range aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb 1, 2016. The training event was a part of Exercise Iron Fist, the largest bilateral exercise conducted by I...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Pacific Air Forces members provided air and cyber operations support for Exercise Keen Edge 16 Jan. 23-29; this iteration of the exercise marked the first time the PACAF staff and 613th Air Operations Center participated in conjunction with their...

YONGSAN GARRISON, SEOUL, Republic of Korea – United States rotational Special Operations Forces (SOF) recently arrived to the Republic of Korea to train with ROK Special Warfare Command and increase Alliance special operations readiness and capability on the peninsula. Elements from the 1st...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- They are the reconnaissance of the 374th Medical Group. From routine examinations of Yokota's water sources to conducting environmental health assessments for workplaces, the 374th Medical Support Squadron's bioenvironmental engineering flight works to protect base...

HUAY YAI, Thailand (NNS) -- Members of Expeditionary Port Unit 111 (EPU 111) participated in a community-relations event at a local Thailand orphanage as part of their civic outreach program during Cobra Gold 2016 (CG-16), Jan. 30. Eight members of EPU 111 went to the Protection and Development...