UTAPAO, Thailand - A TRAP, or tactical recovery of aircraft personnel, mission is when a team of service members assigned to be a reaction force to every flight, flies in to tactically remove isolated personnel and bring them back to safety. “The scenario we took part in today, started with an...

Bay of Bengal (NNS) -- The forward-deployed Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) concluded the International Fleet Review (IFR) 2016 in India with a passing exercise (PASSEX) that involved multiple...

YONGSAN GARRISON, SEOUL, Republic of Korea – The United States, in close coordination with the Republic of Korea, has deployed an additional ballistic missile defense asset to South Korea. This deployment is part of an emergency deployment readiness exercise conducted in response to recent North...

CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore (NNS) -- Submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) arrived in Singapore for a port visit Feb. 11. "We are honored to visit the beautiful country of Singapore and further strengthen our friendship with the Singapore navy," said Capt. Mark A. Prokopius, commanding...

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Senior military leaders from 13 nations gathered at U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) headquarters in Hawaii for the 10th annual Naval War College Combined Force Maritime Component Commander (CFMCC) Flag Officer Course, Feb. 4-10. The 22 participants of this year's CFMCC...

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department sent Congress its 2015 report on North Korea’s military power today, Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis told reporters. The report, “Military and Security Developments Involving the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” was originally mandated in 2012 to...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Army divers with 7th Engineer Dive Detachment, 130th Engineer Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, are currently undergoing their Deep Blue training on Logistical Support Vessel-2, the CW3 Harold C. Clinger, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Deep Blue...

CHANTHABURI, Thailand - A multitude of Indo-Asian Pacific nations’ militaries and civilian organizations gathered during Exercise Cobra Gold 16 to share knowledge and techniques about humanitarian assistance disaster response during the Medical Symposium , Feb. 9 to Feb. 12, at the K.P. Grand...

HONOLULU -- From physical training with Marines to touring an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC), met with a wide cross section of enlisted members assigned in the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) region...

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- More than 160 cyber-security specialists met at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Feb. 9-11, to discuss cyber readiness within the Pacific Fleet (PACFLT). The Cybersecurity Waterfront Training Symposium, hosted by PACFLT, provided Hawaii-based afloat and ashore leadership and...