11 March 2016 Remembrance Ceremony for 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake Victims Held at Commander U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo SASEBO, Japan (NNS) -- Members of the Commander, U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo community came together to remember the victims of the 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake on the event's fifth anniversary, March 11.The ceremony was held at the base flagpoles where both American and Japanese flags were flown...
11 March 2016 USS William P. Lawrence Wraps Up Oceania Maritime Security Initiative, Rejoins the Great Green Fleet WATERS TO THE EAST OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA – The guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) rejoined the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group (JCSSG) March 11, upon completion of her Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) tasking in the Western Pacific.The JCSSG is the...
11 March 2016 Face of Safety: Occupational Safety Managers Assist Airmen Pushing Combat Capabilities OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISEThose three words have blared across Osan Air Base day and night throughout the past four days and nights.Members of Team Osan are participating in combat readiness exercise Beverly Midnight 16-01 with aircraft combat sorties, base...
11 March 2016 USS Emory S Land Visits Sasebo SASEBO, Japan (NNS) -- Submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) arrived in Sasebo, Japan, for a port visit, March 11.While in port, Emory S. Land is scheduled to provide maintenance services to afloat units."Emory S. Land's repair department is excited and genuinely looks forward to working with...
11 March 2016 Statement by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on the President's Nomination of General Curtis Scaparrotti as SACEUR and EUCOM Commander U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - I want to congratulate General Curtis Scaparrotti on his nomination by President Obama as Commander of United States European Command (EUCOM) and Supreme Allied Commander in Europe (SACEUR). General Scaparrotti's proven leadership over the course of several difficult...
11 March 2016 USFJ Statement on Fifth Anniversary of Great East Japan Earthquake YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan - U.S. Forces, Japan and 5th Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. John Dolan released the following statement today to mark the fifth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake: “It has been five years since the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred on March 11, 2011, and the...
10 March 2016 B-2 Spirits on Deployment to Indo-Asia-Pacific JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Three B-2 Spirits deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, to the U.S. Pacific Command area of operations March 8.While in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, the B-2s will integrate and conduct training with ally and partner air forces, and conduct a radio...
10 March 2016 Command Senior Enlisted Leader Assignment U.S. Department of Defense - The Office of the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced today the following assignment: Marine Sgt. Maj. Anthony A. Spadaro, currently assigned to Marine Forces Reserve/Marine Forces North, New Orleans, Louisiana, has been...
10 March 2016 Air Force, Army, Republic of Korea Military Conduct Joint Training OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Team Osan was tested March 10, 2016, when Republic of Korea and U.S. military branches banded together in a multi-service, multi-cultural, chemical detection and decontamination exercise scenario here during Beverly Midnight 16-01. In the scenario, a Humvee and a...
10 March 2016 U.S. Forces Japan Commander Visits Komatsu Air Base KOMATSU AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John L. Dolan, commander of U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force, headquartered at Yokota Air Base, visited Komatsu Air Base, Japan, during the Komatsu Aviation Training Relocation exercise March 9, 2016. Since taking his post as commander of USFJ,...