16 March 2016 Coast Guard Aircrew Returns Home Following Eastern Pacific Deployment HONOLULU -- An HC-130 Hercules aircrew returned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Oahu, in late January after a two-week Joint Interagency Task Force South counter-narcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific.During deployment the aircrew monitored and detected the movement of narcotics from drug...
16 March 2016 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit Explosive Ordnance Disposal Lights the Fuses during Exercise Ssang Yong 16 POHANG, SOUTH KOREA -- U.S. Marines with the explosive ordnance disposal teams of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and 31st MEU swept Suseongri live-fire range to find, identify, approach, and then dispose of it in place or safely transport and dispose of it then during Exercise Ssang Yong 16 in...
16 March 2016 Joint Senior Enlisted Advisers Work Toward Consistent Collaborative Efforts FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii -Senior enlisted leaders from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard collaborated with the 8th Theater Sustainment Command senior enlisted adviser on ways each branch can integrate their service members into different areas of Pacific Rim sustainment here March 11. The focus...
15 March 2016 Indo-Asian Partners Gather for Inaugural Port Opening Exercise in Cambodia PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Joint, interagency and multinational sustainment experts gathered here March 14 for Angkor Opening 2016, a weeklong exchange and table top exercise designed to build partnerships, interoperability and readiness in humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) port opening...
15 March 2016 Navy Submarines Arrive in Arctic for Ice Exercise 2016 ARCTIC CIRCLE (NNS) -- Two Los Angeles-class submarines arrived at U.S. Navy Ice Camp Sargo, a temporary station on top of a floating ice sheet in the Arctic, March 14, as part of Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2016. USS Hartford (SSN 768) from Groton, Connecticut, and USS Hampton (SSN 767) from San Diego...
15 March 2016 3rd Fleet Commander Visits Australia SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet Vice Adm. Nora Tyson visited Australia, March 9-12. During her trip, she visited the Australian capital Canberra to meet with Chief of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Vice Adm. Tim Barrett, and travelled to Sydney where she met with RAN Fleet Commander...
15 March 2016 13th, 31st Marine Expeditionary Units Bare Fangs for Exercise Ssang Yong OFF THE COAST OF BUSAN, South Korea -- U.S. Marines and sailors with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, join the Japan based 31st MEU, the Republic of Korea Navy and Marine Corps as well as other U.S. and partner nation forces for Exercise Ssang...
15 March 2016 USS Russell Arrives in Manila Bay MANILA, Philippines — The USS Russell (DDG 59), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, arrived in Manila Bay on March 13 as part of a routine visit for maintenance and crew rest. The USS Russell is making its way back to its homeport in San Diego, California after a highly successful...
15 March 2016 Alaska Logistics Readiness Squadron and Support Units Exercise Mobility Readiness JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 773d Logistics Readiness Squadron conducted the 673d Mission Support Group's annual mobility exercise March 10. Each support group on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson who own deployable assets, but may not regularly deploy cargo, participates in these...
15 March 2016 Stallion Soldiers Prepare for Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear Threats CAMP HOVEY, South Korea - For some Americans, it might be hard to imagine that the Republic of Korea could be at risk of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attack, but it is one of the threats that U.S. Soldiers serving here are preparing for. "Based on our proximity to the threat, we...