SOUTH CHINA SEA (NNS) -- Command Master Chief Benjamin Howat has assumed his new role as the U.S. 7th Fleet command master chief.Howat joined the 7th Fleet staff aboard the flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) while the ship was conducting a scheduled port visit in Hong Kong, April 29. The Blue Ridge...

ATLANTA (Army News Service, May 2, 2016) -- Army aviation has to adapt to emerging threats in the Asia-Pacific region, said Army Lt. Gen. Anthony Crutchfield, deputy commanding general, U.S. Pacific Command.Crutchfield spoke at the Army Aviation Association of America-sponsored 2016 Army Aviation...

BEGAWAN, Brunei - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM-Plus) Maritime Security and Counter Terrorism Exercise began May 3 with an opening ceremony at the Multi National Coordination Center in Brunei.The exercise aims to enhance cooperation between ADMM-Plus...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Residents of Interior Alaska may see and hear increased flying activity as the first RED FLAG-Alaska of the calendar year, RF-A 16-1, begins and runs through May 13, 2016. RF-A provides U.S. and allied pilots, aircrews and operational support personnel the...

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii (April 28, 2016)-- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' hopper dredge Essayons just finished vital maintenance dredging of the federal navigation channels in Honolulu, Barbers Point, Kahului, Hilo, and Nawiliwili commercial harbors. The last time the federal navigation channels in...

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea -- Soldiers and Airmen rescued three children and their mother as the family made a dramatic leap from the fourth floor of a burning building in the Songtan shopping district, April 29, 2016.Master Sgt. Michael Henry, brigade sustainment noncommissioned officer in charge...

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YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea, April 30, 2016 — Army Gen. Vincent K. Brooks took command of U.S. Forces Korea, Combined Forces Command and United Nations Command in a ceremony held here today.Brooks took command from Army Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, who had been in command since October, 2013. The...

CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan -- Two Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members approached a table covered in gear, weapons and laptops, grinning from ear to ear. One of them began to speak to the contractor standing at the table. The other pulled out a cell phone and recorded the interaction. The...

HONG KONG (NNS) -- U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrived in Hong Kong for a port visit during its 2016 patrol season, April 29.The Blue Ridge team, consisting of more than 900 members including embarked 7th Fleet staff, Marines from Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Pacific...