26 May 2016 Preventative Aerospace Medicine Convention Preps Airmen to Save Lives KADENA AIR BASE, JAPAN -- More than 50 pairs of boots trampled through the mud May 20, as 18th Medical Group Airmen carried stretchers, tourniquets, bandages and other medical equipment through Kadena Air Bases' Area One for the Preventative Aerospace Medicine Convention, a first-of-its-kind field...
26 May 2016 Eye in the Sky Ensures Final Red Flag Mission Success JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 962nd Airborne Air Control squadron wrapped up Red Flag-Alaska 16-1 May on 12, coordinating the exercise's last air-to-air, defensive counter-air mission.At the heart of the mission was the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System."We were doing a...
25 May 2016 Land Power in the Pacific Symposium Kicks Off HONOLULU – Representatives from more than 20 nations throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region gathered in Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, to kick off the 4th annual LANPAC Symposium & Exposition May 24. The "world-class international event highlights the role of land forces in the Indo-Asia-Pacific...
25 May 2016 U.S. and Canadian Armies Teach Minefield Extraction Techniques to Mongolian Armed Forces Members during Khaan Quest 2016 FIVE HILLS TRAINING AREA, Mongolia - As wind howls through the valley, a sea of brown camouflage gathers around a team of U.S. and Canadian Army instructors who contend with the elements to teach their students how to win the battle against improvised explosive devices and mines.A platoon of...
25 May 2016 Soldiers Hone Counter-improvised Explosive Devices Tactics with Indo-Asia Pacific Allies SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Soldiers of the U.S. Army, Royal Thai Army, Bangladesh Army, and Air National Guardsmen, shared their experiences and knowledge to counter improvised explosive devices (IED) during a train the trainer course (T3) here May 10.The training was facilitated by U.S. Army...
25 May 2016 Multinational Partners Tested during Convoy Training, Improve Skills for Peacekeeping Missions at Khaan Quest 2016 More than 40 members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Peacekeeping Operations Interim participated in a convoy escort simulation May 24, as part of the annual, multinational peacekeeping exercise, Khaan Quest 2016 in Mongolia.The course was designed to reshape the protocol of how armed forces...
25 May 2016 Marine Corps Shooting Team Charge, Fire Through Australian Army Skill at Arms Meeting VICTORIA, Australia -- Pounding footsteps from warriors could be heard from a distance as the Marine Corps Battle Colors swayed with a team of Marines with the Marine Corps Shooting Team as they charged through the Section Match May 17, 2016 at Puckapunyal Military Area, Victoria, Australia. The...
24 May 2016 USNS Mercy Arrives in 7th Fleet for Pacific Partnership PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations May 24 in support of Pacific Partnership 2016. Now in its 11th year, Pacific Partnership is a multilateral, disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region...
24 May 2016 Lifting Embargo Allows Closer U.S., Vietnam Cooperation, Obama, Carter Say WASHINGTON — The United States has lifted the ban on arms sales to Vietnam, eliminating one more vestige of the Cold War, President Barack Obama said in Hanoi yesterday. The move is part of the president’s emphasis on U.S. relations with partners in the Asia-Pacific region.The United States and...
24 May 2016 Closing the Gap: Airmen, Marines and Sailors Practice Air Field Damage Repair Civil engineer Airmen, combat engineer Marines and Navy Seabees trained together during a joint airfield damage and repair contingency exercise held at Kadena Air Base on May 18-19, 2016. The two day exercise allowed 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Airmen to demonstrate and then guide the Marine Wing...