SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – The 130th Engineer Brigade hosted a deployment ceremony for engineers of the 523rd Engineer Company, 84th Engineer Battalion, May 18 at Hamilton Field for its upcoming deployment to the Republic of Korea as part of U.S. Army-Pacific's Korean Rotational Forces. They...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived in Pearl Harbor May 18 as the ship and approximately 700 embarked personnel begin Pacific Partnership 2016. Pacific Partnership. In its 11th year Pacific Partnership will emphasize disaster preparedness through multilateral cooperation in the...

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Firefighters from the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron partnered with members of Songtan Fire Department a joint training structural live fire exercise May 18, 2016, at Kyonggi-do Fire Academy. Osan fire and emergency services members train with Korean counterparts...

OKINAWA, Japan -- Before any exercise or operational deployment there is always a rush of events happening to get the boat moving. “Even though it’s my first deployment, which made me really nervous, I was excited because I was ready to go to all these countries and to be a very important person...

PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Sailors and Military Sealift Command mariners assigned to submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) increased underway readiness by simulating emergency drills and running flight operations, May 17. The crew practiced working as an integrated team to simulate a man overboard...

For three days in March, two enforcement personnel from American Samoa patrolled the Pacific Ocean conducting at-sea law enforcement and fisheries boardings with the crew of USCGC Kukui (WLB 203). The Pacific Island Nations and the United States understand the Western and Central Pacific Ocean’s...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- When a C-130 Hercules completes missions while soaring through the skies, the crew members need to know that they can safely react to an emergency. This is where the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron and 374th Operations Support Squadron came into play when 14 C-130s were...

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EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- RED FLAG-Alaska, known for its high-operations tempo, kept members of the 354th Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Munitions Maintenance Organization shop working at a fast-pace during the first of four total exercises scheduled for this calendar year. After weeks of...

SOUTH CHINA SEA -- Commander, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 completed his 1,000th career carrier-arrested landing, or trap, aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) May 11, flying a F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the "Tophatters" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14.To Capt...