29 July 2016 Bomber Swap: Lancers to Replace B-52s during Routine Continuous Bomber Presence Rotation JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The U.S. Air Force’s B-1B Lancers are scheduled to deploy to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Aug.6 for the first time since April 2006 in support of U.S. Pacific Command’s Continuous Bomber Presence mission.The B-1’s will replace the B-52’s currently deployed...
29 July 2016 USS Frank Cable Arrives in Goa, India GOA, India (NNS) -- The submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) arrived in Goa, India, for a port visit, July 29. The visit is aimed at building friendship and goodwill between the U.S. Navy and the people of India. The Frank Cable team, consisting of more than 500 Sailors and civilian mariners, is...
29 July 2016 US-Japan Mine Countermeasures Assets Set Complete Annual Exercise OMINATO, Japan (NNS) -- U.S. Mine Countermeasures (MCM) units and Japanese Self Defense Force MCM units completed 2JA 2016 Mine Countermeasures Exercise (MCMEX), July 28. 2JA Mine Countermeasures Exercise is an annual bilateral exercise held between the U.S. and Japan to strengthen interoperability...
29 July 2016 Pacific Partnership 2016 Completes First Live SAR Field Training Exercise in Vietnam DA NANG, Vietnam (NNS) -- Pacific Partnership service members from New Zealand, the U.S. and Australia supported a Da Nang border guard-led Search and Rescue Field Training Exercise (SAR FTX) July 26 that began on the Han River and concluded aboard Vietnam people's navy hospital ship Khanh Hoa and...
29 July 2016 Secretary of the Army Views Army Watercraft, Related Capabilities JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - Pacific Army mariners from 545th Transportation Company, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, shared their unique capabilities with Secretary of the Army Eric K. Fanning during his visit to Logistic Support Vessel - 2, the CW3 Harold C. Clinger, July 27 here. The...
29 July 2016 U.S., Malaysia Airmen Exchange Electronic Warfare Techniques BUTTERWORTH, Malaysia -- Pilots use electronic warfare to simulate training scenarios, but they don’t get to decide who they shoot down when they are up there. A team on the ground controls a system called the Joint Deployable Electronic Warfare Range (JDEWR), which controls the scenario. Cope...
29 July 2016 Joint, Multinational Integration Key to Refueling during RIMPAC JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM -- Since their arrival to Rim of the Pacific 2016, July 7, Citizen Airmen in the 507th Air Refueling Wing have worked hand-in-hand with other nations and sister services to offload more than 2 million pounds of fuel to U.S. and Canadian military aircraft.Performing...
28 July 2016 US Military Vessel Embarks JGSDF Vehicles for First Point-to-Point Shipment SASEBO, Japan (NNS) -- Embarkation for the first ever point-to-point shipment of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) vehicles aboard a U.S. military vessel took place at Commander, U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, July 27. The embarkation was both practical and a training opportunity to build...
28 July 2016 22nd Iteration of CARAT Singapore Holds Closing Ceremony SINGAPORE (NNS) -- The 22nd annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise between the U.S. Navy and Republic of Singapore Armed Forces came to a close at Changi Naval Base July 28. CARAT Singapore 2016 focused on addressing shared maritime security concerns, building...
28 July 2016 Secretary of the Army Visits Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The Honorable Eric K. Fanning, Secretary of the Army, received an integrated air and missile defense brief from Soldiers with the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, July 27, 2016, during his visit to the air operations center on Joint Base Pearl...