OSAKA, Japan (NNS) -- Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) arrived in Osaka, Japan, July 6 for a regularly scheduled port visit during a summer patrol of U.S. 7th fleet area of operations.The port visit to Osaka is an opportunity for Sasebo-based Sailors to enjoy the culture...

PEARL HAWAII, Hawaii -- As part of continuous modernization efforts and in response to demands from forward deployed commanders, PMW 790 has developed the DJC2 NGE to support global operations with lower size, weight and power (SWaP) requirements. The previous DJC2 has supported joint task force...

IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, Japan -- The Honorable Yoshihiko Fukuda, mayor of Iwakuni, Japan, U.S. Marine Corps Col. Robert V. Boucher, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Christopher J. Garza, sergeant major of MCAS Iwakuni, and Japanese government officials...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Approximately 300 Airmen and 12 F-16 Fighting Falcons with the 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, are set to deploy mid-July to Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, as the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in support...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Adm. Scott Swift, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, and Vice Adm. Nora Tyson, U.S. 3rd Fleet commander and exercise Rim of the Pacific's Combined Task Force commander, explained the importance of the exercise during an opening press conference here, July 5. Swift said RIMPAC is...

WAEGWAN, South Korea -- "They just kept us in a ravine in the daytime. Then at night they'd move us across country. On Aug. 17, about the middle of the afternoon they motioned for us to get up again, that they was going to move us out again. That's when it happened. That's when I started hearing...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- It’s great to be here with you here today to welcome you to the 25th Rim of the Pacific exercise.As Commander of Pacific Fleet, I’m the host of RIMPAC, and I’ll offer a few brief remarks before I turn you over to the real leader of RIMPAC, Vice Admiral Nora Tyson, who has...

HONOLULU -- In the vast, noncontiguous Pacific theater, the 8th Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) is responsible for building and sustaining land component and joint force readiness despite the "tyranny of distance." This globally distributed environment includes multiple theaters of operations full...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the 103rd Civil Support Team, Alaska National Guard, gathered for an in-house professional development seminar to study leadership during the Korean War while in Juneau, June 23. Lt. Col. Wayne Don, the commander of the 103rd...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Yokota’s airlift mission couldn’t function without its wheels on the ground. Yokota has a variety of specialized vehicles in all shapes and sizes, performing jobs from cleaning sewage lines to loading cargo to putting out fires. This article showcases four of Yokota’s...