27 July 2016 Kadena's Cargo Deployment Function Handles Deployment Cargo KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- The Cargo Deployment Function is always ready to support any operation at any time, near and far, at a moment’s notice.Kadena’s CDF is the middle man for all cargo leaving the 18th Wing in support of operations around the world.“We support Kadena's mission of counter air,...
27 July 2016 Military Sealift Command Delivers on OCEAN GLORY SINGAPORE (July 27, 2016) -- Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) voyage-charter MV OCEAN GLORY is currently traveling through the Pacific as part of mobility operation PACIFIC PATHWAYS 16-2 (PP16-2). The OCEAN GLORY is a commercial ship from Intermarine under contract by MSC to support PP16-2, a U.S...
26 July 2016 U.S. Soldiers Train 'Jump' Crews, Share Lessons with Republic of Korea Artillery TOPYONG-RI, South Korea - Artillery Soldiers got the opportunity to cross-train on other jobs inside their M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzers, during recent "jump crew" training, and share experiences with South Korean partners.Soldiers from Battery B, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery...
26 July 2016 Ronald Reagan Returns to Yokosuka for Mid-Patrol Break YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) concluded the first segment of its 2016 patrol and returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) July 26. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group conducted 53 days of strike group...
26 July 2016 Annual Traffic Safety Day Promotes Safe Driving, U.S.-Japan Partnership COMBINED ARMS TRAINING CENTER, Camp Fuji -- U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, completed the second stage of Eagle Wrath 2016 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, July 23, 2016. This stage focused and trained each...
26 July 2016 Rim of the Pacific 16: Hawaiian Range Provides Training Like No Other POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii -- In a training area where the base elevation is more than 6,000 feet above sea level, the pilots of Marine Light Attack Squadron 367 begin each day of training in less than ideal circumstances. The Engines of UH-1Y Huey and AH-1Z Cobra helicopters rev into overdrive...
26 July 2016 Canadian Warship Welcomes Norwegian Sailors and their Mine Hunting Technology PACIFIC OCEAN -- Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Yellowknife left Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt June 23 to participate in Rim of the Pacific 2016 off the southern coast of California from June 30 to August 4. When the ship arrived in San Diego, the ship’s crew welcomed four members of the...
26 July 2016 Annual Traffic Safety Day Promotes Safe Driving, U.S.-Japan Partnership MISAWA CITY, Japan -- Dressed in service uniforms, more than 100 U.S. military and Japan Air Self-Defense Force personnel attended the 24th Annual Traffic Safety Day in the Misawa Civic Center, July 22. The summer event, which began in 1992 and lasts for 10 days each year, stressed the importance of...
26 July 2016 Rotational Soldiers begin 2ID's Historic Move to Humphreys HUMPHREYS, South Korea -- Pfc. Bryce Thomas day started at 4 a.m. to get his M1A2 Abrams main battle tank ready to be loaded onto the Korean railcar by 6 a.m. Some 15 hours later, he and his tank had arrived at their destination.While slowly maneuvering the 70-ton tank from the flatbed railcar,...
25 July 2016 USS New Orleans, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit Visit Sri Lanka COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - USS New Orleans (LPD 18) with embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka, for a port visit, July 24.The ship and embarked MEU are in Sri Lanka to increase bilateral ties with the Sri Lanka Navy and exchange best practices on humanitarian...