10 August 2016 John C. Stennis Strike Group Returns to San Diego SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- More than 7,000 John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) Sailors returned to San Diego following a regularly scheduled seven-month deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region Aug 10.JCSSG left on deployment Jan. 15 and operated in both U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility --...
10 August 2016 Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group Sails for Patrol EAST CHINA SEA (NNS) -- The final ship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) departed its forward-deployed homeport of Sasebo, Japan for a routine patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, Aug. 10.While on patrol, the Bonhomme Richard ESG and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit...
10 August 2016 Sumos, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron, Provide Aerial Refueling during Exercise Pitch Black 2016 AUSTRALIA -- As a KC-130J Super Hercules prepares for takeoff, Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 finish last minute preflight checks and secure the aircraft at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, Aug. 9, 2016. For over 70 years, VMGR-152, also known as the...
10 August 2016 Army, AF Integrate First Ever Space Aggressor Soldier in RED FLAG-Alaska 16-3 EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Finding a camouflaged enemy to “find, fix and finish,” can be difficult even in the best conditions. Add in the element of 14,000-foot peaks, dense vegetation and a 67,000 square-mile battlefield, it takes a trained warrior to pick out the needle in this haystack...
10 August 2016 Arizona National Guard Explosives Experts Train in Alaska Fort Greely, Alaska -- Members of the Arizona Army National Guard's 363rd Ordnance Company (EOD) conducted team leader certifications during their annual training at the Cold Region Test Center, here July 21 -- Aug. 4. Nearly 40 members of the 363rd escaped the heat of the hot arid environment of...
09 August 2016 Readout of Pacific Fleet Commander's Meeting with PLA Navy North Sea Fleet Commander QINGDAO, China (NNS) -- Adm. Scott Swift, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, visited the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy North Sea Fleet headquarters where he met with fleet commander Vice Adm. Yuan Yubai, Aug. 8. Swift joined Yuan on a tour of the PLA(N) frigate Daqing (FFG 576) the following...
09 August 2016 B-2s Conduct Deployment to Indo-Asia-Pacific JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Three B-2 Spirits deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in the U.S. Pacific Command area of operations Aug. 9.U.S. Strategic Command bombers regularly rotate through the Indo-Asia-Pacific to conduct USPACOM-led...
09 August 2016 Vinson Completes V-22 Osprey Fleet Battle Experiment PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) completed a Fleet Battle Experiment (FBE) for the future Navy variant CMV-22B Osprey. Commander, Naval Air Forces conducted the FBE, July 22 through Aug. 4.The experiment explored, analyzed and documented the characteristics of...
09 August 2016 United States - Lao People's Army Conduct Eleventh Annual Bilateral Defense Dialogue Senior officials from the U.S. Embassy and U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) met August 1-3 in Honolulu with senior officials from the Ministry of National Defense (MND) for the 11th Lao-United States Bilateral Defense Dialogue. The meeting was led by Brigadier General Kenchanh Nangthalasy, Director...
09 August 2016 459 Airlift Squadron Attends 2nd Tachikawa Helicopter Conference YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Eastern Army Helicopter recently invited members of the 459th Airlift Squadron to attend the 2nd Tachikawa Helicopter Conference July 26, 2016 at Camp Tachikawa, Japan.The conference gathered approximately 50 representatives from a variety of U.S. and Japanese military...