13 November 2017 I Corps signal and Communications Team Enables the Mission CAMP HOVEY, South Korea -- During Warfighter Exercise (WFX) 18-2 the I Corps G6 team is using the training exercise to ensure they are able to support and provide the critical communications infrastructure to prepare units for decisive action missions.I Corps' most recent warfighter exercise is...
13 November 2017 Arming 35th Fighter Wing Operators with Munitions, Purpose MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 35th Maintenance Squadron conducted a weapons and ammunitions tour for operations personnel at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 8.Maintenance and ammunitions Airmen immersed pilots, intelligence, aircrew flight equipment and squadron aviation resource management personnel...
13 November 2017 USS Ashland Conducts Inspection and Survey Rehearsal Underway EAST CHINA SEA -- The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) conducted a rehearsal for Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) Nov. 7 as part of preparations for the ship's official assessment scheduled for May 2018.Ashland embarked a team of 18 subject matter experts from Amphibious...
13 November 2017 Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Harbor Ops Conducts Facilities-response Training Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan -- Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Harbor Operations conducted facilities response training, or FRT, at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 6-7, 2017.U.S. Navy sailors took part in the training to learn how to control potential oil or fuel spills in the waters...
13 November 2017 Alaskan Jets Fly South for the Winter EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The 18th Aggressor Squadron sent approximately 150 personnel and 11 F-16 Fighting Falcon to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, to support the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, specifically the F-16 weapons instructor course.“The USAF Weapons Instructor Course was founded...
13 November 2017 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle symposium comes to Okinawa OKINAWA, Japan -- Richard Lusk, retired U.S. Marine Corps captain and current director of the Unmanned Aerial Systems Research Center, Oak Ridge Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, led a two-hour symposium concerning the future of UAS and counter-UAS capability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The...
08 November 2017 Trump Warns North Korean Leader Not to Underestimate U.S.-South Korean Will WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2017 -- President Donald J. Trump warned North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un tonight not to underestimate the will and power of the United States and urged him to rid his country of nuclear weapons.Trump, who spoke before the National Assembly in the South Korean capital of Seoul,...
08 November 2017 Military Women from Brunei, U.S. Exchange Ideas, Build Lasting Friendships during CARAT BRUNEI -- Women service members from the U.S. Navy and Royal Brunei Armed Forces came together Nov 7 for a leadership conference and exchange as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Brunei 2017.The conference brought together women from both nations’ forces to share their...
08 November 2017 Chafee Conducts Trilateral Participated in a Passing Exercise with Indian Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in 7th Fleet SEA OF JAPAN -- USS Chafee (DDG 90) participated in a passing exercise (PASSEX) with the Indian navy ships, INS Satpura (F48) and INS Kadmatt (P29) as well as Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ship JS Inazuma (DD-105) Nov. 3-6.PASSEXs like this arise when maritime forces from two or more...
08 November 2017 North Korea Situation Requires Worldwide Action, Trump Says WASHINGTON -- North Korea constitutes a worldwide threat that requires worldwide action, President Donald J. Trump said today in a press conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Blue House in Seoul, Nov. 7, 2017.“We call on every responsible nation, including China and Russia, to...