01 November 2017 Maintainers' Ground Work Keep Bats Flying MARINE CORPS SIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- The clashing sound of metal on metal echoes off the canopies on the flight line where Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 stores their F/A-18D Hornets.Aviation ordnance technicians, or maintainers, work under the roaring engines of aircraft as...
01 November 2017 Search and Recovery Team Focuses on the Basics during Training Event JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The 647th Force Support Squadron’s search and recovery team put their skills into practice during a training event on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.Search and recovery is a mortuary affairs asset that facilitates the collection of remains in the...
01 November 2017 150 Years of the Army in Alaska SITKA, Alaska -- I recently attended the 150-year commemoration of the transfer of Alaska, previously known as Russian America, from tsarist Russia to the United States. The original ceremony occurred in Sitka (New Archangel while under Russian rule) on October 18, 1867, and just like the modern...
31 October 2017 USS Theodore Roosevelt Arrives in Guam for Port Visit APRA HARBOR, Guam -- The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) arrived in Guam for the first time in the ship's history, Oct. 31, for their first scheduled port visit of their current deployment.Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG), entered...
31 October 2017 Exercise Dawn Blitz Concludes, Setting Standard for New Amphibious Capabilities PACIFIC OCEAN -- U.S. 3rd Fleet's (C3F) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3 and I Marine Expeditionary Force's (MEF), 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) completed the amphibious exercise Dawn Blitz, Oct. 30.Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven exercise designed to train and integrate Navy and Marine...
31 October 2017 Dunford Discusses Issues Confronting U.S.-South Korea Alliance ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT -- U.S. and South Korean defense chiefs discussed the full range of issues confronting the alliance during two days of talks in Seoul, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Oct. 28, 2017. .Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford spoke to reporters after the Security...
31 October 2017 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade Names Best Crews for 2017 OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea -- Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Soldiers across the Korean Peninsula tested their intellect, endurance and strength Oct. 23-26 at Osan Air Base, South Korea, during the 35th ADA Brigade Missile Defender of the Year competition.Every fall, Soldiers from 6th Battalion, 52nd...
31 October 2017 Team Misawa Supports Wisconsin Guardsmen, Executes Mission MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Badgers aren’t normally considered flying mammals, but when you give them some tools, an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet engine and a cool facility, they are more than capable to provide fully-functional jet engines that power highly-maneuverable aircraft.The 35th Maintenance...
30 October 2017 Dunford Hosts Trilateral Meeting With South Korean, Japanese Military Leaders CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff hosted a trilateral conference with South Korean and Japanese military leaders here yesterday.Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford and his counterparts, South Korean Air Force Gen. Jeong Kyeong-doo and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force...
30 October 2017 After Rescuing Mariners, Ashland Arrives in Okinawa for Blue Chromite Preps OKINAWA, Japan - The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) arrived in Okinawa, Oct. 30, as part of a scheduled port visit to prepare for the joint U.S. exercise Blue Chromite.The port visit also serves as a disembarkation point for the two mariners who had been adrift in the Pacific...