FORT SURASRI, Thailand -- Soldiers of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division paired with their Royal Thai Army counterparts during a bilateral staff exercise in support of Hanuman Guardian 2017.The STAFFEX allowed officers and senior noncommissioned officers to work together to...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Focus on the fundamentals, Adm. Scott Swift told senior fleet leaders and commanding officers Aug. 22 as commands across the Pacific Fleet conduct an operational pause this week.As directed by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson in the hours following the collision...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- For Spc. Anousone Leutphova – a chemical, biological, nuclear and radiological specialist with the 95th Chemical Company – maneuvering as part of a fire team undertaking infantry tactics required a lot of memorization.The Rockford, Illinois, native had to...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Aomori -- During the training, a helicopter support team with Combat Logistics Regiment (CLB) 4, 3rd Marine Logistic Group, would rush under one of the Marine Corps’ primary heavy-lift aircraft, a CH-53E Super Stallion, to attach a 6,500 pound CONEX box to the helicopter while the...

PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt(CVN 71) successfully completed a fueling at sea (FAS) with guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102), Aug. 21.This marked the first time since 2015 an aircraft carrier has successfully fueled another ship (FAS)."It sets the standard...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Members of Tripler Army Medical Center's Warrior Transition Battalion and U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii staff meet to discuss the first Pacific Warrior Game Trials to be held Nov. 5-11, 2017, at Schofield Barracks. In the past, more than 200 wounded, ill, and injured athletes have...

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- Marines with the Camp Hansen Camp Guard Detachment completed oleoresin capsicum (OC) training qualification on August, 16, 2017, in order to maintain mission readiness and to prepare new augments to properly use and employ OC spray.Camp Guard augments train with OC...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members from the U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan and the 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) converged on Kadena July 31, 2017 through August 3, 2017, for a battalion collective training exercise.The exercise tested the unit readiness to respond to planned...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The 297th was critical asset to bilateral missions with the Republic of Korea Air Force and Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, by assisting U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers to fly out of Guam. Their operations demonstrated the U.S. commitment to allies...

GUAM - The Littoral Combat Ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) conducted a successful live-fire of the harpoon block 1C missile off the coast of Guam Aug 22, striking a surface target at significant distance beyond the ship's visual range.Coronado's successful firing of the harpoon over-the-horizon missile...