29 June 2017 Exercise Talisman Saber 2017 Highlights Enduring US, Australia Alliance FORT Shafter, Hawaii -- More than 33,000 U.S. and Australian personnel will participate in the biennial military training exercise Talisman Saber 2017 in Australia, June 23 to July 25, 2017.Talisman Saber, jointly sponsored by the U.S. Pacific Command and Australian Defence Force Headquarters Joint...
29 June 2017 Pacific Air Force Consolidates Silver Flag Training at Andersen KUNSAN AIR BASE -- Kunsan Air Base -- U.S. Air Force Airmen of the 554th Red Horse Squadron assigned to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, trained members of the 8th Civil Engineering Squadron on airfield damage repair and force bed down June 19-23, 2017, as part of Exercise Silver Flag at Kunsan Air...
28 June 2017 USS Ashland Builds Relationships with Brisbane Visit BRISBANE, Australia -- Sailors and Marines assigned to the amphibious transport dock USS Ashland (LSD 48) arrived in Brisbane for a routine port call, June 28.The port call to Brisbane comes after a month of shipboard joint exercises while operating with Expeditionary Strike Group 7 flagship USS...
28 June 2017 USS Green Bay Visits Cairns Ahead of Talisman Saber CAIRNS, Australia -- Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20) arrived in Cairns for a routine port visit, June 28.The visit to Cairns comes after a month of shipboard joint exercises while operating with Expeditionary Strike Group 7 flagship USS Bonhomme...
28 June 2017 Japanese Senior Enlisted Leaders Visit Eielson EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- From June 21-24, Japanese Air Self-Defense Force senior enlisted advisors visited Eielson to learn about base operations, and exchange both military and cultural ideas with their American counterparts.During their visit, Warrant Officer Katsumi Yamazaki and Warrant...
28 June 2017 Exercise Talisman Saber 2017 Highlights Enduring U.S. & Australia Alliance FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii – More than 33,000 U.S. and Australian personnel will participate in the biennial military training exercise Talisman Saber 2017 in Australia, June 23 to July 25, 2017.Talisman Saber, jointly sponsored by the U.S. Pacific Command and Australian Defence Force Headquarters Joint...
28 June 2017 Soldiers, Airmen Conduct Joint Air Assault Ops to Test New Gunship MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, Hawaii - Soldiers and Airmen committed an air assault, here, with the assistance of the latest aerial gunship support on June 6.The lightning raid consisted of infantrymen assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th...
27 June 2017 RED FLAG-Alaska Concludes; Misawa Tactics, Teamwork Primed EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- In a place where the sun never sets, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska has been the perfect home to more than 60 aircraft and their squadrons as they took to the skies to further readiness, strengthen interoperability with allies and challenge the status quo to ensure...
27 June 2017 Fleet Activities Yokosuka Honors USS Fitzgerald YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The Fleet Activities (FLEACT) Yokosuka community showed their respect to the families and crew of USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) during a memorial ceremony June 27, for the seven Sailors who died tragically June 17 when their ship collided with a merchant vessel southwest of...
27 June 2017 353rd Special Operations Group and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Complete Exercise Teak Jet YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group, from Kadena Air Base, Japan built on relationships with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Hamamatsu Air Rescue Squadron, based at Komaki Air Base and Komatsu Air Rescue Squadron, during Exercise Teak Jet, which took...