27 October 2017 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Republic of Korea Chairman Meet, Discuss Stronger Alliance, Military Readiness WASHINGTON -- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., met with Chairman of the Republic of Korea Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Kyeong Doo Jeong during the 42nd Republic of Korea and U.S. Military Committee Meeting (MCM) in Seoul Oct. 27.The Republic of Korea delegation was...
27 October 2017 Remarks by Secretary Mattis and Min. Song at the DMZ, South Korea MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE SONG YOUNG-MOO (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): This area that we're standing here now, the Panmunjom area, was not only a site of intense and bloody battle for the ROK and U.S. Marine Corps, but also on the day 1953, 27th of July, it was a historical event where the armistice...
27 October 2017 Sumos Conduct Aerial Refueling Training with Thunderbolts, Green Knights MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152 flew KC-130J Hercules aircraft to conduct nighttime aerial refueling training operations with the F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 and F/A-18C Hornets with VMFA-251 Oct...
27 October 2017 2nd Infantry Division Artillery Stays Ready to 'Fight Tonight' with Training Exercise JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- Dozens of Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division Artillery, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), participated in a deployment readiness exercise, Oct. 16-18, in preparation for an upcoming deployment to the Republic of...
27 October 2017 Iwo Jima Yokota Air Base, Japan -- Waking up at 1:30 in the morning I couldn’t fall back to sleep in anticipation of my upcoming experience of a lifetime.Tired, but filled with excitement, I boarded the aircraft alongside my fellow Airmen to spend the day on the historic island of Iwo To, Japan, where the...
27 October 2017 Defense Secretary Stresses Regional Security at ASEAN Meeting WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met on the sidelines with key leaders from the Asia-Indo-Pacific region to discuss security issues while attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ Defense Ministers’ Meeting-Plus in Clark, the Philippines, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W...
26 October 2017 Dunford Charts Alliance Progress in South Korea OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea -- Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford arrived here to participate in the U.S.-South Korean Military Committee Meeting tomorrow.Just getting off the airplane put the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about 50 miles south of one of the most bizarre borders in the world -- the...
26 October 2017 Misawa Airmen 'Scrape' Together New Idea MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Have you ever wondered a no-fail way to make your boss happy? It's easy -- get your aircraft in the air, quicker, and save money while doing it.Two Airmen from the 35th Maintenance Squadron did just that by innovating a process to overcome old paint and unreliable...
26 October 2017 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines Combined Anti-Armor Team Acquire Targets at an Unknown Distance POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii -- U.S. Marines with Combined Anti-Armor Team 1, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, maneuvered through the mobile assault course during Exercise Bougainville II at the Pohakuloa Training Area, on the island of Hawaii, Oct. 23, 2017.It is rare for a Marine unit to get the...
26 October 2017 Tuskegee Airman Visits Alaska, Recalls History-making Service JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. Leslie Edwards braced himself against the roaring might of an F-22 Raptor as nearly 70,000 pounds of thrust threatened to rip his signature red-and-black Tuskegee Airmen cap from atop his head – a dramatic change from the propeller...