08 February 2017 SAIL Suicide Prevention Program Launches Navy-wide WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy's 21st Century Sailor Office announced Feb. 6 that the suicide prevention program Sailor Assistance and Intercept for Life (SAIL) is now available Navy-wide at all Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) locations.SAIL, which was launched as a pilot program last August in...
07 February 2017 Pacific Allies Gear Up for Multilateral Training in COPE NORTH 17 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The United States and two ally nations in the Indo-Asia Pacific region are scheduled to participate in exercise COPE NORTH 2017 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 15 through March 3, 2017.Exercise COPE NORTH is a long-standing exercise designed to...
07 February 2017 Bilateral Training Exercise, Iron Fist 2017 Opening Ceremony MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- “The purpose of the exercise is to enhance interoperability between U.S. and the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, as well as to build amphibious capabilities for the JGSDF,” said Col. Chandler Nelms, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit commanding...
07 February 2017 USS Wayne E. Meyer visits Guam during Strike Group Deployment APRA HARBOR, Guam -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) moored at Naval Base Guam for its first scheduled port visit of a Western Pacific deployment with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, Feb. 3.During this port visit, Wayne E. Meyer is expected to...
07 February 2017 Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5 Embarks for Spring Patrol WHITE BEACH NAVAL BASE , OKINAWA, Japan -- Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit have embarked onto the USS Green Bay (LPD 20) as part of their regularly-scheduled patrol of the Pacific region from White Beach, Okinawa, Japan Feb. 1, 2017...
07 February 2017 Japanese and US Forces work to Strengthen Regional Security Cooperation in the Pacific JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR -- HICKAM, Hawaii - Within the Pacific Theater of Operations, the U.S. military works with many nations to help provide regional stability and security. One example of this is the work between the Japanese Self Defense Forces and U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) over the last...
07 February 2017 U.S. Military Delivers Counterterrorism Equipment to the Philippine Army and Marine Corps Clark Air Base, Philippines -- Representatives from the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines’ Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group (JUSMAG) delivered new military equipment to the Philippine Army and Marine Corps January 27. The transfer included over 400 M203 grenade launchers, 85 M40A5 sniper rifles,...
06 February 2017 USS Hopper Arrives in Hong Kong for Port Visit YOKOSUKA, Japan - Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) arrived in Hong Kong, Feb. 5, for a port visit during a routine patrol in the 7th Fleet area of operations.Hopper is deployed to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, and sails with a crew of approximately 300 Sailors.While...
06 February 2017 PACAF Commander Visits Andersen, Asserts Importance of Warfighting Capability in Pacific ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The Pacific Air Forces commander and command chief visited Airmen and families here Jan. 31-Feb. 1, to discuss current operations, share the commander’s vision and thank members of Team Andersen and local community leaders.During their visit, Gen. Terrence...
06 February 2017 U.S., Japan Successfully Conduct First SM-3 Block IIA Intercept Test WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the Japan Ministry of Defense, and U.S. Navy Sailors aboard USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted a flight test Feb. 3 (Hawaii Standard Time), resulting in the first intercept of a ballistic missile target using the Standard...