26 April 2017 Second Lady Sees Art Therapy in Action at Schofield SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii --- The Second Lady of the United States, Karen Pence, visited with military and civilian leaders during a tour hosted by U.S. Health Clinic at Schofield Barracks, to talk about how a form of alternative therapy is being used to help military members and their families...
25 April 2017 Pence Wraps Up Asia Trip, Thanks Honolulu Service Members for Service WASHINGTON -- Vice President Mike Pence expressed his gratitude to U.S. Pacific Command yesterday for its resolute leadership and thanked the troops at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu for their service.Pence stopped in Hawaii at the end of a 10-day trip to Asia that included stops in...
25 April 2017 USS Michigan Visits Busan, Strengthens Partnership with Republic of Korea Navy BUSAN, Republic of Korea -- Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN 727) (Blue) arrived in Busan, April 25, for a routine visit during a regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific.During the visit Sailors will experience the culture and history of the Republic of Korea...
25 April 2017 US Navy Conducts Simultaneous Bilateral Exercises with JMSDF and ROK YOKOSUKA, Japan -- U.S. Navy ships are conducting simultaneous bilateral maritime exercises with the Republic of Korea Navy and with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force today and tomorrow (Apr. 25-26, local time). The destroyers USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and ROKN Wang Geon (DDH 978) are...
25 April 2017 Ready to Fight | 3d Law Enforcement Battalion Marines Tested for Combat Readiness CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- For the first time, Marines with 3d Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF, conducted a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Central Training Area, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 13 - 23, 2017.The MCCRE marks...
25 April 2017 U.S. Starts Rebuilding 15 Schools in Earthquake-Hit Districts KAVREPALANCHOWK -- The U.S. Government inaugurated the first of seven new permanent schools being constructed through U.S. support. These seven school reconstruction projects are the first wave of a $10 million U.S. Government effort to rebuild 15 primary and secondary schools across 14 districts...
25 April 2017 Okinawa Citizens Team Up with Kadena Airmen to Rescue Whale KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- A battered and bruised whale stranded on the beach April 17, at Kadena Marina is now in stable condition and under the medical care of the Churaumi Aquarium thanks to the efforts of a rescue team of good Samaritans, veterinarians, and personnel assigned to the 18th Force...
25 April 2017 U.S., Korean Airmen Strengthen Medical Skills during Exercise KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- U.S. Airmen assigned to the 8th Medical Group and Republic of Korea Air Force medical airmen participated in a simulated multiple casualty exercise April 19.The exercise was conducted to assess communication and operations between ROKAF and U.S. medical teams...
24 April 2017 Balikatan 33 Underway in Philippines U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- Philippine and U.S. forces will kick off Exercise Balikatan 33-2017 through community engagement activities in Panay, Leyte, and Samar. U.S. and Filipino service members will work together to renovate five schools and conduct community medical engagements with...
24 April 2017 CSG-1 and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships Refine Maritime Skills While Transiting Western Pacific PHILIPPINE SEA -- PHILIPPINE SEA- Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commenced an at-sea bilateral exercise in the Philippine Sea, April 23.Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake...