16 May 2017 Security Training Initiative Offers Coxswain Qualifications to Airmen JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- In an effort to fully utilize security resources on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH), a select few of Air Force security members will soon be eligible for Navy Coxswain qualifications, thanks to a new Joint Base training program initiative.“If we are...
15 May 2017 Pacific Partnership 2017 Partners with Project HOPE DA NANG, Vietnam (NNS) -- Each year Pacific Partnership provides support and the exchanging of knowledge to help strengthen relationships with partner nations around the world. An integral part of Pacific Partnership 2017 has been its volunteers from the Project HOPE foundation, which delivers...
15 May 2017 Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Relief Exercise in the Philippines FORT MAGSAYSAY, Santa Rosa -- Balikatan is under way with service members from the Hawaii National Guard Task Force’s search and rescue team working alongside the 505th Philippine Air Force Search and Rescue Group to enhance disaster preparedness May 13, 2017.This is the seventh year the Hawaii...
15 May 2017 Nothern Edge 2017 Concludes JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska --Approximately 6,000 sailors, soldiers, airmen, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, as well as DoD civil servants and contractors. are preparing for the journey back to their respective bases and stations following participation in Exercise Northern Edge 2017 (NE17)...
15 May 2017 Pacific Air Forces, Republic of Korea Air Force Weapons Load Teams Go Head-to-head in Annual Competition KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Kunsan hosted the 2017 annual weapons load crew competition, which included members from the 35th and 80th Aircraft Maintenance Units (AMU) and the 38th Fighter Group, Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF), located here, the 25th and 36th AMUs, operating out of...
15 May 2017 Special Operations Command, Pacific Change of Command CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii -- U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Daniel Yoo relieved U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Bryan P. Fenton as commander of Special Operations Command during a change of command ceremony at the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) headquarters, May 12.Guest speaker Gen. Raymond Thomas, commander, U.S...
15 May 2017 Misawa F-16s Fully Integrate, Showcase Airpower at Nothern Edge 17 EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Misawa Airmen with the 13th Fighter Squadron wrapped up a two-week, biannual joint training exercise on several military installations and training areas in Alaska, May 12.Northern Edge 2017 based much of its scenarios out of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, for its...
12 May 2017 U.S., Singapore, Thailand Navies Conduct Multilateral Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Exercise SOUTH CHINA SEA (NNS) -- Ships from the Republic of Singapore navy, Royal Thai navy and U.S. Navy completed a three-day multilateral Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise in the South China Sea, May 12.The three-day exercise included a broad spectrum of naval competencies and...
12 May 2017 Eielson Supports Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Visit for 10th Arctic Council Ministerial EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- On May 10, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived on the Eielson Air Force Base flight line during exercise Northern Edge 2017. This is Eielson’s first high-tempo exercise for fiscal year 2017, and various agencies across the base were able to switch gears...
12 May 2017 Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific Fosters Innovation with "Unthinkables" Focus Group SINGAPORE -- Personnel from Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific/Task Force 73 (COMLOG WESTPAC/CTF) came together, May 11, to begin a focus group called "the unthinkables," which seeks to develop innovative thinking in junior enlisted sailors, civil service employees and junior officers. The...