23 August 2017 III Marine Expeditionary Force Marines Conduct Oleoresin Capsicum Training Aboard Camp Hansen CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- Marines with the Camp Hansen Camp Guard Detachment completed oleoresin capsicum (OC) training qualification on August, 16, 2017, in order to maintain mission readiness and to prepare new augments to properly use and employ OC spray.Camp Guard augments train with OC...
23 August 2017 Team Kadena Fuels Joint Operations Training KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members from the U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan and the 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) converged on Kadena July 31, 2017 through August 3, 2017, for a battalion collective training exercise.The exercise tested the unit readiness to respond to planned...
23 August 2017 297th Air Traffic Control Squadron: Teamwork and Aloha JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The 297th was critical asset to bilateral missions with the Republic of Korea Air Force and Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, by assisting U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers to fly out of Guam. Their operations demonstrated the U.S. commitment to allies...
22 August 2017 USS Coronado Hits Target with Lethal, Harpoon Missile during Training GUAM - The Littoral Combat Ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) conducted a successful live-fire of the harpoon block 1C missile off the coast of Guam Aug 22, striking a surface target at significant distance beyond the ship's visual range.Coronado's successful firing of the harpoon over-the-horizon missile...
22 August 2017 Tempest Express 2017 Opening Ceremony Thailand -- on August 22, Chargé d’Affaires Peter Haymond joined General Tarnchaiyan Srisuwan, Royal Thai Armed Forces Chief of Staff, to preside over the Opening Ceremony of military exercise “Tempest Express” at the Royal Thai Armed Forces’ (RTARF) Center for Strategic Studies at Bang Saen in...
22 August 2017 USS San Diego departs Phuket, Thailand PHUKET, Thailand -- The amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) departed Phuket, Thailand, after a routine port visit, Aug. 22.The San Diego is capable of carrying Marines and their equipment and has been at sea conducting training and operations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region since...
22 August 2017 U.S. Soldier Returns Home to Nepal for Pacific Angel Mission GORKHA, Nepal - When the opportunity arose for engineers to join a team of U.S. Armed Forces traveling to Nepal to provide humanitarian aid to the local Nepali people, U.S. Army Sgt. Rajeev Neupane readily volunteered. Pacific Angel 17-4 in Gorkha, Nepal allowed Neupane to return home and give back...
22 August 2017 Theodore Roosevelt Completes Fueling at Sea PACIFIC OCEAN -- Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) successfully completed a fueling at sea (FAS) with guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102), Aug. 21.This marked the first time since 2015 an aircraft carrier has successfully fueled another ship."It sets the standard for the...
22 August 2017 US, Thai Soldiers Conduct Joint Training in Jungle Improvised Explosive Devices Course FORT SURASRI, Thailand -- Soldiers from the Royal Thai Army (RTA) Explosive Ordinance Device Center shared principles and tactics of counter-improvised explosive devices (EOD) with the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, August 9 through August 14, 2017.The RTA EOD center provided the...
21 August 2017 Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training Enhances Cooperative Maritime Security in South and Southeast Asia SINGAPORE -- The 16th annual Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) exercise commenced Aug 21 in Singapore, Brunei, and the Philippines focusing on shared maritime security challenges of the region.The goal of the exercise is to increase multilateral cooperation and information sharing...