05 September 2017 Bonhomme Richard Departs Melbourne, Australia MELBOURNE, Australia (NNS) -- The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) departed Melbourne, Australia, Sept. 3, concluding a scheduled six-day port visit.Melbourne is Bonhomme Richard's third Australian port visit during the current routine deployment as part of the U.S. - Australian...
05 September 2017 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines in Guam for Unit-level Training ANDERSEN SOUTH AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the USS Ashland (LSD 48) arrived in Guam to conduct unit-level training throughout the bases and ranges there as part of their regularly-scheduled fall patrol, August 29, 2017.In Guam, the Ashland is...
01 September 2017 U.S., Japan Integrate to Perfect Safety, Security Response Capabilities MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Sirens screamed from the voices of fire trucks, ambulances and police vehicles while U.S. and Japan first responders raced across Misawa Air Base during a bilateral emergency management exercise, Aug. 30.U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force members quickly...
01 September 2017 USS John S. McCain Sailors Posthumously Advanced WASHINGTON -- The Navy announced Thursday that the 10 Sailors who died aboard USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) were posthumously advanced to their next rank.Electronics Technician 1st Class Charles Nathan Findley, 31, from Kansas City, Missouri, was posthumously advanced to Chief Electronics...
01 September 2017 Airmen, Soldiers Complete Joint Airborne Training BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Airmen and Soldiers parachuted out of various C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster IIIs, as part of a joint training exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 21 to 24.Tactical Air Control Party Airmen from across the Pacific Air Forces area of...