19 November 2018 374th Security Forces Squadron Completes Expeditionary Field Training YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- One foot after the other, it’s the only way to approach it. Slow and steady the steps add up as obstacles are completed. The rain only getting heavier, the ground muddier, and the logs traversed slicker. The gurney carrying a soaking wet training dummy only adds to the...
19 November 2018 Pacific Fleet Hosts International Senior Enlisted Training Symposium HONOLULU, Hawaii -- U.S. Pacific Fleet hosted participants from twenty-seven nations during the International Senior Enlisted Leadership Training Symposium held at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Waikiki, Hawaii, Nov. 12 - 15.Throughout the week, participants engaged...
19 November 2018 Guam National Guard Plays Role in Moving Supplies to Saipan BARRIGADA, Guam -- Amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) worked with 254th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE), from the Guam Air National Guard, to transport vehicles and supplies from the Guam Army National Guard to Saipan by both sea and...
16 November 2018 Service Members Build Tent Systems for Yutu Survivors SAIPAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands -- (Editor’s Note: Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs made edits to this article.)Local and federal government agencies, along with joint service members, collaborated to provide temporary shelters Nov. 9 to Saipan-based residents whose homes were...
16 November 2018 Far East District begins a New Chapter in Its History as It Completes Its Relocation to Camp Humphreys CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea -- Throughout 2018, members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Far East District (FED) headquarters element slowly transitioned from Seoul to Camp Humphreys. Now that the district has completed its relocation, it was time to make it official.Col. Teresa...
16 November 2018 Air Defenders Recognized for Achieving Patriot Master Gunner Status OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea -- Fourteen Air Defenders from across the globe graduated on November 14, from Class 701-18 Patriot Master Gunner (PMG) course held at Osan Air Base, South Korea, with senior leaders and family members in attendance. The new PMG's were recognized for their hard work and...
16 November 2018 The United States Seeks Collaboration, Not Control, in the Indo-Pacific U.S. Embassy in Cambodia -- Last year in Vietnam, President Trump laid out the United States’ vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific. This week, on the president’s behalf, I will lead a delegation to that region to discuss our progress on making this vision a reality. Our message is simple: The...
15 November 2018 Ronald Reagan, John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Groups Operate in Philippine Sea PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (RRNSG) and John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group (JCSSG) are conducting high-end dual carrier operations in the Philippine Sea.While steaming together, the two carrier strike groups will execute complex air, surface and anti-submarine warfare...
15 November 2018 Big Island Drop Week JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The 535th Airlift Squadron trained on delivering cargo to Pohakuloa Training Area on Hilo, from Nov. 6-8.Big Island Drop Week is a quarterly training event conducted on the island of Hilo. The training event allowed aircrews to conduct mission planning and...
15 November 2018 9th Engineer Support Battalion Marines Participate in Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation OKINAWA, Japan -- In the early morning hours before the sun rose over Okinawa, Japan, Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, began their mission set up counter-mobility obstacles and to deploy tactical water purification systems as part of the Marine Corps Combat...