12 October 2018 3rd Marine Division conducts a Combat Assault Battalion Deactivation CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, Japan -- Combat Assault Battalion was activated February 16, 1942 at New River, North Carolina. CAB has been in many locations and went under many names including at 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton CA, as the 1st Amphibian Track Battalion before being reassigned to the...
12 October 2018 Region Health Command-Pacific Will Seek National Accreditation in Public Health HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Beginning this month, the preventive medicine departments across Regional Health Command-Pacific (RHC-P) will kick off a performance improvement and accreditation initiative to position themselves for national accreditation in public health.Unique to the military, is that some...
12 October 2018 Tropic Lightning Soldiers Hone Skills in Warfighter SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division and supporting units participated in Warfighter 19-01 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, from September 30 to October 11.The multi-echelon exercise tested the division’s ability to manage, direct, and synchronize multiple brigades...
12 October 2018 Misawa's Munitions Flight is F-16's "Bomb Shop" MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- "Ammo!" yell 35th Maintenance Squadron munitions Airmen following a loud boom of their miniature cannon echoing across the room.This war cry threads Ammo personnel together with a sense of pride for their unit.With attention to detail and extreme care, these experts handle,...
11 October 2018 Ronald Reagan Strike Group, JMSDF Participate in Cooperative Deployment PHILIPPINE SEA - The Ronald Reagan Strike Group and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH 183) conducted maritime operations during a cooperative deployment in the Philippine Sea, Oct. 9-10.During the cooperative deployment the Ronald Reagan Strike Group...
11 October 2018 The 35th Fighter Wing Kicks Off RED FLAG-Alaska 19-1 EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Exercise RED FLAG-Alaska 19-1 kicked off at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 4 with primary flying operations being executed over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex. Misawa Air Base’s 35th Fighter Wing is serving as the lead unit throughout the Pacific Air...
11 October 2018 Loud and Proud, Dream Team Leads Charlie, 2-1 Air Defense Artillery Launcher Platoon DAEGU, South Korea -- When you think of the name "Dream Team" this dynamic, female duo is not what you might imagine as the lead team on a PAC-3 Patriot Missile Launcher. They rehearse with precision at a fast pace so that they are ready to protect populations and infrastructure.The Patriot mission...
11 October 2018 Air Force Leaders Say Increased Funding is Improving Readiness WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein thanked Congress for providing the resources necessary to restore the service’s readiness while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Readiness and...
11 October 2018 U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Makes Third Visit to Vietnam in Nine Months HANOI, Vietnam -- On the occasion of the ninth annual United States-Vietnam Defense Policy Dialogue, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs for the United States, Randall G. Schriver, met with the Deputy Defense Minister, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, on...
10 October 2018 4 Ways the U.S. is Responding to the Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami On September 28, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake and tsunami struck Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island, followed by more than 500 aftershocks. As of October 10, more than 2,010 people have been killed, nearly 10,680 have been severely injured, and nearly 82,780 people have been displaced. Thousands of homes...