17 August 2018 Ronald Reagan Strike Group and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Conduct Bilateral Training PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG), JS Kirishima, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) personnel from the Commander, Escort Division (CCD) 6 embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) started bilateral training Aug. 14.CSG units and JMSDF...
17 August 2018 Indiana National Guard Soldier Joins the Army, Quickly Becomes Part of History PENANJONG GARRISON, Brunei -- When Pvt. 2nd Class Matthew Graham joined the Army from his hometown of Grand View, Ind., population of about 750, in December 2016, he had no idea that just six months after joining his unit he would find himself halfway across the world making history in a country...
17 August 2018 Landing Support Company Executes Paraloft Training Operations on Ie Shima IE SHIMA, Okinawa, Japan – Rain sporadically fell on two tactical vehicles parked in a grassy field next to a weathered air strip on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan.Marines with Landing Support Company, 3rd Transportation Support Battalion, dismounted from the vehicles and looked to the sky in anticipation...
17 August 2018 U.S. Government Provides New SABIR System to Enhance Philippine Air Force Capabilities MANILA, Philippines -- U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Y. Kim turned over a sophisticated surveillance and reconnaissance system worth PhP807 million to the Secretary of National Defense Delfin N. Lorenzana at Villamor Air Base, Pasay City, on August 14.The Special Airborne Mission...
16 August 2018 U.S. Army Pacific Conducts First Army-to-Army Exercise in Brunei PENANJONG GARRISON, Brunei -- Royal Brunei Land Force (RBLF) and U.S. Army Soldiers had never conducted a bilateral training exercise in Brunei Darussalam—until now.”Thirty-three U.S. active and National Guard Soldiers from U.S. Army Pacific partnered with Soldiers from the Royal Brunei Land Forces...
16 August 2018 An Icy Reminder in an Arctic Thaw ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- USS Momsen (DDG 92) is visiting Anchorage this week in support of the 2018 Arctic Maritime Symposium. The three-day event focuses on providing participants opportunities to engage with Artic intergovernmental and military representatives, academia, and experts. Given the Navy...
16 August 2018 Navy Medicine Global Health Team Conducts Trauma Exchange in Vietnam HANOI, Vietnam -- A team of 13 Navy Medicine trauma members completed a medical exchange Aug. 10 at Vietnam Military Hospital 103.The 8-week program, called Integrated Trauma and Medical Readiness Exchange (ITMRE), is the first of its kind with Vietnam. U.S. Navy Medicine personnel worked...
16 August 2018 Stern of World War II U.S. Destroyer Discovered off Remote Alaskan Island National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -- For almost 75 years, the stern of the destroyer USS Abner Read lay somewhere below the dark surface of the Bering Sea off the Aleutian island of Kiska, where it sank after being torn off by an explosion while conducting an anti-submarine patrol...
16 August 2018 Coast Guard, Hawaii County to Hold Search and Rescue Exercise off Hilo HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard, Hawaii County Fire Department, Hawaii County Police Department and Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services are scheduled to conduct a search and rescue exercise in the vicinity of Hilo Tuesday and Wednesday.'The purpose is to continue building and improving...
15 August 2018 Pacific Air Forces Commander Visits Exercise Pitch Black 2018 ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE DARWIN, Australia -- U.S. Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, received an orientation of Exercise Pitch Black 18 and visited with participating U.S. Airmen here Aug. 13, 2018.Exercise Pitch Black 2018 is a Royal Australian Air Force-hosted...