06 August 2018 Learning to Fly: Green Flight Helps 17th SOS Members Get Up to Speed KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Special operations squadron Airmen have a different skill set than other aircrew members – whether it’s performing specialized jobs in a forward deployed location or being tasked as part of a rescue operation – to be an Air Force Special Operations Command Airman takes...
03 August 2018 U.S. Air Force B-52s train with U.S. Navy P-8s in East China Sea JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers, assigned to the 96th Expeditionary Bomber Squadron (EBS), participated in a joint training mission with two U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon aircraft, assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 and VP-4, in the vicinity of...
03 August 2018 Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2018 Concludes JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The world's largest international maritime exercise concluded Aug. 2 following more than a month of training events conducted in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California.Twenty-five nations, 46 surface ships, five submarines, 17 land forces,...
03 August 2018 DNA Testing To Begin Immediately on Remains From North Korea, Officials Say WASHINGTON -- Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing will begin immediately on the 55 boxes of service members’ remains returned to the United States this week from North Korea, where they were contained since the fall of 1950, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) officials told reporters at the...
03 August 2018 On Scene, Unseen: RIMPAC Submarines Showcase Capability in Undersea Domain PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Multinational submarine forces conducted high-tech scenario-based exercises in the undersea domain enhancing partnership and cooperation during the world’s largest international maritime exercise, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) June 27 through August 2.The Virginia-class...
03 August 2018 Robotics Autonomous CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- Marines with 2nd Platoon, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, engaged in charge employment training July 31-Aug. 2, 2018 at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan.The training taught EOD technicians to confidently and...
02 August 2018 The finale of Rim of Pacific in Southern California MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- It was no ordinary amphibious assault as Canadian soldiers jumped out the back of assault amphibious vehicles (AAV) operated by U.S. Marines of 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion.The AAVs mimicked splashing out of a naval vessel and swiftly brought the...
02 August 2018 The Dirty Dozen challenges JBER Services Members, Community JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson “Arctic Diamonds” are hosting the “Dirty Dozen” Aug. 30, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., at Hillberg Ski Area at JBER, Alaska.“The first sergeants’ “Dirty Dozen” is a team-building exercise which tests the team’s abilities in...
02 August 2018 Rim of the Pacific Exercise Features Last Flight for RQ-7B Shadow MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii -- After years of service to the armed services, the RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial system was retired after its final flight during the culmination event for the Rim of the Pacific exercise at Pyramid Rock Beach here July 29.Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 3 was the...
02 August 2018 General Brooks Remarks, United Nations Command Repatriation Ceremony OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- GOOD EVENING. I AM GENERAL VINCENT K. BROOKS, THE COMMANDER OF UNITED NATIONS COMMAND.I WELCOME THE MANY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS WHO HAVE JOINED THE COMMAND IN PROPERLY HONORING THE REMAINS OF FALLEN WARRIORS FROM THE KOREAN WAR AS WE SEND THEM AWAY FROM THIS ANCIENT...