SAN DIEGO, California -- Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) personnel are conducting underwater mine countermeasure (MCM) operations with a mobile diving center, staged at Naval Base Point Loma, in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise 2018 in the southern California (SOCAL) area of...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Red Flag-Alaska (RF-A) 18-3, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment is scheduled to begin Aug. 9 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex scheduled...

PUSLATPUR, Indonesia -- With well-rehearsed precision, Indiana Army National Guard Soldiers from the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team held a joint ceremony here July 30 with their Indonesian counterparts from the Tentara Nasional Indonesia Army to mark the opening of the twelfth iteration of Garuda...

WASHINGTON -- All Americans welcome the return of remains from the Korean War.The July 27 honorable carry ceremony at Osan Air Base, South Korea, transferred 55 boxes of remains covered by the United Nations flag. Now the work of identification begins.These remains are presumed to be American, but...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Currently, the U.S. Air Force fields more than 35 types of aircraft, with an equally exceptional number of dedicated and precision-based crew chiefs to maintain them.Focused on the need for high standards, the 703rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS)...

PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) rescued five mariners in distress July 27 near Hawaii's westernmost inhabited island.The mariners issued a distress call after their 36-foot vessel ran aground in shallow water near the island of Niihau.Two MH-60S Sea Hawk...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard and Royal Australian navy responded to a distress call from the crew of a demasted sailing vessel off Makapu’u Point, Saturday.A Coast Guard Station Honolulu 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew is currently towing the vessel to Kaneohe Bay.There are four boaters...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- U.S. Airmen from the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, began their participation in Exercise Pitch Black 2018 in Darwin, Australia, yesterday.The exercise is hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force biennially to enhance flight operations...

SAN DIEGO, California -- Mark 7 Marine Mammal System (MMS) bottlenose dolphins in the U.S. Navy's Marine Mammal Systems Program (MMSP) supported dynamic mine countermeasure (MCM) training during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in the Southern California (SOCAL) area of operations.The...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Retired U.S. Army Master Sgt. Leroy Petry, a Medal of Honor recipient, visited service members in Alaska to speak about his time as a Ranger, his Medal of Honor and the importance of using mental health resources available to all military members.On July 26, 2018,...