03 December 2018 Navy Joins the Nation in Mourning Loss of Former President, Sailor George H.W. Bush WASHINGTON -- Among America’s few seafaring presidents, former President George H.W. Bush passed away Nov. 30 at his Houston, Texas home at the age of 94.“Today, I join the Navy-Marine Corps team, our Nation, and the world in mourning the loss of President George H. W. Bush. Navy Pilot. Congressman...
03 December 2018 Pacific Air Forces Airmen, B-52s Arrive in Australia for Combined Training JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Pacific Air Forces deployed aircrew, support Airmen and two B-52 Stratofortress bombers to Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Darwin to conduct combined exercises and training with their Australian counterparts Nov. 29 to Dec. 9, 2018.The deployment...
03 December 2018 USS Barry Completes Dry Dock Period in Japan YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) left the dry dock at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, and concluded a routine Docking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA), Dec. 3.Barry began its DSRA period November 2017 at the Navy's Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional...
03 December 2018 67th Annual Operation Christmas Drop Kicks Off in Pacific JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HI --The U.S. Air Force and regional allies and partners are set to participate in the 67th iteration of Operation Christmas Drop in the south-eastern Pacific Dec. 10, 2018.During the week-long international humanitarian effort, Pacific Air Forces Airmen from Andersen...
03 December 2018 Alaska National Guard immediate Aerial Survey Reduces Earthquake Havoc JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- In the cold and dark early-morning hours Friday, an Alaska Air National Guard C-130J "Combat King II" aircraft taxied out to the runway here, filled with presents, school supplies and other Christmas goodies for school children in the remote Bering Sea...
03 December 2018 Gimhae Hospital Hosts First U.S/Republic of Korea Trauma Training GIMHAE AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- U.S. Air Force medics joined their counterparts from the Republic of Korea (ROK) Air Force and Army for joint training in emergency casualty care for the first time at Gimhae Hospital, Gimhae Air Base, ROK, Nov. 28 and 29, 2018.This historic combined effort saw...
30 November 2018 Young Tigers Soar in Pack, a First for Pacific Air Forces KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Typically, tigers are solitary animals – they usually hunt and fend for themselves in the wild, however, on Nov. 2, four “Young Tigers” took to the skies as a pack while implementing unique tactics during exercise Steel Tiger. The group of KC-135 Stratotankers from the...
30 November 2018 Capabilities on Display | 3rd Medical Battalion Establishes Role II Facilities CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa, Japan -- When Sailors and Marines come together they can take a large empty field and, in a day of hard work, transform it into a medical field hospital complete with camouflage netting, medical and utilities equipment that can provide necessary life-saving functions within...
30 November 2018 Guam Navy Chaplains Celebrate 243rd Navy Chaplain Corps Birthday ASAN, Guam -- Called to serve, military chaplains based in Guam celebrated the 243rd U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps birthday at Papa’s Restaurant in Barrigada Nov. 30.Navy chaplains have been a part of the lives of many service members and their families, offering good counsel, warming hearts in times of...
30 November 2018 Soldier Voluntarily Teach English and Learn Japanese: Win-win Opportunity CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- Major Gregory Costello, with the U.S. Army Japan Staff Judge Advocate office, understands just how difficult it is to study a foreign language.Costello has put many long hours into studying Japanese, and has experienced his own frustrations with self-study, including not having a...