YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 36th Airlift Squadron became the first U.S. aircraft to drop Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers on Hiju-dai drop zone, Oita prefecture, Japan, Nov. 4, 2018, during Keen Sword 2019.The JGSDF soldiers with the...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Air Force Commander of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., hosted Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF), Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Chaiyapruk Didyasarin, to build upon the strong U.S. – Thailand partnership, at Headquarters...

NAVAL BASE GUAM, Guam -- Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7 and the 1224th Engineering Support Company, Guam Army National Guard worked together to load heavy equipment vehicles onto the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) for transport to Saipan in support of disaster relief efforts after Super...

YAMADA SUB BASE, Japan -- Airmen with the 35th Fighter Wing visited with their Japanese counterparts from the 37th Surveillance Squadron during a bilateral exchange program, at Japan Air Self-Defense Force Yamada Sub Base, Yamada Town, Japan, Oct. 17 to 26.“Events like the BEP keeps the U.S. and...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Army officials kicked off the 2018 Pacific Regional Warrior Trials with an opening ceremony Nov. 6 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.The 11-day trials features 11-scheduled disciplines of competition: indoor rowing, swimming, wheelchair tennis, wheelchair basketball,...

SAIPAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands -- Despite their own personal disaster and hardship, Pacific region Army Reserve Soldiers are helping their friends and neighbors, joining the Indo-Pacific and Joint Region Marianas Super Typhoon Yutu recovery. The direct hit from the Category 5+...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska -- Undersea Rescue Command (URC) and the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Texas (SSN 775) completed a submarine rescue exercise Oct. 27-31, at the Navy’s Southeast Alaska Acoustic Measurement Facility (SEAFAC) off the coast of Ketchikan.“The exercise demonstrated the Navy’s...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Tripler Army Medical Center's "Warrior Transition Battalion," known as WTB-Hawaii, will host Pacific Regional Trials/Games 2018, a wounded warrior sports competition, Nov. 6-16, at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. More than 150 wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans...

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh -- The U.S. and Bangladesh navies kicked off exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) in Chittagong, Nov. 4.Sailors and Marines across five ships including a guided missile frigate and patrol craft from the Bangladesh Navy, and a maritime patrol aircraft and...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The Air Force announced the temporary relocation of personnel and F-22s from the 95th Fighter Squadron, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, to Joint Base (JB) Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and JB Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 2, 2018.The unit assets are...