PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Early Friday morning, as rain fell softly across the island, a crowd of approximately 2,000 people were focused on one man -- Mr. Everett Hyland. Seventy-seven years ago, Hyland was on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania when it took a direct hit from a 500-pound bomb launched...

Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), Adm. Phil Davidson, hosted India’s Minister of Defence, Nirmala Sitharaman, for her first visit to USINDOPACOM headquarters, Dec. 6. “I was extremely pleased to host the Honorable Minister of Defence, Nirmala Sitharaman here in Hawaii,” said...

INDIAN OCEAN -- Taking advantage of a growing naval partnership with Sri Lanka, the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) established a logistics hub in Sri Lanka to receive support, supplies and services at sea.A C-2 Greyhound carrier onboard delivery aircraft accessed the hub’s strategic...

OITA, Japan -- Approximately 260 Okinawa-based U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Ground Self Defense Force personnel will begin the semi-annual bilateral exercise Forest Light 19.1 from Dec. 7 - 19, 2018 in the Oita Prefecture of Japan. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, forward-deployed to...

PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Ronald Reagan Strike Group and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 181) conducted a cooperative deployment while operating in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 28-Dec. 5.Hyuga is a helicopter destroyer assigned to Commander, Escort Division 3. During the...

WASHINGTON -- Eulogies hailed former President George Herbert Walker Bush as both a great and a good man at a state funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral here today.The nation’s 41st president died Nov. 30 at the age of 94. President Donald J. Trump and former presidents Barack Obama,...

SAIPAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands -- Service members supporting recovery efforts caused by one of the worst storm systems to ever hit U.S. soil since the 1930s began redeploying back home, Nov. 28-29.A little more than one month after Super Typhoon Yutu devastated the Commonwealth...

SASEBO, Japan -- The mine countermeasures ship USS Chief (MCM 14) participated in Mine Warfare Exercise 3JA 2018, Nov. 24-27. 3JA is an annual exercise series that is designed to increase proficiency in mine countermeasure operations between the U.S. Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and this...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Top U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) senior leaders and their spouses gathered at Fort Shafter, Hawaii for the biannual Commanders Conference, Nov. 28-29 2018.The two-day conference included key note speakers, strategists and military panels to help build a unified concept throughout...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, Honolulu Fire Department, Honolulu Police Department, and Oahu Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services concluded a successful two-day search and rescue exercise in the vicinity offshore from Ko'olina to Kahe Point."The exercise went very well,"...