22 February 2018 USS Wayne E. Meyer Arrives in Malaysia for Port Visit KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia -- USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) arrived in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, for a regularly scheduled port visit, Feb. 21.Wayne E. Meyer is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment with the Carl Vinson Strike Group."We are thankful to our hosts for this opportunity, as the...
22 February 2018 Pacific Culinary Champions Showcase Excellence in 50th Connelly Competition SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HAWAII -- It is 4:30 a.m., and the only sound is that of generators running in the distance. Security is set while noise and light discipline is in effect. Approaching the entry control point, we are greeted with an access challenge by a Soldier from the 95th Clearance Company,...
22 February 2018 Bilingual Stop Sign Showcases U.S.-Japan Partnership MISAWA CITY, Japan. -- Misawa City police installed a new Japanese-English stop sign at an intersection near Misawa Air Base, Feb. 15, 2018.This intersection has seen a few changes in stop signs since the base's early days, but the reason behind this change is especially pertinent in the midst of...
21 February 2018 Thai-ROK-U.S. Amphibious Force Conducts Beach Assault During Cobra Gold 2018 Ships, landing craft, and aircraft from the Kingdom of Thailand, Republic of Korea, and the U.S. conducted a combined amphibious assault during Cobra Gold 2018 on Feb. 17. The assault featured a wave of U.S.-Thai-Republic of Korea amphibious assault vehicles (AAVs) with coordinated air cover...
21 February 2018 Into The Woods - 3rd Marine Logistics Group Participates in Jungle Warfare Training Quiet rustles and murmurs filtered through the trees as the camp woke up, dew rolling off camouflaged tents as Marines of 3rd Marine Logistics Group took their first steps into the brisk morning air.Since 1958, Camp Gonsalves has been the jungle warfare training grounds for Marines worldwide...
21 February 2018 Sterett, Dewey Visit Pearl Harbor The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Sterett (DDG 104) and USS Dewey (DDG 105) and their embarked helicopter squadrons arrived in Pearl Harbor for a routine port visit, Feb. 16. This visit allows the ships to take on stores before continuing their deployments and provides the...
21 February 2018 Underwater Construction Teams Build Bonds During Cobra Gold Underwater construction teams from U.S. Navy, Royal Thai Navy and Republic of Korea Navy are operating together in Thung Prong Bay at Sattahip Navy Base in Thailand throughout the 37th annual exercise Cobra Gold, which ends Feb. 23."We are here to perform underwater inspection techniques and also to...
21 February 2018 USPACOM Commander Visits Brunei Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr., the Commander of United States Pacific Command (USPACOM), arrived in Bandar Seri Begawan, February 20.While in Brunei, Admiral Harris had an audience with His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam at Istana Nurul Iman. He met with other Brunei...
21 February 2018 More than Allies: Immigrant Airman Forges Intercultural Friendships An intelligence analyst by day and cultural envoy by night, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Cesar Ventura grew up one of four siblings of a Hispanic immigrant family in Los Angeles, California. Of his family, “Vinny” and his brothers spoke both English and Spanish.“Mijo, can you come tell me what they’re...
21 February 2018 VP-8 Fighting Tigers Rescue Fishermen Lost at Sea for 8 Days in the South Pacific Crewmembers assigned to the “Fighting Tigers” of Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8) rescued three fishermen Feb. 20 whose vessel was adrift in the South Pacific for eight days. The 19-foot skiff was first reported missing Feb. 12 after it failed to return from a fishing expedition near Chuuk Lagoon in...