09 February 2018 Challenging the Norm to Maximize Certifications SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HAWAII -- Recently, the 25th Infantry Division Artillery (DIVARTY) maximized a traditionally standard certification event by leveraging lessons learned from the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) and by integrating the Army Associated Units Program.More than 120 Soldiers,...
09 February 2018 USS Hopper Set to Return Home from Deployment PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) will return to its homeport Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after a successful four-month deployment, Feb. 9.While deployed to the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf with the U.S. 7th Fleet and U.S. 5th Fleet, Hopper promoted security...
09 February 2018 U.S. Army TARDEC Demos ZH2 Fuel Cell Vehicle at Schofield with 25th Infantry SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division put the Army's ZH2 fuel-cell electric vehicle through the rigors of operating in jungle terrain during a training exercise here in late January.Soldiers evaluated the Chevrolet Colorado ZH2's operational effectiveness during...
08 February 2018 Pence: U.S., Allies to Continue Peacefully Dismantling North Korea's Nuke Program WASHINGTON -- In recent years, North Korea has threatened the United States and its allies across the Indo-Pacific region, and for the past two decades, it's devoted every available resource to developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, Vice President Mike Pence told American and Japanese...
08 February 2018 USS Rushmore Concludes Exercise Iron Fist 2018 SAN DIEGO -- The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47), with elements from 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, concluded exercise Iron Fist 2018 off the coast of Southern California, Feb. 7.Iron Fist 2018 demonstrated more than a decade of...
08 February 2018 Vice President Michael Pence Addresses Troops at Yokota YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Vice President Michael R. Pence addressed nearly two thousand U.S. service members and members of the Japan Air Self Defense Force here today, in a speech highlighting U.S. military strength, new capabilities and messages of reassurance to allies Japan and South Korea.The...
08 February 2018 Coast Guard, Partners Respond to Report of Grounded Fishing Vessel in American Samoa PAGO PAGO, American Samoa -- The Coast Guard, port partners and local authorities are responding the grounding of the 88-foot commercial fishing vessel Chui Zai Fa No. 1 about 300-yards off Leone Bay, Wednesday.Coast Guard responders are en route to American Samoa from Honolulu expected to arrive...
08 February 2018 Marine Wing Communications Squadron-18 Conducts Exercise Warrior Challenge 18 MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan -- More than 100 Marines with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18 (MWCS-18), Marine Air Control Group 18, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, participated in exercise Warrior Challenge 18, detachment alpha’s internal squadron exercise,...
07 February 2018 Chief of Staff Air Force Highlights Strength of Partnerships at Singapore International Airshow 18 CHANGI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Singapore -- Gen. David Goldfein, U.S. Air Force chief of staff, spoke of the strength of regional partnerships at the opening day of the Singapore International Airshow at the Changi Exhibition Centre Feb. 6, 2018.Scheduled to last through Feb. 11, the airshow is the...
07 February 2018 U.S., Thai Leaders Reaffirm Military-to-Military Relationship BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. and Thai military leaders reaffirmed the strong military-to-military relationship between the two countries in a series of meetings here.Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with his Thai counterpart, Army Gen. Tarnchaiyan Srisuwan,...