16 March 2018 Field Artillery Soldiers Test New Precision Targeting System to Find Friend or Foe on Battlefield FORT GREELY, Alaska -- Twenty Field Artillery Soldiers are testing the Joint Effects Targeting System Target Laser Designation System (JETS-TLDS) at the Cold Regions Test Center here.The JETS-TLDS is a modular advanced sensor suite of three components: the hand-held target location module (HTLM),...
16 March 2018 U.S. Army Pacific Welcomes New Deputy Commanding General FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii -- The U.S. Army Pacific welcomed Maj. Gen. Timothy M. McKeithen, deputy commanding general— National Guard, U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC), during a Flying V ceremony held at historic Palm Circle, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, March 15.The ceremony was officiated by USARPAC Commanding...
16 March 2018 Alaska Guardsmen Conduct Operations in Frozen Beaufort Sea JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- More than 50 Alaska National Guardsmen are supporting the U.S. Navy's Ice Exercise several hundred miles north of the Alaskan coastline. The training is linked to the Alaska National Guard's Arctic Eagle 2018, a statewide exercise involving national, state...
15 March 2018 North Korea Poses ‘Most Urgent Security Threat,’ Pacom Chief Says WASHINGTON -- The United States faces the most “complex and volatile” security environment in the Indo-Pacific region in recent memory, with North Korea the top threat, the commander of U.S. Pacific Command said today.In a Senate Armed Services Committee fiscal year 2019 budget hearing, Navy Adm...
15 March 2018 USS Wasp Arrives in Okinawa After Completing Series of Flight Operations with F-35B Lightning OKINAWA, Japan -- The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) arrived in White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, March 15, after completing a completing a dedicated period of flight operations with F-35B Lighting II from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121).Wasp embarked the F-35B, March 5,...
15 March 2018 U.S. 7th Fleet Commemorates 75th Anniversary BRISBANE, Australia -- Vice Adm. Phil Sawyer, commander of U.S. 7th Fleet kicked off a series of celebrations to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the creation of 7th Fleet with a ceremonial speech at MacArthur Chambers in Brisbane, Australia.“7th Fleet Sailors have flown, sailed, operated and...
15 March 2018 Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron-367 Bids Farewell to AH-1W Super Cobra Helicopters MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HI -- Since their arrival in 2012, the AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters have been flown out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) as a part of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367. With the introduction of the newest variant of the aircraft, the AH-1Z Viper, the whiskey...
15 March 2018 USS Ashland Arrives in Okinawa to Embark 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines OKINAWA, Japan (NNS) -- The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) arrived at White Beach, Okinawa, March 15 to embark the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) as part of a regularly scheduled patrol in the Indo-Pacific.Since deploying from Sasebo on March 8, the Ashland has been...
15 March 2018 Infantry Task Force Looks to Overmatch Potential Foes WASHINGTON -- The United States already has the best infantry soldiers, Marines and special operators on the face of the Earth, but Defense Secretary James N. Mattis wants them to completely overmatch any potential foes.Joseph L’Etoile, the senior advisor in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of...
14 March 2018 USS Mustin Sharpens Skills during MultiSail 18 PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) operated as Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15's flagship during MultiSail 2018 and functioned as the center of combat readiness for all warfare areas.MultiSail 2018 is designed to increase readiness and...