14 March 2018 Alaska National Guardsmen Support Arctic Ocean Ice Exercise JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- To most people – even Alaskans who are accustomed to the cold – the North Pole might as well be the surface of the moon in terms of its remoteness and hostility to the prospects of human survival.Whereas the South Pole is located over the bedrock of the...
14 March 2018 Japan Patriot Battalion Fields First Operational Dismounted Patriot Information Coordination Central OKINAWA, Japan -- The success of the United States Army is aided by consistent improvement in warfighting equipment. As a forward deployed Patriot Missile Battalion, the 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment (1-1 ADA) continues to protect the force and selected assets from air and...
14 March 2018 U.S. Military Turns over New Scan Eagle Unmanned Aerial System to Secretary of National Defense and Philippine Air Force MANILA, Philippines -- U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Y. Kim turned over a Scan Eagle Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to Secretary of National Defense Delfin N. Lorenzana during a transfer ceremony at Villamor Air Base, Pasay City, on March 13.Ambassador Kim and officials from the Joint U.S...
14 March 2018 Misawa Medic Chills in Antarctica, Supports Operation Deep Freeze MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Most humans will never venture as far south as Antarctica. The seasons rarely change with every dawn lighting up the snowy white tundra void of vegetation. The chilly air feels crisp as ice pierces even the thickest of garments.Nestled deep within these chilling, often...
13 March 2018 U.S., Indonesian Air Forces Kickoff Exercise Cope West 2018 MANADO AIR BASE, Indonesia -- Exercise Cope West 2018 (CW18), a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, bilateral exercise involving the U.S. and Indonesian air forces officially kicked off March 12, with an opening ceremony held at the at Sam Ratulangi International Airport, Indonesia.CW18 is designed to...
13 March 2018 Alaska Guardsmen Conduct Operations in Frozen Beaufort Sea JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- More than 50 Alaska National Guard members 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 (ICEX)2018, a statewide exercise involving...
13 March 2018 Carl Vinson Begins Bilateral Exercise with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force SOUTH CHINA SEA -- The Carl Vinson Strike Group began a bilateral exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), March 11, during a regularly scheduled deployment in the Western Pacific.Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) are conducting...
13 March 2018 Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Provost Marshal Office Hosts Joint K-9 Training MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni’s Provost Marshal’s Office conducted joint K-9 training with members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the Hiroshima Police Headquarters at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, March 12, 2018.The...
13 March 2018 Naval Supply Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka Site Marianas Logisticians Support MultiSail 2018 YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Logisticians from Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Yokosuka Site Marianas took part in the MultiSail 2018 bilateral training exercise, Mar. 8-14, in the waters off Apra Harbor and U.S. Naval Base Guam.The Site Marianas team was part of a large...
13 March 2018 Green Bay Departs Sasebo for Patrol Following 5-month Selective Restricted Availability SASEBO, Japan -- The forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) departed Sasebo, Japan for a routine patrol in the Indo-Pacific region, March 12.Green Bay will join the USS Wasp (LHD 1) Expeditionary Strike Group as part of a routine patrol in the Indo-Pacific region. The...