JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 673d Civil Engineer Group Fire and Emergency Services won the Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Ralph E. Sanborn Fire Department of the Year Award for a large department March 20, 2018.These awards recognize all Air Force fire and emergency services...

BENGKULU, Indonesia -- Service members supporting Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18) exchanged knowledge and experience with colleagues from the Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) and the Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah (BPBD), a local Indonesian disaster management agency, at a humanitarian...

SINGAPORE -- Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), with embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), and guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) arrived in Singapore for a regularly scheduled port visit, April 2."It is great to be back in the...

BENGKULU, Indonesia -- Service members assigned to Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) made the first official Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18) mission stop in Indonesia where they participated in a two-part opening ceremony, April 2.The morning began with a celebration in the...

Timor Leste -- To His Excellency Minister of Defense and Security Jose Agustinho Somotxo, local & national government partners, community members, and of course, the U.S. Navy Seabees. Good morning.I am happy to be here with all of you today for the official opening of the Maritime Police Unit’s...

YAP, Federated States of Micronesia -- Pacific Partnership 2018, the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) preparedness mission, concluded aboard the expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) in Yap, April 1.More than 130 military personnel...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- People from around the globe travel to Northern Japan for what some consider the best backcountry snowboarding and skiing in the world.Many, unfortunately, underestimate the skill level needed to shred unmarked and off course areas—often getting stuck in tree wells and...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Friends and families of the USS Mississippi (SSN 782) crew gathered pierside to welcome back the Virginia-class fast attack submarine as it returned from a six-month Western Pacific deployment to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, March 30.The successful completion of its...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard decommissioned its ninth High Endurance Cutter after nearly 50 years of service as part of recapitalization efforts during a ceremony at Coast Guard Base Honolulu, Thursday.The Coast Guard Cutter Sherman is one of the Coast Guard’s four remaining 378-foot High...

YAP, Micronesia -- Two U.S. Army veterinarians and an Army animal care specialist conducted surgeries on dogs and cats and shared knowledge and practices with local volunteers during Pacific Partnership 2018 here, March 26-29.Veterinarians Dr. (Capt.) Adam Boe from Fort Shafter, Hawaii; Dr. (Capt.)...