PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) returned to Pearl Harbor, April 18, after a three-month deployment to the Western Pacific with the Carl Vinson Strike Group.During the deployment, the strike group conducted routine operations in the Indo-Pacific that helped maintain security and...

AT SEA, USS WASP, Pacific Ocean -- Marines with Combat Logistic Battalion (CBL) 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), are now capable of ‘additive manufacturing,’ also known as 3-D printing.This innovative technique is the process of replicating a digital 3-D model in the real world. 3-D...

SASEBO, Japan -- The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) departed Sasebo, Japan, April 18, capping six years of forward-deployed service in the Indo-Pacific.Bonhomme Richard has been the flagship of the Amphibious Force 7th Fleet since April 2012 and will now transit to its new...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) hosted the Indonesian air force leadership here to discuss the continued partnership and integration of both air forces during Airman-to-Airman (A2A) talks April 11 - 12.A2A talks are designed to foster military-to-military...

SAN DIEGO, California -- Cruiser-destroyer (CRUDES) warships and their associated helicopter detachments from USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) departed Naval Base San Diego for a Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise, April 16.SWATT events focus on...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) hosted their annual G-8 Synchronization conference April 4 -5, took place at the Hickam Officer's Club on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, and the Mission Command Facility on Fort Shafter.The theme for this year's event was "Ready to Fight...Resourcing...

SAN DIEGO -- Commander, Naval Surface Group Western Pacific (CNSG WP) was officially established in Japan to oversee the Forward Deployed Naval Force Japan (FDNF-J) surface ship maintenance, training, and certification on Apr. 11, 2018.In October 2017, U.S. Pacific Fleet established a Detachment,...

MANILA, Philippines -- U.S. Ambassador Sung Y. Kim and Secretary of National Defense Delfin N. Lorezana participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for the first major project under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) at Cesar Basa Air Base, Pampanga, on April 17.The groundbreaking...

SINGAPORE -- The Singapore Area Coordinator (SAC) community hosted a Days of Remembrance presentation April 13.Days of Remembrance was established by the U.S. Congress to memorialize the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust-as well as the millions of non-Jewish victims of Nazi persecution.Each...

KOTZEBUE, Alaska -- Deep within Alaska’s Northwest Arctic Borough, where snow and ice blanket the surface and winds send piercing chills through the body, service members have gathered here for the start of Arctic Care 2018, a Defense Department-sponsored innovative readiness training event.The...