06 June 2018 Pacific Angel 18 Engagements to Kick Off in Timor-Leste JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The United States and Timor-Leste will conduct humanitarian assistance engagements from June 11-16, as part of Pacific Angel (PAC ANGEL) 2018.Now entering its eleventh year, PAC ANGEL ensures the region's militaries are prepared to work together to address...
06 June 2018 84th Engineer Battalion's Civic Action Team Builds Water Catchment Systems in Palau KAYANGEL and NGARDMAU, Palau -- The Civic Action Team (CAT) in Palau constructed two water catchment systems that will provide clean and filtered water to the local population during the first half of their six month deployment. A water catchment system is a rain water collection and storage...
06 June 2018 Waianae Coast Disaster Readiness Fair: Infantry Brigade Combat Team Helps the Community Get Prepared WAIANAE, Hawaii -- During a Typhoon, flood or fire, is not the time to prepare for emergencies; the time is now, according to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Being prepared can reduce fear, anxiety, and losses that can accompany disasters which disrupt hundreds of thousands of lives...
06 June 2018 III Marine Expeditionary Group Welcomes New Commander CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan -- Col. Brian M. Howlett passed command of III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group (MEF) to Col. Larry Jenkins, June 1, at the Camp Hansen theater.Howlett, who has spent the last 25 years leading Marines, will move on to become the chief of staff for U.S. Marine...
06 June 2018 U.S. Military Provides Personal Protective Equipment for the Philippine Marine Corps MANILA, Philppines -- The U.S. military provided new Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Philippine Marine Special Operations Group (MARSOG) and Inshore Boat Battalion at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, on May 31.The 525 sets of ballistic vests, lightweight ballistic plates, tactical ballistic...
05 June 2018 Benfold Arrives in Guam SANTA RITA, Guam -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) arrived in Santa Rita, Guam, for a regularly scheduled port visit, June 5."It's always a pleasure to pull into Guam," said Cmdr. Leroy Mitchell, Benfold's commanding officer. "This is a chance for our Sailors...
05 June 2018 Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Leadership Hosts First Sound of Freedom Campaign MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- U.S. Marine Corps Col. Richard F. Fuerst, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, hosted 23 Iwakuni City council members for the air station’s first Sound of Freedom Campaign at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, June, 1, 2018.The campaign...
05 June 2018 USS O'Kane Returns to Pearl Harbor after Deployment PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77) returned to its homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, June 4, after a seven-month Western Pacific deployment.O’Kane departed Pearl Harbor, Nov. 4, to conduct ballistic missile defense operations near the American territory...
05 June 2018 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment Cases Colors for Korea Rotation FORT WAINWRIGHT, ALASKA -- Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, held a unit colors casing ceremony June 1 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska in advance of a routine nine-month rotational deployment to the Republic of Korea.1st Battalion, 25th Aviation will be...
05 June 2018 VMFA-121 Marines Fly High in Misawa Aircraft Training Relocations MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Marine Aircraft Group 12 (MAG-12), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), deployed several F-35B Lightning II’s for a regularly scheduled aviation training relocation to Misawa Air Base, May 9, 2018. Aircraft training relocations are designed to...