24 July 2018 Pitch Black to Take Off in Australia JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps forces are scheduled to participate alongside 16 partner and allied nations in the Royal Australian Air Force’s Pitch Black exercise from July 27-August 17 in Northern Australia.Exercise Pitch Black is conducted biennially to...
24 July 2018 Shanahan, Senior Vietnamese Official Discuss Security Relationship WASHINGTON -- Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan and Gen. Do Ba Ty, vice president of the Vietnam National Assembly, reaffirmed the long-standing defense relationship between the United States and Vietnam during their meeting at the Pentagon today, Charles E. Summers Jr., principal deputy...
24 July 2018 The Finale of Rim of Pacific in Southern California MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- It was no ordinary amphibious assault as Canadian soldiers jumped out the back of assault amphibious vehicles (AAV) operated by U.S. Marines of 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion.The AAVs mimicked splashing out of a naval vessel and swiftly brought the...
24 July 2018 Medical Exchange Enhances U.S., India Partnership JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Air Force Airmen traveled to the Institute of Aviation Medicine in Bengaluru, India, in late June 2018 for a subject-matter expert exchange (SMEE) with the Indian air force (IAF).The four-day inaugural, bilateral exchange was designed to facilitate an...
23 July 2018 Special Operations Command Pacific Conducts Airborne Exercises with Multinational Special Operations Forces during RIMPAC WAHIAWA, Hawaii -- About 150 special operations forces members from seven countries flooded the skies during airborne operations in Wahiawa, July 17 and 19.Special Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC) conducted airborne operations with multinational Special Operations Forces (SOF) in support of the...
23 July 2018 USNS Mercy Returns Home Following Pacific Partnership Mission SAN DIEGO - Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) returned to San Diego today, to a welcoming of family and friends, following its support of the humanitarian mission to Southeast Asia, Pacific Partnership 2018.The ship’s crew, composed of MSC civil service mariners...
23 July 2018 Andersen Bids Farewell to 20th EBS, 96th Assumes Continuous Bomber Presence Mission ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS) from Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), La., assumed responsibility of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's (INDOPACOM) Continuous Bomber Presence (CBP) missions from the 20th EBS, July 19, here.The 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron...
23 July 2018 U.S. Marines and Army Conduct Fuel Experiment during RIMPAC POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii -- U.S. service members performed a field test for the Expeditionary Mobile Fuel Additization Capability system July 18 here, during the Rim of the Pacific, or RIMPAC, exercise.The Expeditionary Mobile Fuel Additization Capability, or EMFAC, is designed to convert...
23 July 2018 Mass Casualty Exercise Enhances Readiness at Tripler Army Medical Center TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Hawaii -- U.S. Army Soldiers and civilian staff at Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) conducted a mass casualty exercise, July 12, as part of a state-wide coordinated response to a humanitarian and disaster relief (HADR) event during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC)...
20 July 2018 Combating Chemical Warfare with Combat Logistics Regiment-35 CAMP KINSER, OKINAWA, Japan -- Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 35 and Headquarters Regiment, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, participated in a reconnaissance, surveillance and decontamination (RSD) course conducted by chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) Marines July 17-19, 2018...