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...
20 July 2018 Rim of Pacific Participants Conduct 2nd Sinking Exercise PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Live fire from a ship and an aircraft participating in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise sank the decommissioned frigate USS McClusky (FFG 41) in waters 15,000 feet deep, 55 nautical miles north of Kauai, Hawaii, July 19.The sinking exercise (SINKEX) provided...
20 July 2018 Pacific Angel 18-3 is Underway in Vanuatu LUGANVILLE, Vanuatu -- The U.S. military and Vanuatu Mobile Force (VMF), along with service members from Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines, kicked off Pacific Angel (PAC ANGEL) 18-3 in Luganville, Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu, July 16, 2018.PAC ANGEL Vanuatu, the second of four...
20 July 2018 Air Force and Marines Accomplish Joint Fire Training YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -– On a hot summer day at the fire-pit on Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aircraft Rescue and Fire-Fighting specialists assigned to Marine Air Base Iwakuni, Japan, and 374th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters dawned their personal protective gear, grabbed a firehose and battled a...
20 July 2018 Pacific Air Forces Demo Team Fuels Alaskan Community during Arctic Thunder 2018 JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- While an F-16 Fighting Falcon demonstration engages communities across the world through its gravity-defying tricks, the team behind the machine also engages with the community across the Indo-Pacific region but in a more... green way.Arctic Thunder, a...
19 July 2018 Cope Taufan 18 Kicked Off in Malaysia SUBANG KUALA LUMPUR AIRPORT, Malaysia -- Approximately 500 service members from the U.S. Air Force 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base (AB), Japan, and the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) joined forces at Subang Air Base, Malaysia, for Exercise Cope Taufan 18 (CT18), July 16-20, 2018.Cope Taufan...
19 July 2018 Pacific Air Forces Demo Team, Eielson AFB Jets Support Artic Thunder 2018 JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Pacific Air Forces’ F-16 Demonstration Team worked hand-in-hand with Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, to save 20,000 to 30,000 pounds of fuel and thousands of taxpayer dollars in support of Arctic Thunder 2018 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska,...