27 August 2018 U.S. Navy Statements on Passing of Sen. John McCain WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson and the commanding officer of USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), Cmdr. Micah Murphy, released statements Aug. 25 on the death of Senator and Navy veteran John S. McCain III who died Aug. 25 at age...
27 August 2018 USS Anchorage arrives in Sri Lanka, 7th Fleet Expands Logistics Services TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka -- Amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Trincomalee for a scheduled port visit, Aug. 24.During the visit, Sailors and Marines will have opportunities to explore the local area and meet with their...
27 August 2018 Kadena Hosts Inaugural Fighter Logistics and Safety Symposium for PACAF KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Air Force officers from allied and partner nations across the Pacific, visited Kadena Air Base, Japan, to take part in the 2018 Fighter Logistics and Safety Symposium Aug. 20 through Aug. 24.The inaugural symposium enabled forces from Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the...
27 August 2018 RED FLAG-Alaska 18-3 Concludes EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Aug. 24, 2018, marks the ending of another iteration of RED FLAG-Alaska.During RF-A 18-3, U.S. and partner nation forces from around the globe, including the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Air Force, and the Royal Australian Air Force, came together to conduct...
23 August 2018 Operation Deep Freeze Season Kicks of Early September JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Operation Deep Freeze (ODF), the Department of Defense’s logistical support to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP), 2018 – 2019 season kicks off Sept. 1, 2018.The ODF seasons run annually from September 1st to July 31st...
23 August 2018 Hawaii-based ships to sortie ahead of Hurricane Lane PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Rear Adm. Brian Fort, commander, Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, announced that U.S. Navy ships and submarines based in Hawaii not currently undergoing maintenance availabilities have begun to sortie as Hurricane Lane travels toward the Hawaiian Islands.Ships that sortie...
23 August 2018 Marines Test Future of Wireless Communications CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN -- Marines with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group conducted field testing of a new Free Space Optics (FSO) system at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 21.FSO is an optical communication system that transfers data on a highly...
23 August 2018 South Korea Rotations Give Soldiers Deployment, Cultural Experience DAGMAR NORTH TRAINING AREA, South Korea -- Not even a year in the Army, Pvt. Sadearious Purce was tasked to drive one of the world's most powerful vehicles in a foreign land.Behind the controls of an M1 Abrams tank, the 18-year-old tanker and other Soldiers in his 3rd Infantry Division armored unit...
22 August 2018 Army Senior Enlisted Leaders from the Indo-Pacific Meet in Vietnam HANOI, Vietnam -- Senior noncommissioned officers and warrant officers from nine countries met in Hanoi, Vietnam, for the 4th Senior Enlisted Leader Forum (SELF IV), hosted by the United States Army Pacific, Aug. 20-23, 2018.The event is tied in with the annual Pacific Armies Management Seminar that...
22 August 2018 Sequenced Bomber Missions to Australia Showcase JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers, assigned to the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, conducted two sequential bilateral training missions to Australia as part of exercise Pitch Black 18.Pitch Black, a biennial...