17 September 2018 Marine Units Complete Support to Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands following Typhoon Mangkhut ROTA, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS -- “As we join here today at this memorial, I am not only thankful for Rota's quick recovery but for the brave men that have given their lives in the name of freedom. I salute them and you all - Semper Fidelis,” reflected Marine Corps Col. Robert Brodie, commanding...
17 September 2018 Exercise Rising Thunder 18 Ends with Strengthened Bonds YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Washington – Friendly laughs and heartfelt goodbyes filled the air when Soldiers from two nations gathered on a parade field at Yakima Training Center, Washington for the conclusion of Exercise Rising Thunder 18 Sept. 14.The 20th annual Rising Thunder exercise involved...
17 September 2018 Operation Island Chief: Strengthening Pacific Partnerships HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard is responsible for 11 main missions. Ranging from search and rescue to coastal security, navigation markers, and living marine resource enforcement; Coast Guard crews aboard our assets around the nation often perform more than one of these missions regularly, and...
14 September 2018 Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group Provides Air Support to CNMI Recovery Efforts PACIFIC OCEAN -- “The MEU assembled teams on board in order to provide water support on the island and generators for the local population if necessary” said 1st Lt. Cameron Field, the combat cargo team embarkation officer. “We also had company-sized teams of Marines ready to assist with debris...
14 September 2018 Hawaii Bids Aloha to USS O'Kane, USS Wayne E. Meyer PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- "Aloha" means hello and goodbye.The guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) arrived in its new homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in a homeport shift with USS O'Kane (DDG 77). O'Kane departed for San Diego this week after nearly 19 years of service in the...
14 September 2018 Transportation Operator Uses Language Skills Between Two Militaries YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Washington -- Staff Sgt. Lucas Miller is not officially an Army translator. The motor transportation operator from 109th Transportation Company, 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, never trained at the Defense Language Institute. Miller was asked for by name to deploy...
14 September 2018 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Participates in 42nd Pacific Armies Management Seminar Promoting Indo-Pacific Security, Peace HANOI, Vietnam -- The Pacific Ocean Division's (POD) top leader, along with other staff, engaged with Army delegations from 26 Indo-Pacific countries during the 42nd Pacific Armies Management Seminar (PAMS) Aug. 20-23, discussing key topics, to include land forces response to HA/DR (Humanitarian...
14 September 2018 First A2A Talks Strengthen Relationship between U.S., Malaysia JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- In an effort to deepen already strong bilateral ties and nurture interoperability between nations, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) hosted a Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) delegation for the two air force’s first Airman-to-Airman (A2A) talks here, Sept. 5-6,...
14 September 2018 Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit-6 Conducts Global Health Engagement in the Solomon Islands PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit (NEPMU) 6, in conjunction with the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence and Australian Defence Force entomologists, completed a Global Health Engagement with the Solomon Islands Ministry of Health to enhance their mosquito...
13 September 2018 Japan and Indiana Guard forge Alliance through Live-fire Exercises and Disaster Response OJOJIHARA MANEUVER AREA, Japan -- The air is saturated and dense, the fog is sinking towards the ground, and what seemed like an unlikely chance of rain now seems certain. Making their way up the side of the mountain, Indiana Army National Guardsmen are in unfamiliar territory, but this is business...