15 November 2019 U.S., India Launch First Tiger TRIUMPH Exercise VISAKHAPATNAM, India -- Indian and U.S. armed forces kicked off the inaugural Exercise Tiger TRIUMPH with the arrival of USS Germantown (LSD 42), Nov. 13, 2019.“Military collaboration between India and the United States is a result of growing, high-level trust and consistent effort to broaden the...
15 November 2019 Light, lean and agile: Pacific Air Forces Commander Visits Kadena Shoguns KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, visited the mighty Kadena Shoguns for a detailed tour of 18th Wing units and agencies and to provide further understanding on where the Keystone of the Pacific fits in the overall PACAF strategic mission.Brig. Gen. Joel...
15 November 2019 Montgomery Operates with Royal Australian Navy in the South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA -- The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8), Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Stuart (FFH 153) and fleet replenishment vessel HMAS Sirius (O 266) conducted operations together in the South China Sea, Nov. 6-12.While transiting together at...
15 November 2019 354th Fighter Wing Airmen Develop, Test New F-35A Arctic Survival Kit EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- U.S. Airmen assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing tested a new arctic survival kit for the F-35A Lightning II in downtown Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 5.A team of Airmen from the 356th Fighter Squadron, F-35 Program Integration Office, 354th Operation Support Squadron...
15 November 2019 Eleventh Air Force holds senior enlisted leaders workshop JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON -- More than 40 senior enlisted leaders and civilians from across the Eleventh Air Force attended a two-day workshop centered around group discussions of best practices and strategies focused on resiliency at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 6 and 7,...
15 November 2019 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron POL Airmen Practice Wet Wing Defuel YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS) Fuels Management Flight recently completed a wet-wing defuel training phase, a first at Yokota, which enables the C-130J Super Hercules crews to rapidly deliver fuel to bases all over the pacific. The process is a coordinated...
14 November 2019 Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, 11th MEU Arrive in Pearl Harbor PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The USS Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), and embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Nov. 13, for a port visit.Boxer ARG and the 11th MEU are on the return leg of a Western Pacific deployment after leaving San Diego...
14 November 2019 Milley Describes Indo-Pacific Region as U.S. Military's 'Main Effort' WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military capabilities allotted to the region illustrate that the Indo-Pacific is the focus of the U.S. military's main effort, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in Tokyo.Army Gen. Mark A. Milley spoke today to Japanese and American reporters at the conclusion of a...
14 November 2019 USS Emory S. Land Conducts Weapons Handling Training Evolution with USS Asheville PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines -- The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) completed ordnance handling training with USS Asheville (SSN 758) while the submarine was moored alongside, Nov. 11.Land’s crew demonstrated their ability to transfer ordnance and provide hotel services to a submarine...
14 November 2019 CTF-72 Participates in ANNUALEX 2019 KADENA, Japan -- The U.S. Navy and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) kicked off their largest bilateral exercise, ANNUALEX, in the Sea of Japan Nov. 11.ANNUALEX is a bilateral training exercise between the Navy and JMSDF conducted to practice and evaluate interoperability elements...