16 August 2019 Pacific Fleet Band Concert to Honor WWII Sailors, Pearl Harbor Navy Music Heritage PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The U.S. Pacific Fleet Band will honor Sailors who served in the Pacific during World War II by offering a free history and heritage concert at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019.The renowned band will perform a wide range of selections -...
16 August 2019 Navy Expeditionary Forces Command Pacific Conducts Integrated Training, Reservists Gain Specialized Skills SANTA RITA, Guam -- Reserve Sailors, assigned to Navy Expeditionary Forces Command Pacific (NEFCPAC), arrived at Naval Base Guam to conduct annual training alongside their active duty counterparts Aug. 12.This training, being fulfilled by more than half of the reserve Sailors assigned to NEFCPAC,...
16 August 2019 Putting the "High Mobility" in High Mobility Artillery Rocket System OKINAWA, Japan -- U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Division demonstrated the mobility and lethality of the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during a simulated amphibious raid, Aug. 14, 2019.The training provides an opportunity for the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy to enhance their...
16 August 2019 U.S. Military Divers Assist Philippine Partners in Installing Artificial Reefs BATANGAS, Philippines -- U.S. and Philippine service members, local government workers, and non-governmental organizations partnered to install artificial habitat reefs at Barangay Hukay, Calatagan, Batangas on August 15, 2019.The project, dubbed Operation Pamamalakaya, is a collaboration between by...
15 August 2019 Pacific Air Forces Honors 75th Anniversary during Ceremony JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The 75th Anniversary of Far East Air Forces (FEAF), also known as Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), was celebrated during a ceremony in the historic Courtyard of Heroes at Headquarters PACAF Aug. 2.On Aug. 3, 1944, the FEAF was activated at Brisbane, Australia,...
15 August 2019 Coast Guard Cutter Stratton Arrives in Malaysia following Training and Engagements in Indonesia LUMUT, Malaysia -- The Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) arrived in Lumut August 13 following numerous exercises and engagements with the Indonesian navy and coast guard.While in Lumut, Stratton is scheduled to participate with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps and the Royal Malaysian Navy...
15 August 2019 Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Soldiers, Airmen begin Joint Readiness Exercise JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Over the next two weeks, units from across Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson will participate in a Sea Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise that will include large equipment movements from the base to the Port of Alaska.Designed to help test and validate...
15 August 2019 Coast Guard, Partners Rescue 8 from Missing Fishing Vessel in the Pacific North of Palau HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Air Force and good Samaritans aboard the AMVER (Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System) vessel Isl Star rescued eight mariners aboard the 60-foot Indonesian-flagged fishing vessel KM Aleluya (previously reported as Hallelujar) ap-proximately...
15 August 2019 NAVSUP FLC Pearl Harbor Supports DoD's Transportation Management System Prototype Deploying Army Cargo PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center (NAVSUP FLC) Pearl Harbor is serving as the first ocean terminal platform to test U. S. Transportation Command’s Transportation Management System (TMS) prototype on behalf of the Department of Defense (DoD).According to U...
14 August 2019 US, Malaysia Kick-Off Maritime Training Activity 2019 LUMUT NAVAL BASE, Malaysia -- The U.S. Navy and Coast Guard and the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) began Maritime Training Activity (MTA) Malaysia 2019 during an opening ceremony at Lumut Naval Base, Aug. 14, 2019.MTA Malaysia 2019 is a continuation of 25 years of maritime engagements between the U.S...