22 July 2019 Law Enforcement Detachment Provides Versatility, Realistic Training to 31st MEU CORAL SEA, QLD, Australia -- From reinforcing an embassy besieged by hostile rioters to subduing an aggressive detainee, it is critical to have non-lethal means of dealing with the contingencies that the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit could face while embarked on the USS Wasp (LHD 1) as part of...
22 July 2019 Japan, U.S., India Mine Countermeasures Forces Practice Skills OMINATO, Japan -- The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), U.S. Navy and participants from the Indian Navy commenced Mine Warfare Exercise 2JA 2019 off the coast of northern Japan, July 18.Part of an annual exercise series with the U.S. Navy and JMSDF, joined again this year by forces from the...
22 July 2019 National Guard Units Participate in OCRA Excercise 2019 JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - The Alaska National Guard's 103rd Civil Support Team participated in exercise ORCA 2019 at various training locations in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, in partnership with multiple local emergency responders and other Guard CST units from July 15-17."The goal...
22 July 2019 Battlefield Sustainment on the Korean Peninsula South Korea -- Since 1953, the Korean Peninsula has been under a United Nations Command (UNC)-led armistice between the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). In order to maintain this armistice, Eighth Army has remained forward-deployed on the...
22 July 2019 McCampbell Participates in Talisman Sabre 2019 with Wasp ESG CORAL SEA -- The newest addition to the Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85), is participating in exercise Talisman Saber 2019 off the coast of Northern Australia, as of July 11.Wasp ESG consists of the Wasp-class amphibious...
19 July 2019 USAF, JGSDF Conduct Jump Training, Strengthen Yokota Interoperability YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Since the exercise Keen Sword 19 last year, Airmen from the 374th Operations Group, Yokota Air Base, and Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, 1st Airborne Brigade, kept a focus on strengthening ties between the two by executing airborne proficiency operations...
19 July 2019 USS Stethem Arrives at New San Diego Homeport SAN DIEGO -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) arrived at its new homeport, Naval Base San Diego, July 18, following 14 years of forward-deployed service in the Indo-Pacific region operating from Japan.While in San Diego, Stethem will undergo a planned maintenance and modernization...
19 July 2019 ROK Army Delegation Visits 8th TSC for Logistics Coordination Council JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii -- A delegation from the Republic of Korea Army visited the 8th Theater Sustainment Command July 16, for a Logistics Coordination Council (LCC).The visit provided an opportunity for both armies to gain a better understanding of each other's capabilities and how...
19 July 2019 National Guard Rescue Team Saves Two Hikers at Penguin Peak JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska National Guard, in a joint effort between the Army Guard's 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation and the Air Guard's 212th Rescue Squadron, saved two hikers this morning near Penguin Peak, between Bird Creek and Girdwood in the Chugach Mountain Range.One...
18 July 2019 U.S. Servicemen Killed During Battle of Tarawa to be Returned to United States WASHINGTON -- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announces that the remains of at least 22 servicemen, killed during the battle of Tarawa in World War II, are being returned to the United States in an Honorable Carry Ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 17.The Battle...