JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS) fuels team’s C.B. hose was named one of two Pacific Air Forces Spark Tank nominees to compete in the 2020 Air Force Spark Tank.The C.B. hose, short for Cox-Bernier hose, is designed to alleviate complications when...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members from Yokota Air Base, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Nippo Corporation performed a ground breaking ceremony for the new AFSOC Airfield Apron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 5, 2019.The AFSOC complex will...

OKINAWA, Japan -- The command deck of 3rd Transportation Support Battalion is strewn with trophies. On a plain wooden bookshelf there is a second place trophy for the 2018 Southern Camp Commander’s Bowling Cup. Next to it is another for the same award from 2017. Nearby shelves are adorned with...

SINGAPORE - U.S. Navy divers and civilian mariners aboard the Military Sealift Command salvage ship USNS Salvor (ARS 52) rendered assistance to a Micronesian passenger ship that ran aground off the coast of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, during a storm, Dec. 1.USNS Salvor was in Chuuk’s Weno...

IWAKUNI CITY, Japan -- U.S. Marines and sailors from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni and local Japanese residents participated in the Iwakuni Friendship Relay Marathon in Iwakuni City, Dec. 1, 2019.The marathon is a 1.5km relay course around Go! Go! Field at Atago Hills Sports Complex. The...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- The United States donated landslide monitoring instruments to Sri Lanka’s National Building Research Organization (NBRO) to more effectively manage the risk of landslides in Nikgaha, Kalutara. As part of the initiative, engineers and geologists from the U.S. Geological Survey...

SHIGA, Japan -- U.S. Marines and Soldiers from Japan Ground Self-Defense Force will conduct training exercise Forest Light Middle Army at Aibano Training Area in the Shiga Prefecture of Japan from Dec. 1 to Dec. 13, 2019.The forces will conduct a bilateral, combined arms exercise and live fire...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. and partner Airmen in Guam are set to participate in the Department of Defense’s longest running humanitarian mission beginning Dec. 10.Operation Christmas Drop is an annual U.S. Air Force tradition of packaging and delivering food, tools and clothing...

WASHINGTON -- How does a little extra cash sound? The Navy is looking to retain talented and skilled Sailors by offering reenlistment bonuses for critical billets; some as high as $100,000.For Sailors coming up on their reenlistment date, MyNavy HR recommends they talk to a career counselor as soon...

CAMP HUMPHREYS, REPUBLIC OF KOREA -- The U.S. Army military police are known to take care of base security and internment operations. Yet, their job, when they are deployed, is a lot more intricate.The 401st Military Police Co. focus shifts to support to security and mobility operations from base...