04 January 2019 Alaska National Guard Change of Command Recognizes New Adjutant General JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska National Guard’s commander-in-chief, Governor Mike Dunleavy, recognized his newly appointed adjutant general, Col. Torrence Saxe, in a change-of-command ceremony at the Alaska National Guard armory here on Dec. 31. In Saxe’s dual-hatted role, he...
04 January 2019 Island Marauder Demo Puts New Technology to the Test with 3rd Marines MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. -- For the last three years, engineers and project officers from Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC)have descended on the island of Oahu to put new technology to the test.In the fall, MCSC—along with Marines from the 3rd Marine Regiment and partner organizations from...
03 January 2019 Coast Guard Responds to Grounded Fish Carrier in Marshall Islands HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard response continues to the grounding of the 308-foot Chinese-flagged commercial fishing carrier Ou Ya Leng No. 6 on Taka Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Wednesday.A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules crew arrived and made contact with the mariners who remain aboard the...
03 January 2019 Activating the Reserves in 7th Fleet YOKOSUKA, Japan – Every year around 300 reserve Sailors are activated and embark aboard the 7th Fleet flagship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) to help support various exercises and operations alongside the Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet (C7F) staff.Reserve Sailors usually report to a Naval Operational Support...
03 January 2019 Coastal Riverine Group 1 Conducts 500 Nautical Mile Long Range Transit SANTA RITA, Guam -- Two Mark VI Patrol Boats assigned to Coastal Riverine Group (CRG) 1, Detachment (Det.) Guam, completed a 500 nautical mile long-range transit, Dec. 28-29.The successful transit helped gauge the operational reach of the MK VI Patrol Boats to provide reliable planning factors and...
03 January 2019 The Untold Story of Vietnam Veteran | Stan Solomon NEW YORK, OKINAWA, Japan -- Bullets and shells bounce off the cold hard steel of the F-4 Phantom II aircraft. Tensions are high and the two Marines inside are on edge. There is something unsettling about being stuck in a flying metal object around 20,000 feet in the air with bullets flying past...