YOKOTA Air Base, Japan -- 374th Airlift Wing commander, Col. Otis C. Jones, and Chief Master Sgt. Nicole Wilson, 374th Communications Squadron chief enlisted manager, visited Australian military partners to discuss their priorities and Yokota Air Base's mission and capabilities as the Pacific Air...

YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), received the Navy’s Project Good Neighbor award in the large (more than 500 Sailors) overseas command category.Project Good Neighbor recognizes the Navy’s best year-round volunteer supported program,...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Editor's note: Due to operations security, Airmen are not fully identified in this story.The dark airfield erupts with activity as an MC-130J Commando II rapidly lands and comes to a halt just after midnight.Exercise Gryphon Pacific 20-1 is in full swing.With the MC-130J’s...

SINGAPORE -- Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7 held a change of command ceremony in Singapore, Nov. 22.Capt. Ann McCann assumed command from Capt. Matthew Jerbi of DESRON 7, the Navy's only forward-deployed DESRON in Southeast Asia."It is an honor and a privilege to be your commodore,” said McCann...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- Maj. Gen. Dennis P. LeMaster, commanding general, RHC-P and Command Sgt. Maj. Clark Charpentier, senior enlisted advisor, RHC-P, hosted the 2019 Fall commander's symposium November 19-21, at the Club at McChord Field on Joint Base Lewis-McChord.The theme of the...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- This holiday season Team Kadena hosted the 2019 Non-commissioned Officer (NCO) Bilateral Exchange program Nov. 15 – 22, 2019, on Kadena Air Base, Japan.The NCO Bilateral Exchange program consists of U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, and Japanese Self-Defense Force (JSDF) members...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- The 354th Fighter Wing’s Iceman Spark executive council toured facilities and spoke with University of Alaska Fairbanks personnel to collaborate toward a stronger relationship.Iceman Spark empowers Airmen to pioneer innovative tools to prepare the warfighter for 21st century...

OKINAWA, Japan -- Rear Adm. John W. Korka, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, and Force Master Chief Delbert Terrell Jr., Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), visited the U.S. Navy Seabees deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 on board Camp Shields,...

GUAM - The Hawaii National Guard participated in the final Vigilant Guard disaster response exercise of the year in Guam in late November.Those making the trip included the 93rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (CST) and the Medical Detachment 1 section of its Chemical, Biological,...

WASHINGTON -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Russell L. Smith presented the Delbert D. Black Leadership Award at the U.S. Navy Memorial to Command Master Chief Matthew Lashley, Nov. 20.“He is a leader who clearly empowers Sailors...