27 December 2019 U.S. Navy Seabees Deployed with NMCB-5’s Detail Sasebo Conduct Critical Repair to Seawall SASEBO, Japan -- U.S. Navy Seabees deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5’s Detail Sasebo completed the construction repair of a seawall on board Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo, Nov. 27.Sasebo Public Works Department (PWD) requested Seabee repair support for an eroded section...
26 December 2019 American, Japanese Sailors Exchange Culture YOKOSUKA, Japan -- With 2019 drawing to a close, Sailors and their families stationed in Japan spent time with their counterparts in the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) exchanging culture and building friendships.The various events, held at Navy installations around Japan annually, help to...
26 December 2019 USS Wayne E. Meyer Returns Home from Indo-Pacific Deployment SAN DIEGO - Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108), along with an embarked detachment from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 37 “Easyriders,” returned to its homeport of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Dec. 23, following an independent deployment to the...
26 December 2019 Powering the Fleet SASEBO, Japan -- Two weeks ago the USS America (LHA 6) arrived at Commander, Fleet Activities (CFA) Sasebo bringing a new capability to the Indo-Pacific Region. Thursday, there was a ribbon cutting for the facility that made the homeport shift all possible. Representatives from Japan Engineer...
26 December 2019 3rd Munitions Squadron Airmen Build New Bombs, Lethality JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Airmen of the 3rd Munitions Squadron (MUNS) at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, are becoming vastly more effective and lethal due to a regimen of training on bombs used in different locations.The 3rd MUNS primarily builds bombs for the F-22 Raptors...
26 December 2019 Army Pacific Commander Concludes Visit to Japan FORT SHAFER, Hawaii -- For his first visit to the Indo-Pacific region as Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific, Gen. Paul LaCamera reaffirmed the U.S. Army's steadfast commitment to the defense of Japan during a visit Dec. 14-18. Gen. LaCamera met with senior leaders from the Japan Ground Self...
26 December 2019 Joint, Bilateral Exchange Conducted as Part of Exercise Tiger Triumph VISAKHAPATNAM, India -- The United States Marine Forces Pacific and Pacific Air Forces command surgeons and Indian Air Force, Army and Navy members participated in TIGER TRIUMPH, a bilateral amphibious exercise focused on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations, 13-21 Nov.This is the...
23 December 2019 Eighth Army Chaplain Directorate celebrates 110 years of religious affairs specialist MOS Eighth Army chaplains and religious affairs specialists held both a holiday party and a birthday party Dec. 19 at U.S. Army Garrison-Humphreys, South Korea. The birthday party celebrated 110 years of the religious affairs specialist Army career field...
23 December 2019 Alabama Native Searches for Missing Service Member from Vietnam War JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Across the U.S., all walks of military life are attached to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)...
20 December 2019 25th Anniversary of CARAT Comes to an End SINGAPORE (NNS) – The close of 2019 marks an end the 25th Anniversary of the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise series, the U.S. Navy’s oldest and longest running regional exercise in South and Southeast Asia...