11 April 2019 USINDOPACOM Hosts U.S. DoD Operational Gender Advisor Course at University of Hawaii’s East-West Center HONOLULU, Hawaii -- United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) completed their 2nd Operational Gender Advisor (GENAD) Course (OGC) at the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii, Manoa Campus in Hawaii, 01-05 April 2019. This was the 3rd course for the US Department of Defense (DoD), and...
11 April 2019 VP-47 Completes Deployment to U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Operations OAK HARBOR, WA -- The “Golden Swordsmen” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 47 returned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island after completing a six-month deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet (C7F) area of operations (AOO), Apr. 10.During VP-47’s first P-8A Poseidon deployment, the squadron had 13 detachments across...
11 April 2019 962nd Mortuary Affairs Welcomed Home HONOLULU, Hawaii - An official Welcome Home Warrior Citizen ceremony and Yellow Ribbon Reintegration for the 962nd Quartermaster (Mortuary Affairs) Co. Detachment 2 signifying, for a deployment spanning two years of the most geographically dispersed Army Reserve Solders to finally cross back to...
11 April 2019 Pacific Air Forces and ASEAN Center for Military Medicine Join Forces to Prevent Outbreaks BANGKOK, Thailand -- The ability to rapidly detect outbreaks is critical to mitigating their overall impact. This is why the Pacific Air Forces Office of the Surgeon General and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Center for Military Medicine have joined forces in order to establish...
10 April 2019 U.S. Navy P-8A and Destroyer Join JSDF Search for Japanese F-35A Pilot MISAWA, Japan -- U.S. Navy P-8A maritime patrol aircraft and a guided-missile destroyer are assisting Japanese-led search and rescue efforts for the pilot of a Japan Air Self Defense Force F-35A missing since Apr. 9.The F-35A lost radar contact approximately 85 miles east of Misawa Air Base.A P-8A...
10 April 2019 Pacific Partnership 19 Engineering Team Builds Friendships in Marshall Islands ENNIBURR, Republic of the Marshall Islands -- The Pacific Partnership 2019 (PP19) engineering team completed multiple construction projects in Majuro and Kwajalein prior to departing the Republic of the Marshall Islands, March 28.PP19's construction projects, led by U.S. Army engineers and U.S. Navy...
10 April 2019 Coast Guard, Partners Conduct Fishing Vessel Safety Workshop in American Samoa PAGO PAGO, American Samoa -- As part of a larger preparedness initiative, the Coast Guard and partners conducted a three-day workshop in American Samoa focused on the long line tuna fishing fleet the first week in April.This event was a collaborative effort between federal and local authorities with...
10 April 2019 PH-US Exercise Balikatan Increases Warfighting Capabilities, Complex Live Fire Training CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City -- Philippine and U.S. Army, Marine Corps and Air Force service members conducted a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX) Wednesday at Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base, Crow Valley as part of the Philippine-U.S. Exercise Balikatan 2019.The CALFEX featured the careful...
09 April 2019 5th Air Force, USFJ Commander visits Team Kadena KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Case A. Cunningham, 18th Wing commander, salutes as Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider, U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force commander, arrives April 4, 2019, to Kadena Air Base, Japan. Schneider visited Team Kadena to learn about and assess the...
09 April 2019 Commander, Joint Region Marianas Briefs Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Admiral ASAN, Guam (NNS) -- Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, Commander, Joint Region Marianas, received Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Adm. Tatsuhiko Takashima, Commander, Fleet Submarine Force, and Rear Adm. Jimmy Pitts, Commander, Submarine Group 7 at the JRM headquarters in Asan April 8.Chatfield,...