DODIKLATPUR, Indonesia -- U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division and their Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD Indonesia Armed Forces) counterparts celebrated several first-ever successes as Exercise...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The 599th Transportation Brigade and partners uploaded 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division cargo and equipment onto the USNS Brittin here Aug. 9-11 for shipment to Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana."Divisions normally do not deploy as a single element,"...

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea -- A hemorrhagic stroke can occur one of two ways. A blood vessel will rupture and cause blood to pool within the brain, or a vessel will break and cause blood to accumulate between the brain and the skull.Both ways, the former known as intracerebral and the latter as...

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, participated in Central Training Area High Mobility Artillery Rocket System field training exercise, known as CTA HIMARS, on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, from Aug. 15-30, 2019.During the field...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, director, Air National Guard, visited with 176th Wing Guardsmen at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Aug. 26 and 27.The director is responsible for formulating, developing and coordinating all policies, plans and programs affecting...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- In an effort to increase the lethality of the warfighter, the Air Force (AF) announced earlier this year that the 30-year-old M9 pistol would be put to rest and that the new workhorse, the Sig Sauer M18 pistol, would be taking its place.The 36th Security Forces...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The 69th Expeditionary Bomber Squadron, assigned to Andersen Air Force Base, along with the U.S. Coast Guard and good samaritans aboard the Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System (AMVER) vessel Isl Star, rescued eight mariners aboard the 60-foot...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The 80th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMU) support section was recognized by 8th Fighter Wing leaders for executing innovative new processes that led to the reduction of annual man-hours and misplaced tool incidents.The improvements included an enhanced customer...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Over the past several months the 15th Medical Group (MDG) has worked to reorganize its medical personnel to better serve Airmen, their families and return Airmen to duty quicker.Last month, the 15th MDG completed and opened the new Sky Warrior and Ohana...

DARWIN, Australia (August 27, 2019) -- The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) arrived in Darwin, Australia, for a scheduled port visit, August 27.Land’s arrival in the land “down under” marked the first port call of her 2019 deployment.“I’m grateful we are able to stop in Darwin,” said Capt...