30 September 2019 Malaysian, U.S. Militaries Partner for Exercise Tiger Strike LAHAD DATU, Malaysia -- Members of the United States military and Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) come together for several days of training aboard USS Green Bay (LPD 20), on the beach, and in the jungle during the bilateral exercise Tiger Strike 19 in Malaysia from Sept. 30 - Oct. 5, 2019.“What a...
30 September 2019 U.S. Army Pacific Bids Aloha to Commanding General Robert Brown FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii-- What started out as a basketball recruiting trip to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, turned into a 38-year Army career for Gen. Robert B. Brown. Today on historic Palm Circle, Soldiers and Army Civilians bid farewell to Brown, who ends his assignment as commanding...
30 September 2019 Wikoff Takes Command of 7th Fleet's Task Force 70 SOUTH CHINA SEA -- Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70 held a change of command ceremony, Sept. 29, in the hangar bay of America’s flagship, the forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).Rear Adm. George M. Wikoff assumed command of CTF 70, the U.S. Navy’s largest battle force, from...
30 September 2019 Odyssey Company: Paving the Way for Combat Logistics CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- “We should take pride in our force and recent operational successes,” General David H. Berger, 38th Commandant of the Marine Corps, wrote recently in his planning guidance, “But the current force is not organized, trained, or equipped to support the naval force –...
30 September 2019 EOD Group One Communications Team Successfully Test High Frequency Communications in Simulated Contested Environment ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Group One conducted a successful test of their high-frequency communications system today by transmitting from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage to EOD Mobile Unit One operating over 2,000 miles away in Adak, Alaska, as part of...
27 September 2019 U.S., Singapore Strengthen Partnership with Pacific Griffin Exercise SANTA RITA, Guam -- The U.S. and Republic of Singapore navies will come together in Guam beginning Sept. 27 for Pacific Griffin 2019, the most advanced naval training between the two nations in their longstanding maritime partnership.Pacific Griffin is a two-week maritime exercise conducted in the...
27 September 2019 Orient Shield 19 Wraps Up with Final Remarks CAMP KENJUN, Japan -- U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Viet X. Luong, commander, U.S. Army Japan, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Lt. Gen Takashi Motamatsu, commander, JGSDF Western Army, closed out Orient Shield (OS) 2019 with their closing ceremony remarks Sept. 24, 2019, Camp Kengun, Japan.OS19...
27 September 2019 Kadena F-15s Celebrate 40 Years of Air Superiority KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Streaking across the sky at a neck-breaking 900 mph, United States Air Force F-15C Eagles have been training in the skies above and around Okinawa for 40 years.Both U.S. and Japanese F-15s are in the air daily keeping security interests safe from competition.The F-15C Eagle...
27 September 2019 Brown, Pacific Air Forces Commander, Highlights Progress in Addressing Great Power Competition NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- “To generate combat power from a number of locations to create dilemmas for an adversary...I just need a runway, a ramp, a weapons trailer, a fuel bladder, and a pallet of [meals, ready to eat],” said Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander. “That’s maybe a little...
27 September 2019 U.S. Coast Guard Commissions William Hart in Honolulu HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned the newest Hawaii-based 154-foot Fast Response Cutter in Honolulu, Thursday.“There is no greater reflection of the commandant’s strategic vision and commitment than the fact that as we commission the William Hart today, it will be the fifth Coast...