20 September 2019 G-8: Army Operations in the Pacific Crucial to Future Battlefield Success WASHINGTON -- As the Army prepares to potentially allocate $8.6 billion toward its six modernization priorities in fiscal year 2020, a senior Army leader said the service should recognize Soldiers' ongoing work in the Pacific.Lt. Gen. James Pasquarette, the Army's G-8, said during an Association of...
20 September 2019 USS Emory S. Land trains with Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service FREMANTLE, Australia -- The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) participated in a bilateral training evolution with the Australian Collins-class submarine HMAS Sheean (SSG 77), Sept. 13, as part of the ship’s fall deployment to foster positive relations with regional partners.The training...
20 September 2019 Spencer, Secretary of the Navy, Visits Sailors, Marines in Arctic Exercise SEWARD, Alaska -- Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer and Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm. Karl Schultz visited military forces participating in Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise (AECE) 2019 in Seward, Alaska, Sept. 17.About 3,000 Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel are...
20 September 2019 Pearl Harbor Sailor Laid to Rest in Kansas After 78 Years PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- Almost 78 years after he died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, Navy Seaman 2nd Class Wilbur Clayton Barrett was finally laid to rest Saturday in his hometown of El Dorado, Kansas.Barrett was among 380 Sailors and Marines lost aboard the...
20 September 2019 Papua New Guinea Dentist Mentors Local, US Medics LAE, Papua New Guinea -- Forty-four years ago, Bais Gwale was a young captain serving in the Australian Army as a dentist. In September 1974, Papua New Guinea declared its independence and just like that he was no longer a soldier serving Australia. His duties were now in support of the newly-formed...
19 September 2019 U.S. and Indian Armies Complete Yudh Abhyas 19 JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Soldiers with the U.S. Army’s 7th Infantry Division and the Indian army concluded its 15th year iteration of exercise Yudh Abhyas 19 with a closing ceremony at the Soldiers Field House here, Sept.18, 2019.The exercise is rotated each year between the U.S. and India...
19 September 2019 2019 Thunder Field Training Exercise aboard Camp Hansen, Okinawa OKINAWA, Japan -- U.S. Marines with 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, practiced a command and control during exercise, Thunder Field Training Exercise, aboard Camp Hansen’s Central Training Area on Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 18, 2019.This exercise is conducted in order to prepare the Marines and...
19 September 2019 Navy Cargo Handling Bataillon 1 Conducts Training in Saipan SAIPAN HARBOR, Saipan -- Sailors assigned to Navy Cargo Handling Bataillon (NCHB) 1 conduct training operation on the Military Sealift Command’s maritime prepositioning force container, roll-on/roll-off and mobile landing platform ship USNS Dahl (T-AKR 312) Fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter H...
19 September 2019 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Conduct DSCA Training During AECE 2019 SEWARD, Alaska -- Forces from Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3 and Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Alaska began crises response training in Seward, Alaska, Sept. 16.The event marks the first time critical naval systems like the Amphibious Bulk Liquid Transfer System (ABLTS) have been...
19 September 2019 Spanish Navy Frigate Visits U.S. Naval Base Guam as Part of 500-Year-Old Voyage SANTA RITA, Guam -- The Spanish Navy Frigate Mendez Nunez is re-tracing the voyage of the Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation of the world 500 years ago as part of their current deployment that brought them to U.S. Naval Base Guam Sept. 15.Cmdr. Antonio Gonzalez Del Tanago de la Lastra, commanding...