LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- The 61st Fighter Squadron sent seven U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs and three Royal Australian Air Force F-35s to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, for a training capstone, Sep. 6, 2019.The capstone, which concludes Sept. 20, 2019, is the final phase of training for...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Throughout the Pacific Theater, U.S. military units must overcome jungle terrain riddled with cliffs, poisonous creatures, dense foliage yielding mere yards of visibility, and muddy slopes that threaten to launch anyone down 30-foot ravines of twisted roots and jagged...

PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) held a change of command ceremony, Sept. 17, while operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.Capt. Russell Caldwell relieved Capt. Jim L. Storm as the Commanding Officer aboard Antietam. Storm assumed...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Six crew and an NOAA observer are safe following a Coast Guard rescue eight miles off Ko'Olina, Tuesday."We are so pleased to have this crew safe in less than an hour after the initial call," said Lt. j.g. Seth Gross, command duty officer, Coast Guard Sector Honolulu command...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Tamala Hartz, Air Force security forces career field manager, visited Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 9-12 to gather insight on how the security forces mission is accomplished and to get feedback on impacts to...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – Similar to the implementation of the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), the Army is now changing how Soldiers qualify with their weapons, making individual weapons qualification more combat focused beginning October 2019.Soldiers across the 25th Infantry Division with...

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Generally, at the center of Air Force installation operations is the airfield and the runway, heavily guarded by law enforcement and surveillance to keep people and assets safe.Which leaves the question: what would happen if Osan Air Base’s runway was somehow left...

OKINAWA, Japan -- 3rd Marine Division has received the new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) on Okinawa, Japan, which will replace the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) currently being used by the U.S. Marine Corps.“The JLTV rebalances the ‘Iron Triangle’,” says Andrew Rodgers,...

SCHOFILED BARRACKS, Hawaii -- 25th Sustainment Brigade, 25th Infantry Division partnered with 8th Theater Sustainment Command, United States Indo-Pacific Command, 3-25 Aviation Regiment GSAB, and 209th Aviation Support Battalion and conducted four Low Cost Low Altitude (LCLA) aerial delivery...

RODRIGUEZ LIVE FIRE COMPLEX, Republic of Korea -- The Soldiers of Task Force Charger consisting of elements from 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment; 2nd Battalion, 7th Cav. Regt.; and 3rd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division; the 11th Engineer Battalion, 2nd...