01 April 2020 Logisticians Make COVID-19 Fight Possible WASHINGTON -- Air Force Lt. Gen. Giovanni Tuck, the Joint Staff's logistics director, said his small organization in the Pentagon is working with U.S. Transportation Command and U.S. Northern Command to ensure the right people are where they need to be, that they have the right equipment, and that...
01 April 2020 Acting Secretary Modly Visits USNS Mercy in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES - Hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) welcomed Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly in Los Angeles March 31 during its support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts.“I would like to personally thank the men and women embarked aboard Mercy,” said Modly. “I’m proud of the hard...
01 April 2020 Alaska Army Guard Helps Rescue Iditarod Mushers after Hitting Seawater Overflow NOME, Alaska -- Aircrew with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, transported three Iditarod mushers after they and their sled dog teams went through flood waters along the Iditarod Trail this morning, about 25 miles outside of Nome.The Alaska Rescue Coordination...
31 March 2020 Center for Excellence in Disaster Management Alum Fight Against COVID-19 in the Philippines QUEZON CITY, Philippines -- Leadership from the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, is proud to highlight alum Dr. Irvin Miranda, medical officer, currently working in the fight against COVID-19 for the Philippines...
31 March 2020 USAF, JGSDF Members Join Forces for Exercise PACIFIC WEASEL MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of the 13th and 14th Fighter Squadrons, Misawa Air Base, Japan, executed Exercise PACIFIC WEASEL, over Draughon Range, Japan, March 27, 2020.The 35th Fighter Wing began practicing these large force exercises in 2018, and each iteration has been refined and improved...
31 March 2020 Comfort Arrives in New York NORFOLK, Virginia -- The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in New York March 30, 2020 in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts.While in New York, the ship will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based...
31 March 2020 III MEF and 7th Fleet Judge advocates Join Forces Aboard Blue Ridge SOUTH CHINA SEA -- Judge advocates from the U.S. 7th Fleet and III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) staff came together at sea aboard 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19).U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Daniel Majtan, currently assigned to the III MEF in Okinawa, Japan, embarked the USS Blue Ridge...
30 March 2020 Yokota Performs First-ever C-130J Assault Landing on Foxtrot Taxiway YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- For the first time ever, Team Yokota conducted a C-130J assault landing on the Foxtrot taxiway March 26.Foxtrot taxiway was originally used for the legacy C-130H models from 1991 to 2001, after that, Yokota’s airlifters have used the permanently painted hard-surface on the...
30 March 2020 USNS Mercy Accepts First Patients in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES - The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) accepted its first patients in Los Angeles, March 29, during its support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts.“I couldn’t be more proud of our crew for all the hard work they did to get us here and ready in such a short time,” said Capt. John...
30 March 2020 Trump, Esper Send Off USNS Comfort to Join New York's COVID-19 Fight DoD News -- The United States is at war with an invisible enemy in the coronavirus, President Donald J. Trump said from the dock at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, where he and Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper saw off the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort as it left for New York City to join the...