23 March 2020 Medical Group Protects Wolf Pack amid COVID-19 Response KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The 8th Medical Group took proactive and precautionary measures during the COVID-19 pandemic by standing up a screening tent outside of the clinic for service members who returned to Kunsan between March 6th-12th from international travel.Service members who...
20 March 2020 DOD Makes Plans to Combat Coronavirus WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department is making plans to combat the coronavirus, DOD leaders said yesterday during a news conference.For the past six weeks, defense leaders have been meeting to plan for any possible scenario with the virus that first surfaced in China. "We've issued a variety of...
20 March 2020 Department of Defense Tests Hypersonic Glide Body PENTAGON, Virginia -- The Department of Defense successfully tested a hypersonic glide body in a flight experiment conducted from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, March 19 at approximately 10:30 p.m. local time (HST).The U.S. Navy and U.S. Army jointly executed the launch of a...
20 March 2020 35th LRS Innovates the Cargo Deployment Function MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Airmen with the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron implemented a new laser profile system to save manpower and reduce time during the Cargo Deployment Function at Misawa Air Base, Japan.“This new system cuts our cargo in-checking time by a projected 75 percent,” said...
19 March 2020 Army Grappling with COVID-19 Head-on, Says Army Secretary WASHINGTON -- More than 2,000 National Guardsmen are taking on COVID-19 as it continues to sweep the globe and safety measures ramp up, said the Army’s top official.To date, at least 49 service members throughout the Department of Defense have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. However, in the...
19 March 2020 Camp Zama Housing Inspectors Ensure Safe, Clean, Comfortable Homes SAGAMIHARA FAMILY HOUSING AREA, Japan -- As Mamiko Takishima conducts housing occupancy inspections for U.S. Army Garrison Japan, she methodically checks everything, right down to the little handle on the back side of the laundry room door.“I’ve been doing this a long time, about five years,”...
18 March 2020 Theodore Roosevelt, America strike groups conduct expeditionary strike force training SOUTH CHINA SEA - The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, America Expeditionary Strike Group and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted expeditionary strike force operations March 15-18.The training, the second that the two strike groups have conducted since February, put the full...
18 March 2020 Misawa Airmen continue Agile Combat Employment training MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, “The only constant in life is change.” That’s true in how we learn, how we teach, and even how the military operates in the defense of the United States, its interests, and its allies.It is that thought of change that 24 U.S...
18 March 2020 Midnight Sun Guardian aerospace medicine Airman impacts the mission JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Impact. Defined as yielding an effect, having an impact is the singular goal Senior Airman Loida Torres Román had in mind when she joined the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing.Impact can also be defined as the striking of one object against another,...
17 March 2020 Updated Training Track Guidance Issued WASHINGTON -- The Navy has issued amplifying guidance to the recently issued “stop movement” order that has frozen non-mission essential transfers and official travel until May 11.Additional guidance is now available concerning travel for Sailors on temporary duty orders for training or permanent...