16 March 2020 Flight Provides Vital Support to Entire Continent YOKOTA AIR FORCE BASE, Japan -- One small unit has the extensive mission of providing support services over a 76.9 million square mile territory.As an active duty service member who has spent 17 years serving overseas, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Troy Sachao, 337th Air Support Flight commander, can...
16 March 2020 USS America, Gabrielle Giffords, Integrate Operations SOUTH CHINA SEA -- Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), flagship of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7, conducted operations with littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), March 13.America, the Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship and Gabrielle Giffords, the fifth...
16 March 2020 Navy Sets Coronavirus Transfer and Travel Rules: What You n=Need to Know WASHINGTON -- In the wake of the rapidly expanding world-wide coronavirus outbreak, the Navy has issued two administrative messages outlining new travel and transfer rules in effect until May 11.The temporary change in policies is needed to protect Sailors, families and civilians while helping...
13 March 2020 Alaska National Guard’s Exercise Arctic Eagle 2020 Wraps Up JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Exercise Arctic Eagle 2020, a two-week biennial exercise organized by the Alaska National Guard, came to an end Mar. 7. The exercise included about 1,250 participants from multiple local and federal civilian agencies as well as foreign and domestic military...
13 March 2020 Airman’s Innovative Idea Grants New Capability to Refueling Truck ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- A R-11 Refueler 6,000-gallon tanker hose adapter, primarily developed from cannibalized parts, could potentially save the Air Force thousands of man-hours each year by greatly reducing drive times during aircraft defuel operations.The Portable-Return to Bulk (P-RTB)...
13 March 2020 Commander Task Force 72 Concludes Exercise with Royal Australian Navy AUSTRALIAN COAST -- Commander Task Force (CTF) 72 wrapped up its participation in the Australian navy’s Fleet Certification Period 2020 (FCP20), March 7.CTF-72 dispatched a P8-A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft (MPRA) from Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 to assist with the Royal...
13 March 2020 Sailors Contribute During Vietnam Port Call Vietnam -- Visiting Vietnam is something not many Sailors will experience in their Navy career. The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is only the second carrier to visit Vietnam in more than 40 years. This historic port visit comes 25 years after diplomatic relations began between the...
13 March 2020 Relief and Appointment: 31st MEU Welcomes New Sgt. Maj. In wake of Cobra Gold Success LAEM CHABANG PORT, Kingdom of Thailand -- U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit welcomed Sergeant Major Douglas Gerhardt at a relief and appointment ceremony aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), March 11, 2020.During the ceremony, Sergeant Major Edwin A...
12 March 2020 Sixth Annual Bersama Warrior Exercise Kicks Off in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The sixth annual Bersama Warrior exercise commenced here March 11, 2020, with an opening ceremony officiated by Malaysian Armed Forces Joint Force Headquarters Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Abd Malik bin Jiran and U.S. Army 25th Infantry Division Commander Maj. Gen. James B...
12 March 2020 Army Guardsman’s First Alaska Exercise brings Him to the Top of the World in Support of Arctic Eagle 2020 JOINT BASE ELEMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Staring out the window of an Alaska Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter onto a endless sheet of ice, Staff Sgt. Jeremy Maddox finds himself in unfamiliar territory, over the frozen Beaufort Sea, 3,000 miles north of his hometown of Baker City,...