05 March 2020 Statement from USINDOPACOM on Republic of Korea Travel Restriction **** CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii -- The number of reported cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to rise in the Republic of Korea (ROK). Effective immediately, Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in line with the CDC Travel Health Notice, restricts all nonessential DoD travel to ROK to reduce...
05 March 2020 Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group Arrives in Vietnam DA NANG, Vietnam -- USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) arrived in Da Nang, March 5, for a scheduled port visit commemorating 25 years of U.S.-Vietnam diplomatic relations.Mr. Hồ Kỳ Minh, Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee hosted the ceremony to welcome the U.S...
05 March 2020 Dagger Brigade Assumes 2nd Infantry Division Rotational Mission CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea - The 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, "Dagger" 1st Infantry Division and the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, "Greywolf" 1st Cavalry Division conducted a transfer of authority ceremony here on March 4.The ceremony marked the official assumption of the rotational...
05 March 2020 Alaska Guardsmen Gain Lethality with Arctic Survival, New M17 Pistol Training in the Arctic EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE -- Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, based in Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson took part in arctic survival, helicopter-hoisting exercises, movement-to-contact and weapon familiarization training in support of Arctic Eagle 2020 at Eielson Air Force Base,...
05 March 2020 Three Wings, One Objective: Misawa, Yokota, Little Rock Practice Agile Combat Employment YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 35th Fighter Wing integrated with units from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, and Yokota Air Base, Japan, for a Total Force cooperation event aimed at Agile Combat Employment development at Yokota Air Base, Feb. 13.The Agile Combat Employment, or ACE,...
05 March 2020 New Hampshire's 12th Civil Support Team Trains in Frigid Alaskan Weather BETHEL, Alaska -- U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Sara McPherson, the decontamination NCO and acting noncommissioned officer in charge with the 12th Civil Support Team (CST), New Hampshire National Guard, set up a sick call for native Alaskans to seek medical treatment in Bethel Feb. 29 during...
04 March 2020 Royal Thai, US Forces Commemorate Landmine Reduction Operations with Unexploded Ordnance Destruction SA KAEO, Kingdom of Thailand -- The Royal Thai Armed Forces Thailand Mine Action Center hosted a demonstration to inform U.S. and Thai military leadership about ongoing landmine reduction operations throughout the country, culminating with the destruction of unexploded ordnance at the Phakdi Phandin...
04 March 2020 Eielson Airmen Complete Golden Raven 20-1 EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Airmen from Eielson Air Force Base completed Exercise Golden Raven (GR) 20-1 on Feb. 28, 2020.Golden Raven 20-1 is designed to give the 354th Fighter Wing and the Alaska Air National Guard’s 168th Wing the opportunity to work together and execute core mission...
04 March 2020 Cobra Gold 20: Airmen in the Army PHITSANULOK, Kingdom of Thailand -- With the spice brown lettering on their uniforms and their unique shoulder patches, it is easy to pick out the members of the U.S. Air Force’s 1st Weather Squadron Detachment 2 among the hundreds of Soldiers on Camp Akathotsarot during Exercise Cobra Gold 2020,...
03 March 2020 Commander of PACAF, Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Nominated to be Next Air Force Chief of Staff ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- Gen. Charles Q. (CQ) Brown, Jr., the commander of Pacific Air Forces, a decorated pilot who has held key commands and served as a military advisor at the highest levels, has been nominated to serve as the Air Force’s 22nd Chief of Staff, Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper...