13 February 2020 USS Maine Successfully Tests Trident II D5LE Missile PACIFIC OCEAN -- The U.S. Navy conducted a scheduled, one-missile test flight of an unarmed life-extended Trident II (D5LE) missile from USS Maine (SSBN 741), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, on the Western Test Range off the coast of San Diego, California, Feb. 12.This was part of a...
13 February 2020 Nuclear Forces Simultaneous Operations Demonstrate Global Strike Capabilities BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. – February got off to a busy start for Air Force Global Strike (AFGSC) Command, with a Bomber Task Force mission to the Indo-Pacific Theater, and an unarmed Minuteman III developmental test launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, taking place within days of...
13 February 2020 207th Engineer Utilities Detachment Implements Water Immersion Training JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Soldiers of the Alaska Army National Guard’s 207th Engineer Utilities Detachment (EUD) implemented new cold water immersion training at Gwen Lake here Feb. 8. The purpose of the cold water immersion training is to ensure Soldiers are aware and capable of...
13 February 2020 Aviation Brigade Practices “Fat Cow” Fueling Operation WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii — “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” - African ProverbWorking together is exactly what petroleum supply specialists from Echo Co. 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Infantry Division and 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation...
12 February 2020 Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Exercise Tactical Combat Casualty Care Exercise...
12 February 2020 Rear Adm. Kristen B. Fabry visits Misawa Navy Facilities Rear Adm. Kristen B. Fabry visits Misawa Navy Facilities...
12 February 2020 3rd Marine Division sends rounds down range U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Micah King, currently assigned to Headquarters Company, Headquarters Battalion, 3d Marine Division, fires an M2 .50 caliber machine gun at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan...
12 February 2020 31st MEU Boat Company conducts integrated launch and recovery training. Soldiers with the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, Japanese Self-Defense Force, pilot their combat rubber raiding craft during launch and recovery drills from the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42).
11 February 2020 U.S. Navy, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Sign Logistics Interoperability Framework WASHINGTON -- Vice Adm. Rick Williamson, deputy chief of naval operations for fleet readiness and logistics (N4), and Rear Adm. Masatomi Dairiki, director general of the Logistics Department of the Maritime Support Office, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF), signed a revised framework to...
11 February 2020 Ceremony at Osan Commemorates Pivotal Battle at Hill 180 OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- On Feb. 5, 1951, Capt. Lewis Millett fought enemies until he reached the top of Hill 180, which was a significant turning point of the Korean War. Battle of Bayonet Hill was the last major bayonet charge in American history, according to the organizers of a...