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...
30 March 2020 Guam National Guard Activated in Response to COVID-19 BARRIGADA, Guam (March 23, 2020) -- By direction of Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero, the Guam National Guard was activated March 21, to assist the local government COVID-19 response efforts.More than 40 GUNG Soldiers and Airmen were placed on state active duty to support the Guam Police Department with...
27 March 2020 Army Leaders Detail Efforts Against Coronavirus WASHINGTON -- Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James C. McConville and others briefed reporters at the Pentagon today on steps the service is taking in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. They spoke about force health protection, coronavirus testing and how the service...
27 March 2020 USNS Mercy Arrives in Los Angeles Amid COVID-19 Restrictions Skill Bridge Internships Continue SAN DIEGO – Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived in Los Angeles, March 27 to support the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts.“The men and women of the USNS Mercy and the United States Navy are honored to be here in Los Angeles supporting FEMA, the state of California,...