24 June 2020 U.S. Navy, JMSDF exercise together in South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA -- The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Kashima-class training vessel JS Kashima (TV 3508) and Shimayuki-class training vessel JS Shimayuki (TV 3513) conducted bilateral exercises while sailing...
24 June 2020 U.S. Navy Seabees Complete 100th Construction Project in Timor-Leste U.S. Embassy, Dili, Timor-Leste -- U.S. Ambassador to Timor-Leste, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Former President and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate José Ramos Horta, Education Minister Dulce Soares, Defense Minister Filomeno da Paixião, and F-FDTL Chief of Staff Colonel Coliati celebrated the 100th project of...
24 June 2020 Blue Ridge Returns to Yokosuka SOUTH CHINA SEA -- The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Kashima-class training vessel JS Kashima (TV 3508) and Shimayuki-class training vessel JS Shimayuki (TV 3513) conducted bilateral exercises while sailing...
24 June 2020 New Commander at Helm of Coast Guard 14th District HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard 14th District held a change of command ceremony bidding farewell to Rear Adm. Kevin Lunday and welcoming Rear Adm. Matthew Sibley at Coast Guard Base Honolulu, Tuesday.Vice Adm. Linda L. Fagan, commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area presided over the ceremony.Sibley...
24 June 2020 Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Arrives in Guam for Safe Haven Liberty APRA HABOR, Guam -- The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, consisting of aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), and guided-missile destroyers USS Sterett (DDG 104) and USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), pulled into Guam for a safe haven liberty port visit, June...
24 June 2020 2,000 and Climbing: 5RS Commander Hits Milestone OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Looking upon the curvature of the Earth from 70,000 feet is not your average office view, but for Lt. Col. Eugene Georgescu, 5th Reconnaissance Squadron commander, this is where he has spent 2,000 hours of his life.Over the past 13 years, Georgescu has spent 2,000...
23 June 2020 US, Royal Thai Air Forces Conduct First-ever Virtual ’Airman-to-Airman Talks’ JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Pacific Air Forces and Washington Air National Guard Airmen sit face-to-face with their counterparts from the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF), except the venue is a little different from the last time Airman-to-Airman Talks (A2AT) were held Aug. 28 at Camp...
23 June 2020 Misawa Air Base Demonstrates Its Combat Readiness in First Joint, Bilateral Elephant Walk MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of the 35th Fighter Wing completed a readiness exercise, designed to validate the wing’s ability to rapidly generate combat airpower at Misawa AB, June 23. The exercise culminated in a joint and bilateral “Elephant Walk” formation composed of 31 aircraft,...
23 June 2020 Remains of 147 South Korean Soldiers from the Korean War Will Return Home WASHINGTON -- In the largest repatriation of South Korean soldiers' remains from the Korean War, 147 such remains will be returned to South Korea following an honor ceremony today at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii.Defense Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency public affairs...
23 June 2020 Theodore Roosevelt Sailors Receive COVID-19 Antibody Testing PHILIPPINE SEA – Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) are participating in voluntary COVID-19 antibody testing Friday, June 19, 2020.Thousands of Sailors from the aircraft carrier and the embarked staffs signed on to have their blood drawn which will then be analyzed...