27 April 2022 USS Zumwalt Conducts Live-Fire Missile Exercise PACIFIC OCEAN -- Guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) conducted its first in-class, live-fire missile exercise, April 14, as the crew prepares for their maiden employment.During the live-fire exercises, Zumwalt’s crew engaged live targets with a series of Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Block...
27 April 2022 Air Force Leads a New Era in Air Component Training through BLUE FLAG Exercises HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- Airmen from the 505th Combat Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, executed exercise BLUE FLAG, which tested Pacific Air Forces’ ability to prevail in conflict against a strategic competitor as well as the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command air component’s ability to defend...
27 April 2022 U.S. Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll Emon Beach Main Pavilion Refurbishment Is Complete KWAJALEIN, Atoll -- U.S. Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll Commander Col. Tom Pugsley thanked the many personnel from the Department of Public Works (DPW) for their support in completing the Emon Beach main pavilion refurbishment project April 16, ahead of schedule.“I am excited about it” Pugsley said...
27 April 2022 Navy Personnel Command PACT Team Changes Lives for 313 Newly-Rated Sailors in Japan MILLINGTON, Tenn. -- A Fleet Engagement Team from Navy Personnel Command completed a five-day engagement event in Japan April 15, resulting in 313 newly-rated Sailors in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.This was the first Professional Apprenticeship Career Track team event in Japan since...
27 April 2022 The First Marine Division Returns to Australia, as Blue Diamond 6 Visits MRF-D DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. -- Major General Roger Turner, Commanding General of the First Marine Division, visited the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) and the Australian First Brigade on April 21.“At First Marine Division, we stand on the shoulders of giants, and many of those giants are the...
27 April 2022 U.S. Army Garrison Daegu Safety Office Recognized for Culture of Safety in South Korea CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea -- Eighth Army Deputy Commanding General for Sustainment Brig. Gen. Joseph D’costa recognized U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Daegu for establishing a Culture of Safety and earning the prestigious U.S. Army Pacific Command Exceptional Organization Safety Award for the...
26 April 2022 7th Fleet Destroyer Transits Taiwan Strait TAIWAN STRAIT -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit April 26 (local time) through international waters in accordance with international law. The ship's transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States'...
26 April 2022 USS Frank Cable Conducts Expeditionary Reload in Australia with USS Springfield Alongside AUSTRALIA - Emory S. Land-class submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) completed her first weapons handling exercise involving the transfer of an inert training shape to a U.S. Navy submarine at HMAS Stirling Naval Base, Australia, April 24, 2022.The exercise included the transfer of a Tomahawk...
26 April 2022 Yokota Airmen Practice Agile Combat Employment Concepts at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- More than 30 members of the 374th Airlift Wing traveled to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni to practice an Agile Combat Employment (ACE) exercise called Operation Mega Force from April 18 to 20.The purpose of the operation was to integrate with III Marine Expeditionary...
26 April 2022 Yokota Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary of Relocation of Air Defense Command HQ YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Leadership from the 374th Airlift Wing and 5th Air Force participated alongside their Japan Air Self-Defense Force or JASDF (Koku-Jieitai) counterparts in the 10th anniversary of the relocation of the Air Defense Command ( ADC) headquarters to Yokota Air Base, Japan on...