SINGAPORE -- The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) arrived at Changi Naval Base in Singapore May 2, as part of a rotational deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.Aside from brief stops, Jackson’s arrival to Singapore will be the first by an LCS since USS...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska residents watching the skies may have noticed some unusual aircraft over the past few weeks.U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles assigned to the 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno, California, trained with F-22 Raptors from the 3rd Wing at Joint Base...

OKINAWA, Japan -- Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 (HMLA-369), stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan executed a mass formation launch known as a “Fly the Barn,” event in support of the squadron’s required annual training on April 29th, 2022.“Since we deployed to...

APIA, U.S. Embassy in Samoa -- The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), handed over 45,630 life-saving Pfizer vaccines to support the Government of Samoa’s efforts to combat COVID -19. “The U.S. is committed to providing 1.2 billion doses of safe,...

PERTH, Australia -- The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Springfield (SSN 761) completed a weapons handling exercise involving the transfer of an inert training shape from Royal Australian Navy assets ashore to the submarine, while moored at HMAS Stirling navy base, April 28, 2022.The...

RED FLAG-Alaska 22-1, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise, kicked off April 28 and is scheduled to run through May 13 on JBER...

SASEBO, Japan -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) departed Fleet Activities Sasebo after completing an eight day voyage repair availability (VRAV).The VRAV comes nearly four months into Spruance’s scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. The...

DARWIN, Australia -- Rear Admiral Pamela Miller, Command Surgeon of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and Major General Michael Place, Commanding General of the 18th Medical Command, visited the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) and the Australian First Brigade on April 27.“There are lots of...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – “I have been to war in Iraq … but this was a different war, the enemy was COVID-19.”Lt. Col. Natalie Johnson still clearly remembers the dispirited atmosphere and how overwhelmed the health care team seemed when she joined them at Jacobi Medical Center in New York. They had been...

CAMP KINSER, Okinawa, Japan -- The Marines and Sailors of 3rd Maintenance Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3rd MLG)were officially welcomed back from their eight month deployment to Darwin, Australia, April 29, 2022.The detachment of roughly 130 Marines and Sailors was part of the III Marine...