25 January 2023 Pacific Army Leader Leverages Strategic Career Vision to Develop Professionally FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kansa -- The U.S. Army is committed to helping Army Civilians develop a strategic vision for their careers and to providing excellent professional development opportunities for key members of the total Army team.Army Civilians like Mark McClure, an operations officer at U.S. Army...
24 January 2023 USS America Conducts Missile Launch PHILIPPINE SEA -- The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) fired a RIM-116 rolling airframe missile, during routine operations, while underway in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 24.The crew aboard the ship detected, tracked, and engaged a target to maintain proficiency of the...
24 January 2023 Alaska Air National Guard Trains with Coast Guard KODIAK, Alaska (AFNS) -- Undulating waves pitched the 2,000-ton U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cypress like a bath toy, which was nothing unusual for the vessel while operating in Pacific waters off Alaska.What was out of place was the 210th Rescue Squadron (RQS) HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search and rescue...
24 January 2023 36th Airlift Squadron Train for Combat Offloading Readiness YOKOTA AIR FORCE BASE, Japan -- The 36th Airlift Squadron (AS) assigned to Yokota Air Base, Japan, took part in a contingency response exercise with the 36th Contingency Response Group at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Jan. 17 through Jan. 19, 2023.The 36th AS provided aircraft for the 36th CRG to...
24 January 2023 SECNAV Awards Navy Cross to Retired Korean War Veteran SAN DIEGO -- Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro awarded the Navy Cross to retired Navy Capt. Royce Williams for his exploits during the Korean War at a ceremony at the San Diego Air and Space Museum, Jan. 20.The Navy Cross is an upgrade of the Silver Star Medal previously awarded to then-Lt...
23 January 2023 U.S. Provides PHO 118 Million Grant to Support 5G Deployment in the Philippines MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The United States government, through the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), is providing NOW Telecom Company, Inc. a Php 118 million ($2.15 million) grant to fund a feasibility study for the development of reliable and secure nationwide 5G mobile...
23 January 2023 USTDA, AirJaldi Networks Partner on Digital Connectivity in India Arlington, VA -- On January 18, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awarded a grant to Indian internet service provider AirJaldi Networks for a feasibility study to help expand broadband connectivity to more than 30 million people in rural and peri-urban communities across India. AirJaldi...
20 January 2023 U.S. and Japanese Forces Team Up for Southern Beach KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Airmen and Sailors from Kadena Air Base, Japan teamed up in the skies near Okinawa with Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) personnel during the latest iteration of the bilateral Southern Beach exercise on 19 January, 2022.“Southern Beach is a bilateral exercise...
20 January 2023 24th Special Operations Wing D-Cell, Pioneers of the ACE Concept, Hone Arctic Skills in Alaska JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Agile Combat Employment is one of the most talked-about concepts in the Air Force. The ability to rapidly deploy and establish forward operating locations, manned by multi-capable Airmen, is the way the Air Force is crafting the future of warfare.The Airmen...