31 October 2022 Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Completes COMPTUEX PACIFIC OCEAN -- Carrier Strike Group Eleven (CSG 11) returned to homeport Oct. 28, after completing Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), its final training period before a scheduled deployment later this year.COMPTUEX is designed to fully integrate units of a CSG, while building its ability...
26 October 2022 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Meeting on Red Hill Defueling, Closure and Health Response Plan WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III convened senior Department leaders yesterday for an update on efforts to safely and expeditiously defuel and permanently close the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. The Secretary emphasized the need to continue health response efforts to...
19 October 2022 Regional Health Command – Pacific Transforms to Support Army Readiness HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Regional Health Command – Pacific (RHC-P) became Medical Readiness Command, Pacific (MRC, P) on October 18, 2022, at a re-designation ceremony on Fort Shafter Army Base, hosted by Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle, U.S. Army Surgeon General, and Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical...
19 October 2022 Defense Health Agency Leaders Chart Course for Future Success ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- On Sept. 15 the Defense Health Agency Alaska Market, which was formally established in late 2021, hosted its first-ever strategic planning conference in Anchorage.Led by the 673d Medical Group commander and Alaska Market director, Col. Mike Fea, this was the first time that all...
28 September 2022 9th Mission Support Command Rehearses Rapid Home Mobilization Station on the Big Island Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island of Hawaii -- The Indo-Pacific area of operations covers nearly half of the Earth’s surface. Within this vital region it is imperative that Army Reserve Soldiers are utilized in the most efficient and effective means possible. With the possibility of rapidly...
28 September 2022 U.S. Coast Guard Supports Pacific Partnership 2022 in Solomon Islands HONIARA, Solomon Islands – The Solomon Islands hosted the Pacific Partnership’s Humanitarian Assistance Response Training (HART), a multi-day international humanitarian aid and disaster relief workshop and exercise, in early September.Coast Guard District Fourteen emergency management response...
27 September 2022 Japan, U.S. Host Joint Senior Leaders Seminar CAMP H. M. SMITH, Hawaii – Gen. Koji Yamazaki, Chief of Staff of the Japan Joint Staff, and Adm. John Aquilino, Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, bilaterally presided over the 12th Joint Senior Leaders Seminar at Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii, Sep. 21-22.JSLS demonstrated the close...
30 August 2022 Pacific Air Forces Deputy Commander Visits Japan YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Deputy Commander of the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Lt. Gen. James Jacobson visited Yokota Air Base, August 21 to 23, as part of a larger PACAF tour.Jacobson kicked off his tour meeting with U.S. Forces Japan and 374th Airlift Wing leadership where he received updates on...
24 August 2022 Nebraska and Missouri Air National Guard Medical Groups Train in Japan OKINAWA, Japan -- The 155th Medical Group from the Nebraska Air National Guard along with personnel from the 139th Medical Group from Missouri Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Missouri completed their Military Facility Annual Training at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Aug 2-11, 2022.The two-week...
22 August 2022 USS Tripoli Embarks 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit PHILIPPINE SEA -- The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) embarked amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) for tasking in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, July 25, 2022.MEUs regularly embark, train and deploy on Navy vessels to prepare and respond to crises throughout the world, and...