29 June 2020 Nimitz, Reagan Team Up, Advance International Rules-Based Order PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Nimitz and Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Groups are conducting dual carrier operations in the Philippine Sea. The ships and aircraft assigned to both strike groups began coordinated operations in international waters on June 28.While deployed, the Carrier Strike Force is...
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...
26 May 2020 Wolf Pack Honors the Fallen during National Police Week KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Wolf Pack Defenders paid tribute to the Air Force’s fallen security forces heroes by recognizing National Police Week at Kunsan Air Base, May 18-22.National Police Week pays special recognition to law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of...
30 March 2020 Yokota Performs First-ever C-130J Assault Landing on Foxtrot Taxiway YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- For the first time ever, Team Yokota conducted a C-130J assault landing on the Foxtrot taxiway March 26.Foxtrot taxiway was originally used for the legacy C-130H models from 1991 to 2001, after that, Yokota’s airlifters have used the permanently painted hard-surface on the...
14 November 2019 Lava Dogs Honor the Fallen during a Memorial Run MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII -- U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment conducted a memorial run on Marine Corps Base Hawaii on November 12 to honor Marines and sailors from the battalion who died during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.According to 1st Lt. Daniel...
24 October 2019 US Air Force Exchange Officer Soars with Partners Down Under ROYAL AIR FORCE AMBERLY, Australia --When Maj. Thomas Larner commissioned in the U.S. Air Force, he knew he wanted to be a part of the fighter community. What he didn’t know was where that dream would take him.“I remember attending my first air show in Philadelphia as a young boy, and thinking ‘man,...
01 October 2019 Canine Trainers bring Experience, Compassion to Mongolian Disaster Response Exercise SAINSHAND, Mongolia -- It's not often in life that someone can pinpoint an exact moment when his or her life instantly changed. For Melissa Becker, that moment came during an everyday ritual and helped foster her consecutive journeys back to Mongolia."Went to get a cup of coffee and came back with a...
08 August 2019 210th Rescue Squadron Receives First Operational Loss Replacement Pave Hawk JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA, Alaska -- Airmen of 210th Rescue Squadron delivered the first Operational Loss Replacement HH-60G Pave Hawk Aug. 5, 2019, following a four-day journey from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.The HH-60 is the Department...
17 July 2019 U.S. Army Alaska Conducts Change of Command Ceremony JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Alaska -- Maj. Gen. Peter Andrysiak assumed command of U.S. Army Alaska from Maj. Gen. Mark O'Neil in a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Pershing Field July 16. In his remarks, the reviewing officer Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky, the commanding...
21 May 2019 History in the making: “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band Visits Japan for First Time IWAKUNI CITY, YAMAGUCHI, JAPAN -- “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band traveled to Japan and delivered a once in a lifetime performance for Japanese locals and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni residents at the Yamaguchi Prefectural Culture Hall Sinfonia Iwakuni, May 19, 2019.The lights...