01 October 2020 554th RED HORSE Leaves Eielson Better Than Before EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Within the Air Force civil engineering community RED HORSE Squadrons are considered elite teams. They are focused, efficient, highly-skilled, and they wear cool red hats.Specializing in large-scale projects such as runways, aprons, facilities and utilities, the...
01 October 2020 U.S.-Donated Ventilators to Boost Kiribati’s Fight Against COVID-19 SUVA, Fiji -- U.S. Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu Joseph Cella and Kiribati Minister for Health and Medical Services Dr. Tinte Itinteang formally launched a training program funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by the Pacific...
30 September 2020 Task Force Oceania Plays Pivotal Role in Defender Pacific 2020 U.S. ARMY PACIFIC -- In a show of commitment to the nation of Palau and a Free and Open Indo-Pacific, U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) Soldiers from Alaska, Washington, and Hawaii took part in a training exercise on the island of Anguar as part of Defender Pacific 2020 (DP 20).Two Soldiers from the U.S...
30 September 2020 Extending the Range: Marines Secure Maritime Terrain, Deploy Rocket System OKINAWA, Japan -- U.S. Marines refined their ability to rapidly deploy to remote regional islands in order to control key maritime terrain as 3d Marine Division and 3d Marine Logistics Group conducted operations Sept. 23 to 25 centered on the Okinawan island of Ie Shima.During this operation,...
30 September 2020 U.S. Army Reserve Affairs Japan, USARJ, Helps JGSDF Candidates Hone Interpretation Skills CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- With the aim of improving interpretation skills, U.S. Army Reserve Affairs Japan, U.S. Army Japan, hosted seven Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Technical Reserve Candidates for a training symposium here Sept. 24.The candidates, from the 117th Training Battalion based at...
30 September 2020 Pacific Air Forces Innovation Lab ‘The Dojo’ Now Open YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The Pacific Air Forces added a new innovation lab to its roster Sept. 25, 2020 at Yokota Air Base, Japan.Wing leadership and members of the base attended a soft opening of the Dojo, which is the installation’s new hub for problem-solving. The lab is supported by YokoWERX, a...
30 September 2020 Joint Warfighters Test Advanced Battle Management System, Multidomain Operations Center Experiments during Valiant Shield JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Exercise Valiant Shield participants from the U.S Air Force, Navy, Marines and Army tested the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) and Multidomain Operations Center – Forward, 22 Sept. 2020.The joint team conducted scenarios with a mix of live and...
30 September 2020 Semper Supra: 31st MEU Welcomes First Space Force Officer Aboard USS America PHILIPPINE SEA -- The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) welcomed the first Space Force Liaison Officer (LNO) aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), Sept. 17, 2020.1st Lt. Rio Sarmiento, assigned to the 16th Space Control Squadron (SPCS), was...
29 September 2020 USS Paul Hamilton Commemorates the Battle of Leyte Gulf LEYTE GULF - As USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) transited the waters of the Surigao Strait on Sept. 27, the ship’s crew took a pause from the busy routine of deployment to honor those who served in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.A collection of naval engagements during October of 1944, Leyte Gulf was the...
29 September 2020 America's Pacific Division Recognizes 163 Soldiers as Experts SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Completely exhausted but standing proud, Soldiers took their turn having a simple, yet prestigious, badges placed upon their chest after two and half weeks of rigorous training and meticulous proficiency testing.On the morning of Sept. 25, 2020, Maj. Gen. James Jarrard,...