05 December 2019 Yokota Breaks Ground for Air Force Special Operations Command Airfield Apron YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members from Yokota Air Base, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Nippo Corporation performed a ground breaking ceremony for the new AFSOC Airfield Apron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 5, 2019.The AFSOC complex will...
26 November 2019 Naval Facilities Engineering Command Visits NMCB-5 Seabees during INDOPACOM Deployment OKINAWA, Japan -- Rear Adm. John W. Korka, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, and Force Master Chief Delbert Terrell Jr., Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), visited the U.S. Navy Seabees deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 on board Camp Shields,...
25 November 2019 Pacific Tri-Service General Surgeons Perform the First Surgeries at BDAACH U.S. ARMY GARRISON HUMPHREYS, PYEONGTAEK, SOUTH KOREA -- Six military general surgeons (three Army, two Navy, and one Air Force) and an Air Force Physician Assistant performed surgeries together on the opening day of Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital (BDAACH) and Ambulatory Care Center on 15...
22 November 2019 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Partners to Battle Malnutrition in Laos VIENTIANE, Laos -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has completed phase one and two construction of the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), officially turning over major portions of the $4.9 million dollar medical and educational facility to Lao Ministry of Health leads in a ribbon...
14 November 2019 CTF-72 Participates in ANNUALEX 2019 KADENA, Japan -- The U.S. Navy and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) kicked off their largest bilateral exercise, ANNUALEX, in the Sea of Japan Nov. 11.ANNUALEX is a bilateral training exercise between the Navy and JMSDF conducted to practice and evaluate interoperability elements...
13 November 2019 New Advanced Test System Enhancing Army's Readiness in Korea CAMP CARROLL, Republic of Korea -- In 2018 the U.S. Army Materiel Support Command-Korea, Directorate for Maintenance, fielded the Army's newest automated test equipment, the prototype model of the Next Generation Automated Test System (NGATS).This state-of-the-art equipment is replacing the legacy...
07 November 2019 Oregon National Guard Joins International Exercise, Exchange DHAKA, Bangladesh -- The Bangladesh Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR), Bangladesh Armed Forces Division (AFD), and the United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) hosted a Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (DREE) Oct. 27-31.Twenty countries and government and non-government...
04 November 2019 USS Germantown Arrives in Phuket PHUKET, Thailand – Sailors and Marines from the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) and embarked 3rd Marine Division arrived in Phuket, Thailand, Nov. 3.“It’s great to be able to bring our blue and gold team to one of Thailand’s beautiful cities,” said Cdr. Christopher...
16 October 2019 NMCB 4 completes Indo-Pacific deployment, relieved by NMCB 5 OKINAWA, Japan - Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 turned over command of naval construction operations in the Indo-Pacific-Command (INDOPACOM) area of operations to NMCB 5 during a relief in place/transfer of authority (RIP/TOA) ceremony on Camp Shields, Okinawa, Oct. 15.The RIP/TOA...
08 October 2019 Army, Air Force, Arctic Anvil 2019 KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 815th Airlift Squadron, aka ‘Flying Jennies,’ with the 327th AS, provided airlift and airdrop support for the U.S. Army’s Joint Forces Exercise Arctic Anvil, Oct. 1 to 6, 2019.Arctic Anvil is a joint, multi-national, force-on-force...