06 December 2019 Royal Thai Army, Guard Share Domestic Response Exchange CAMP MURRAY, Wash. -- Officers from the Royal Thai Army joined the Washington National Guard in a military-operations-other-than-war exchange, the Thai version of domestic operations."The Thai military has a significant role in domestic response operations in Thailand," said Maj. Jae Kim, executive...
06 December 2019 U.S. and Philippine Partners Inaugurate Philippine National Police Patrol Boat Facility MANILA, Philippines -- Representatives from the U.S. Joint Interagency Task Force West (JIATF West), the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's counternarcotics task force in the Indo-Pacific region, and officials from the Philippine National Police – Maritime Group (PNP-MG) presided over a ribbon cutting...
06 December 2019 Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Innovators Nominated to 2020 Air Force Spark Tank JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS) fuels team’s C.B. hose was named one of two Pacific Air Forces Spark Tank nominees to compete in the 2020 Air Force Spark Tank.The C.B. hose, short for Cox-Bernier hose, is designed to alleviate complications when...
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...
05 December 2019 3rd TSB Wins National Defense Transportation Association Military Unit of the Year Award OKINAWA, Japan -- The command deck of 3rd Transportation Support Battalion is strewn with trophies. On a plain wooden bookshelf there is a second place trophy for the 2018 Southern Camp Commander’s Bowling Cup. Next to it is another for the same award from 2017. Nearby shelves are adorned with...
04 December 2019 U.S. Navy assists distressed mariners off Micronesia SINGAPORE - U.S. Navy divers and civilian mariners aboard the Military Sealift Command salvage ship USNS Salvor (ARS 52) rendered assistance to a Micronesian passenger ship that ran aground off the coast of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, during a storm, Dec. 1.USNS Salvor was in Chuuk’s Weno...
04 December 2019 Relay Marathon; Friendship Runs Deep IWAKUNI CITY, Japan -- U.S. Marines and sailors from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni and local Japanese residents participated in the Iwakuni Friendship Relay Marathon in Iwakuni City, Dec. 1, 2019.The marathon is a 1.5km relay course around Go! Go! Field at Atago Hills Sports Complex. The...
04 December 2019 United States Supports Sri Lankan Efforts to Reduce Landslide Risk COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- The United States donated landslide monitoring instruments to Sri Lanka’s National Building Research Organization (NBRO) to more effectively manage the risk of landslides in Nikgaha, Kalutara. As part of the initiative, engineers and geologists from the U.S. Geological Survey...
03 December 2019 Forest Light Middle Army Begins SHIGA, Japan -- U.S. Marines and Soldiers from Japan Ground Self-Defense Force will conduct training exercise Forest Light Middle Army at Aibano Training Area in the Shiga Prefecture of Japan from Dec. 1 to Dec. 13, 2019.The forces will conduct a bilateral, combined arms exercise and live fire...
03 December 2019 Indo-Pacific partners Join Pacific Air Forces for 68th Year Delivering Humanitarian Aid to 20,000 People Across 56 Islands JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. and partner Airmen in Guam are set to participate in the Department of Defense’s longest running humanitarian mission beginning Dec. 10.Operation Christmas Drop is an annual U.S. Air Force tradition of packaging and delivering food, tools and clothing...