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Pacific Angel-Tonga Wraps Up
July 29, 2014 — More than 4,300 patients received care and five schools obtained much needed upgrades as Operation Pacific Angel 14-3, a joint and combined humanitarian mission, closed July 25.The Pacific Air... MORE

Spartan Paratroopers Jump Back into Training
July 29, 2014 — Paratroopers with 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, got back to work this week by jumping into action after returning from summer leave.More than 1,500 paratroopers... MORE

US Navy, JMSDF VBSS Teams Build Unity Aboard McCain during Malabar 2014
July 29, 2014 — The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) was the stage for a compliant boarding exercise involving visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) teams from U.S. Navy and... MORE

U.S. Navy Ships Arrive at Changi Naval Base in Advance of CARAT Singapore 2014
July 28, 2014 — USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and USS Halsey (DDG 97) are in port Singapore July 28 in advance of the 2014 Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)exercise with the Republic of Singapore... MORE

U.S. Ambassador Goldberg Visits Benguet to Promote Disaster Risk Reduction Activities
July 28, 2014 — U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Philip S. Goldberg visited Benguet Province from July 24 to July 25 to lead a series of activities that will further advance disaster risk reduction (DRR) and... MORE

U.S. Military Delivers Medicals Supplies to Vietnamese Soldiers Critically Injured in Helicopter Crash
July 28, 2014 — The U.S. military delivered 200 jars of burn cream to Vietnamese soldiers critically injured in a helicopter crash near Hanoi, July 7. The MI-171 helicopter was on a parachute training flight near... MORE

USNS Mercy Holds Hospital Corpsmen Academy during RIMPAC
July 28, 2014 — Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) held a three-day hospital corpsmen academy during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014, July 24-26. The academy's purpose was to train... MORE

Republic of Korea Marines Conduct Sea-Based Operation
July 28, 2014 — U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, teamed up with Republic of Korea Marines and attachments from the New Zealand Army to conduct a simulated assault on opposing... MORE

Coalition, Joint Diving Teams Complete Dives at USS Arizona Memorial
July 28, 2014 — The USS Arizona Memorial marks the site where 1,177 crewmen lost their lives during World War II as a result of the Dec. 7, 1941 attacks on Pearl Harbor. Of those who lost their lives, 1,102 still... MORE

George Washington Embarks FASTPAC Marines For ADIUTRIX SPEAR
July 25, 2014 — Twenty-two Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Pacific (FASTPAC) embarked the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) as part of ADIUTRIX SPEAR... MORE

Wolf Pack Airmen Take Part in Korean Armistice Agreement Ceremony
July 25, 2014 — Members of the 8th Fighter Wing took part in a Korean Armistice Agreement anniversary ceremony held at the Imsil National Ceremony in Jeonbuk, Korea, July 22.Having been invited by the Republic of... MORE

U.S. Ambassador Goldberg Visits Benguet to Promote Disaster Risk Reduction Activities
July 25, 2014 — U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Philip S. Goldberg visited Benguet Province from July 24 to July 25 to lead a series of activities that will further advance disaster risk reduction (DRR) and... MORE

Rotational Units Get First Taste of Multi-Purpose Range Complex
July 25, 2014 — The sun is blazing and the weather is heating up on the peninsula. On some days, the 90-degree temperature seems unforgiving. The good news is the Army trains its forces to defeat the enemy in all... MORE

Partnering with the Japanese in Support of Pacific Pivot
July 25, 2014 — Army Field Support Battalion-Northeast Asia hosted the Honorable Itsunori Onodera, the Japanese Minister of defense, at the United States Army's Watercraft Equipment Base-Yokohama North Dock, June... MORE

Mercy and NEPMU-6 offer Preventive Medicine Classes during RIMPAC Exercise 2014
July 25, 2014 — Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Six (NEPMU-6) conducted classes on environmental health, industrial hygiene and pest management throughout the week of July 21 to hospital corpsman... MORE

Reserve Sailors Bring Support During RIMPAC
July 25, 2014 — Reservist Sailors from around the nation are at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to support Commander, Anti-Submarine Warfare Force, U.S. 3rd Fleet (CTF-34), participating in the world's largest... MORE

USNS Mercy Hosts Multinational Trauma Courses during RIMPAC 2014
July 24, 2014 — The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), in conjunction with Canadian military medical personnel, hosted three trauma care courses from July 21 to July 23.The courses included... MORE

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 22, 20140) - Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and China's People's Liberation Army (Navy) hospital ship Peace Ark (T-AH 866) transit together during exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014. This is the first year hospital ships have participated in RIMPAC. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships and six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug. 1 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971. 140722-N-VY375-775

PACANGEL-Tonga Dental Clinic Treats and Educates
July 24, 2014 — Two tables pushed together and a stack of plastic chairs serve as an operating table. Men, women and children of all ages wait patiently for their turn to see a dentist.The dental clinic was one of... MORE

NEIAFU, Vava'u (July 22, 2014) - U.S. Air Force Capt. Jeremy Matis, a dentist, and Royal Australian Air Force Corporal Terri-Anne Dehncke, senior dental assistant-preventative, perform an extraction. The dental clinic was set up in a local college for the Pacific Angel-Tonga healthcare services outreach. Matis is deployed from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska and Dehncke is from RAAF Base Richmond, New South Wales. 140722-HQ302-071

Fitzgerald Fosters Friendship in Fukuoka
July 24, 2014 — Sailors from Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) played basketball with students from The Fukuoka Institute of Technology, July 19, during a goodwill port visit to... MORE

EOD Community Builds Bilateral Relations
July 24, 2014 — "Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole!"After these words are shouted, what is left to hear is the sound of a "KABOOM!" from a nearby explosion slowly overshadowed by the resonating... MORE