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7th Fleet, Royal Thai Navy Leaders Discuss Operations and Common Concerns Onboard USS Blue Ridge
May 14, 2014 — Senior navy leaders from the U.S. 7th Fleet and Royal Thai Navy met for a professional exchange of ideas in a variety of technical and operational topics on board the 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge... MORE

Expeditionary Medical Support: Medical Care Anywhere
May 14, 2014 — A major typhoon hits the Pacific, wiping out towns, destroying homes and leaving hundreds of thousands of people in need of medical care. This scenario is not unlikely in the dynamic climate of the... MORE

Commander of Navy Installations Command Visits Sailors, Tours Navy Installation in Chinhae, South Korea
May 14, 2014 — Vice Adm. William French, commander of Navy Installations Command, visited Sailors assigned to Commander, Fleet Activities Chinhae (CFAC) in the Republic of Korea (ROK), May 13, as part of his tour of... MORE

Blue Ridge Strengthens Long-Standing Friendship with Thailand
May 13, 2014 — U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) along with embarked staff, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12 and Marines from Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Pacific successfully concluded a... MORE

Commander of Navy Installtions Command Visits Alma Mater, Speaks with JROTC in Seoul, Korea
May 12, 2014 — Vice Adm. William French, commander of Navy Installations Command, visited his high school alma mater, May 12, where he had the opportunity to speak with cadets from the Junior Reserve Officer... MORE

Artillerymen Leverage Home Training to Master JRTC
May 12, 2014 — Paratroopers of Spartan Steel completed a rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center here April 26.Artillerymen of 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade... MORE

Spartan Brigade Validates Divers Capabilities at Joint Readiness Training Center
May 9, 2014 — "Anywhere, anytime." It's a slogan that the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, has made its own and lived by for the last year. It started when the Spartan Brigade... MORE

7th Fleet Ships Emphasize CUES Training
May 9, 2014 — With the endorsement of CUES at the Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) in April 2014, WPNS navies have affirmed their commitment to safety during unplanned encounters at sea. Across the... MORE

Engineers Jump North of Arctic Circle
May 9, 2014 — The midnight sun turned the sky pink as 12 paratroopers from 84th Engineer Support Company, 6th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne), 2d Engineer Brigade, jumped out of a C-17 Globemaster III to... MORE

Locklear Named Surface Navy Association's "Old Salt"
May 8, 2014 — Adm. Samuel Locklear, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, accepted the Surface Navy Association's (SNA) "Old Salt" Award at the National Museum of the United States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard, May... MORE

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit-5 Conducts 2014 Tri-Crab Exercise
May 8, 2014 — Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 trained alongside members of the Royal Australian Navy and Air Force, Australian Army and Republic of Singapore Navy during the biennial... MORE

New U.S. Naval Hospital Facility Opens
May 8, 2014 — U.S. Naval Hospital Guam officially opened the doors of their new, state-of-the-art facility in Agana Heights for the first time April 21, replacing the old hospital that was built in 1954.Hospital... MORE

USS City of Corpus Christi Returns to Pearl Harbor
May 7, 2014 — Family and friends gathered May 6 at the submarine piers on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to welcome home Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705) from a... MORE

Alaska Air Force Reserve Unit Flies Milestone Sortie
May 7, 2014 — F-22 pilots from the 477th Fighter Group, Alaska's only Air Force Reserve unit, made history during the Unit Training Assembly weekend May 3. With a combined total of 4000 flight hours, Col. David... MORE

Wolf Pack Combat Survival Exercise: Hide Fast, Move Slow
May 7, 2014 — From outside the woods, it looks like several Airmen playing a game of hide and seek that any passerby would dismiss as "boys being boys." Once you take a look inside the woods and add the uniforms,... MORE

USS Hopper to Return from Deployment
May 6, 2014 — The guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) is scheduled to return to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam May 6 from an independent deployment to the 5th and 7th Fleet areas of... MORE

35th Medical Group Revamps for Realism
May 6, 2014 — There's an anxious feeling in the air as medics surround a landing aircraft packed full of injured Airmen. For each patient, the minutes drag on like hours, and each breath is a fight for survival... MORE

American Troops Honored at Korean Cultural Night
May 6, 2014 — Senior South Korean officials and U.S. military leaders honored American troops at the Korean Cultural Night dinner here May 2.Sponsored by the Kumgok Academico-Cultural Foundation, the cultural night... MORE

23 Nations to Participate in World’s Largest Maritime Exercise
May 5, 2014 — Twenty-three nations, 47 ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise scheduled June 26 to Aug. 1, in and... MORE

Misawa Airmen Evaluated on Deployment Prep
May 5, 2014 — The steady deployment of Airmen in support of combat, peacekeeping and humanitarian operations abroad is part of the U.S. Air Force's mission and requires meticulous coordination to employ. Often... MORE