13 March 2017 Guardian Soldiers Prepare for Expert Field Medical Badge with Korean Partners CAMP CASEY, South Korea -- Healthcare specialists from the 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, came together with their South Korean Army partners to prepare for participation in the Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB) competition during a training...
27 February 2017 Misawa Air Mobility Command Terminal Ushers Global Reach MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part feature highlighting the 730th Air Mobility Squadron Operating Location Bravo air terminal ground handling services.“There’s a lot more to the air terminal than the Patriot Express,” said Tech. Sgt. Daniel Yerkes, the 730th AMS...
27 February 2017 PACAF, U.S. Navy Conduct Joint Interoperability Training JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- A four-member team from the 613th Air Operations Center here, joined the crew of the USS Carl Vinson as it was underway transiting the U.S. Pacific Command’s area of responsibility.The team, led by Col. Doug Rice, 613th AOC Chief of Combat Plans Division,...
31 January 2017 Competition at Fort Shafter brings together Career Counselors from Across the Region FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii - Career counselors from across U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) Theater of operations gathered at Fort Shafter to represent their commands in a competition for USARPAC Career Counselor of the Year.The intense three-day competition held January 25-27 was decided from scoring three...
30 January 2017 Joint Air Load Training Enhances Readiness OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea - With snow on the ground, 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment Soldiers battled the elements learning the procedures of joint air load operations from Airmen assigned to the 51st Logistics Readiness Squadron at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan...
25 January 2017 USARPAC Commander Delivers Keynote Address at Asia Forecast 2017 Forum FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii - Gen. Robert B. Brown, commander, U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC), delivered the keynote address and took questions while at the Asia Forecast 2017 forum being held at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, January 25, 2017.Brown discussed the U.S...
28 December 2016 Guam Navy Commands Win 2016 Environmental Stewardship Flagship Award ASAN, Guam (NNS) -- Naval Munitions Command East Asia Division (NMCEAD) Unit Guam and the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), homeported in Guam, were named the 2016 Environmental Stewardship Flagship Award winners for small overseas and large sea categories, respectively.The award is part of...
20 December 2016 U.S.-ROK-Japan Experts Meeting on Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure WASHINGTON -- The United States hosted a trilateral cyber experts meeting on cyber security of critical infrastructure on December 19, 2016 . The meeting included a discussion of cyber trends and threats to critical infrastructure, a scenario-based discussion on responding to malicious cyber...
12 December 2016 US, Japan Break Barriers, Reinforce Partnership during Exchange MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force ( JASDF) service members engaged in a bilateral exchange program (BEP) at Misawa Air Base, Japan, from Nov. 29 to Dec. 9, to increase interoperability and break down language barriers.Conducted by Fifth Air Force since 1995,...
09 December 2016 Pearl Harbor Survivors Pause to Remember Fallen at Wheeler Field WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii -- A lone bugler played taps as Pearl Harbor veterans saluted in silence, pausing to remember the more than 30 men killed here 75 years ago, as Japan began its attack on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.More than two dozen World War II veterans took part in the ceremony here...