19 July 2019 National Guard Rescue Team Saves Two Hikers at Penguin Peak JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska National Guard, in a joint effort between the Army Guard's 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation and the Air Guard's 212th Rescue Squadron, saved two hikers this morning near Penguin Peak, between Bird Creek and Girdwood in the Chugach Mountain Range.One...
18 July 2019 U.S. Servicemen Killed During Battle of Tarawa to be Returned to United States WASHINGTON -- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announces that the remains of at least 22 servicemen, killed during the battle of Tarawa in World War II, are being returned to the United States in an Honorable Carry Ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 17.The Battle...
18 July 2019 Pacific Air Forces Commander Highlights 75th Anniversary of Command JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, wrote a memo to Airmen stationed throughout PACAF, commemorating the command's 75th anniversary:The Far East Air Forces (FEAF), or PACAF as we know it today, celebrates 75 years of service on August 3, 2019...
18 July 2019 Fighting Tigers Participate in Guam Exercise ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- A P-8A Poseidon aircraft from the “Fighting Tigers” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 8 recently participated in Ship Anti-Submarine Warfare Readiness and Evaluation Measurement (SHAREM) 199, a coordinated Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) exercise off the southern coast of Guam,...
18 July 2019 Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Visits USS Ronald Reagan CORAL SEA -- The Honorable Michael McCormack, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, visited the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) underway in the Coral Sea July 17, during Talisman Sabre 2019.While aboard Ronald Reagan, the Deputy Prime Minister and several other members of the Australian...
18 July 2019 Pacific Century Fellows Tour USS Asheville SANTA RITA, Guam -- Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Asheville (SSN 758) hosted the Pacific Century Fellows Program-Marianas Chapter at Naval Base Guam, July 18.The leadership development program is modeled after the Pacific Century Fellows of Hawaii, with the same objective of developing...
18 July 2019 Kadena Splits 18th Force Support Squadron, Activates 718th FSS KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Kadena Air Base activated a new squadron, the 718th Force Support Squadron, during the 18th Force Support Squadron change of command at Kadena Air Base, July 16, 2019.Col. Thang T. Doan, 18th Mission Support Group commander, presided over the ceremony. He said, “The revised...
17 July 2019 Multinational Force Conducts Talisman Sabre Amphibious Landing USS GREEN BAY, at Sea - U.S. Marines, Australian soldiers, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members trained in Combined Joint Forcible Entry Operations by conducting a multi-national amphibious landing in Stanage Bay, Queensland, Australia, July 16, 2019.The amphibious landing during Exercise...
17 July 2019 Advancing Minorities Interest in Engineering Program Provides Full Spectrum Learning CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea - Working alongside industry experts provides university interns with a comprehensive and elaborate spectrum of experience, which can help them secure employment in the future.Oluwaferanmi Ogundana, a junior civil engineering student, and Samuel Coleman, a senior civil...
17 July 2019 U.S. Army Alaska Conducts Change of Command Ceremony JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Alaska -- Maj. Gen. Peter Andrysiak assumed command of U.S. Army Alaska from Maj. Gen. Mark O'Neil in a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Pershing Field July 16. In his remarks, the reviewing officer Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky, the commanding...