29 March 2019 Supporting the warfighter | CLR-35 Invites Senior Leaders of 3rd MARDIV to View Their Capabilities CAMP KINSER, OKINAWA, Japan -- How does 3rd Marine Logistics Group actually support the Marines fighting on the ground in the Indo-Pacific area of operations? U.S. Marine Corps Col. Joon H. Um, commanding officer, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, and Col. Omar Randall, assistant chief of staff,...
28 March 2019 USNS Fall River Arrives in Kuching for Pacific Partnership KUCHING, Malaysia -- USNS Fall River (T-EPF 4), a Military Sealift Command expeditionary fast transport ship, arrived in Kuching, Malaysia as part of Pacific Partnership 2019, March 27.Malaysia has participated each year since Pacific Partnership began in response to the December 2004 tsunami that...
28 March 2019 PP 19 Wraps Up Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief in Marshall Islands KWAJALEIN, Republic of the Marshall Islands -- Pacific Partnership 2019 (PP19) recently conducted a series of exchanges centered on humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HADR) during their mission stop in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, March 11-28.The Pacific Partnership mission began in...
28 March 2019 Army Marksmanship on Target in Hawaii SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- "Lines are ready, switch your selector lever from safe to semi, and fire when ready," bellowed from the loudspeaker on a beautiful Hawaii morning at the small arms rifle range on Schofield Barracks, as Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to the 9th Mission Support Command...
28 March 2019 U.S., Japan Honor World War II at Kwajalein Atoll ROI-NAMUR, Republic of the Marshall Islands -- Members of the U.S. Navy and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force along with partner nations from Pacific Partnership 2019 held a ceremony March 26.honoring servicemembers who had died during the WWII Battle of Kwajalein.The battle, which lasted from...
28 March 2019 Sealift Ships: Key Assets in Supply Chain during Balikatan 2019 OLONGAPO, Philippines -- Military Sealift Command (MSC) ships completed discharge operations at Subic Bay, Olongapo, Philippines, March 24, and delivered equipment and personnel destined for various locations in the Philippines in support of exercise Balikatan 2019.Balikatan 2019 is a military...
28 March 2019 2/3 Completes Bougainville I MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii -- Marines with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment conducted Exercise Bougainville I, a three-part pre-deployment training exercise March 5-22, in and around Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Echo, Golf, and Fox Companies rotated through the three phases of training which...
27 March 2019 VP-47 Keeps Watch during Forum Fisheries Agency’s Operation Rai Balang in Pacific Islands ...
27 March 2019 U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Leader and Japan Self-Defense Forces Chief of Joint Staff Address Students NEWPORT, R.I. -- Navy Adm. Philip Davidson, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the joint staff for the Japan Self-Defense Forces, visited U.S. Naval War College on Friday, March 22, 2019.The two officers observed a war game being held at the college and...
27 March 2019 Two Nations, One mission: U.S. Tactical Air Control Party, Thai Combat Control Team Join Forces CHANDY RANGE, Thailand -- The U.S. tactical air control party (TACP) Airmen lower tactical vests over their heads with practiced confidence, quietly relaying a composure born of constant training. They strap their helmets on and prepare for the first strike of the day.This is where their “normal”...