08 February 2018 Coast Guard, Partners Respond to Report of Grounded Fishing Vessel in American Samoa PAGO PAGO, American Samoa -- The Coast Guard, port partners and local authorities are responding the grounding of the 88-foot commercial fishing vessel Chui Zai Fa No. 1 about 300-yards off Leone Bay, Wednesday.Coast Guard responders are en route to American Samoa from Honolulu expected to arrive...
08 February 2018 Marine Wing Communications Squadron-18 Conducts Exercise Warrior Challenge 18 MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan -- More than 100 Marines with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18 (MWCS-18), Marine Air Control Group 18, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, participated in exercise Warrior Challenge 18, detachment alpha’s internal squadron exercise,...
07 February 2018 Chief of Staff Air Force Highlights Strength of Partnerships at Singapore International Airshow 18 CHANGI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Singapore -- Gen. David Goldfein, U.S. Air Force chief of staff, spoke of the strength of regional partnerships at the opening day of the Singapore International Airshow at the Changi Exhibition Centre Feb. 6, 2018.Scheduled to last through Feb. 11, the airshow is the...
07 February 2018 U.S., Thai Leaders Reaffirm Military-to-Military Relationship BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. and Thai military leaders reaffirmed the strong military-to-military relationship between the two countries in a series of meetings here.Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with his Thai counterpart, Army Gen. Tarnchaiyan Srisuwan,...
07 February 2018 U.S. Navy Aircraft Participate in Singapore Airshow SINGAPORE -- U.S. Navy aircraft are participating in the international Singapore Airshow Feb. 6-11, held at the Changi National Exhibition Center.Crews from the Navy's P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and an F/A-18 Super Hornet joined aircrews from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marines for the...
07 February 2018 Military Sealift Command's USNS Rappahannock Delivers Fuel to French Frigate USNS RAPPAHANNOCK, At Sea -- Fleet replenishment oiler USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204) conducted a replenishment-at-sea (RAS) with a foreign vessel in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 3.The Rappahannock transferred fuel to the French frigate FS Vendémiaire (F734), a light patrol frigate. USNS Rappahannock is a...
06 February 2018 Dunford Visits With Australian Chief of Defense, Moves on to Thailand RAAF DARWIN, Australia -- Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford ended a productive visit to Australia today, Jan. 6, 2018, by meeting with U.S. Marines deployed to this Northern Territory base.The Marine units that rotate in to this strategic base are the latest manifestation of American commitment to...
06 February 2018 U.S. Navy Aircraft Enhance Regional Partnerships, Highlight Capabilities during Singapore Air Show SINGAPORE -- U.S. Navy aircraft are participating in the Singapore International Airshow Feb 6-11 held at the Changi National Exhibition Center.Crews from the Navy’s P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and an F/A-18 Super Hornet joined aircrews from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marines for the...
06 February 2018 Joint Strike Fighter Operational Test Team Conducts F-35 pre-IOT&E Cold Weather Testing at Eielson EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- In April 2016, the Air Force made an announcement that would change Eielson Air Force Base (AFB) history. After a lengthy analysis of the installation’s operations, environmental factors and cost, the Secretary of the Air Force selected Eielson AFB to be the first...
06 February 2018 Dewey, Sterett to Depart San Diego for Indo-Pacific SAN DIEGO, California -- The guided-missile destroyers USS Dewey (DDG 105) and USS Sterett (DDG 104) will depart their homeport of Naval Base San Diego for a scheduled deployment to conduct operations in the Indo-Pacific region, Feb. 6.Dewey and Sterett will support a Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group...