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,...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The Air Force signed the Record of Decision selecting Tinian International Airport, Tinian, in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), specifically the North Option, as the location for the Pacific Air Forces Divert Activities, Exercise...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Ice crystals build up on eyelashes and face masks and ice chunks drag from the bottoms of pants as Airmen from the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron brave the frozen tundra to construct an ice bridge to the Blair Lakes Range Maintenance Complex.With temperatures...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The longest running humanitarian aid/disaster relief has kicked off on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam on Dec. 6. In order for the mission to come to fruition, months of hard work went into making it happen.Operation Christmas Drop has been ongoing since 1952 and has...

SAN DIEGO, California - The Navy's newest and most technologically advanced surface combatant, USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), arrived in its new homeport of San Diego, Dec. 8.The guided-missile destroyer Zumwalt, commanded by Capt. James A. Kirk, is the lead ship of a class of next-generation multimission...

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...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The first thing Lt. Patrick Zuchelli, from San Luis Obispo, California, notices is the silence out on the water of Pearl Harbor. It’s the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks and he’s waiting patiently for the boat that will take him and about 300 others to the USS...

CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan -- Being combat ready in any clime and place makes the Marine Corps the United States’ ultimate commodity in war. The Marines of 3rd Marine Logistics Group conducted a command post exercise, in the Central Training Area, Kin Blue and Ie Shima Island in Okinawa, Nov. 29 -...

CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii – U.S. Army Sergeant George Emerson joined over 100 of his fellow World War II veterans on an Honor Flight to Honolulu. He was, however, unable to join them at the official ceremonies commemorating the 75th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor. A vehicle with a...

BUSAN, Republic of Korea (NNS) -- Senior leaders from the U.S. and Republic of Korea navies met at Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea to discuss ways to increase the combined naval partnership.The Strategic Dialogue, a biannual conference which focuses on strengthening communication and improving...