23 July 2014 35th CSSB Hosts Bilateral "Friendship Luau" The "Bilateral Friendship Luau" hosted by the 35th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion on July 19 at the Sagamihara Family Housing Area brought several Camp Zama and Japanese community member together, here.More than 50 guests, including community officials from Sagamihara City, the Japanese...
23 July 2014 Humphreys Soldiers Attend Battle of Cheonan Ceremony A contingent of Soldiers from here joined Cheonan city officials for a ceremony commemorating the 64th Anniversary of the Battle of Cheonan, July 6.Cheonan is a city located about 30 minutes south of here.The annual event, hosted by the Cheonan Chapter of the Korea Freedom Federation, honors the...
16 July 2014 U.S., ROK Exercises Demonstrate Commitment, Resolve U.S. military forces, to include ships and aircraft from the George Washington Carrier Strike Group, are conducting a series of bilateral exercises with the Republic of Korea armed forces July 16-19 to strengthen maritime interoperability and tactics, techniques and procedures.U.S. military...
15 July 2014 RIMPAC 2014 Participants Conduct Sinking Exercise Live fire from ships, submarines and aircraft participating in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2014 sank the decommissioned USS Tuscaloosa (LST 1187) at about 12:15 p.m., July 14, in waters 15,000 feet deep, 57 nautical miles northwest of Kauai.Units from Brunei, Canada, Japan and the...
14 July 2014 GW, Stethem, ROK Navy Sailors Participate in COMREL at Busan Orphanage Sailors from Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) and Republic of Korea (ROK) navy and ROK participated in a community relations project (COMREL) at the Jongdukwon Orphanage, July 14.Thirty-four U.S. Navy and...
09 July 2014 Army Watercraft Supports 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Marines during RIMPAC 2014 Logistic Support Vessel-2, the U.S. Army Vessel CW3 Harold A. Clinger, got underway from its home port July 2, to conduct the first of eight surface lifts between Kaneohe Bay and Kawaihae Harbor, Hawaii, in support of the 3rd Marine Regiment as part of the biennial Rim of the Pacific 2014 exercise,...
09 July 2014 Kadena Eagles Participate in Aviation Training Relocation Members of the 44th Fighter Squadron, 909th Air Refueling Squadron and 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron, along with aircraft assigned to Kadena Air Base, Japan, arrived here June 18, as part of a four week ATR, or aviation training relocation program.The ATR is an opportunity for Kadena Airmen to...
08 July 2014 US Marines lead Mongolians during nine-day survivor course at KQ14 Your plane crashes in the middle of nowhere; you have no idea where you are. Now you and the other survivors must try to find help but also stay alive with whatever you can find.This was the scenario a platoon of Mongolian Armed Forces service members played out with the direction of their MAF and...
07 July 2014 Chinese Hospital Ship Hosts RIMPAC Medical Exchange Conference The Chinese hospital ship Peace Ark hosted a medical exchange conference as part of the 2014 Rim of the Pacific exercise here July 3.Chinese and U.S. naval medical officers gave presentations during the multinational conference, which opened with a video presentation about Peace Ark. “We wanted the...
07 July 2014 Pacific Partnership Basketball Tournament Held in Tacloban A basketball tournament was held between members of the U.S. Navy, Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF), Royal Australian Armed Forces and locals from Tacloban as part of Pacific Partnership 2014, July 5. "We played this tournament for Pacific Partnership hosted by the Philippines," said...