22 December 2017 Military Sealift Command’s USNS Pecos Delivers Project Handclasp to Thai Kids Military Sealift Command (MSC) fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) recently transported about two tons of U.S. Navy Project Handclasp humanitarian items from Singapore to Thailand that supported four community relations (COMREL) events at local organizations here...
22 December 2017 USS America Returns to Singapore The amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) along with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit returned to Singapore for a scheduled port visit Dec. 22...
21 December 2017 Double Down: Vipers Pack 2X The Ordnance U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 (HMLA-367) received three upgraded AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters at Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Dec. 19, 2017. The AH-1Z aircraft is an updated version of the AH-1W, bringing new capabilities and features into the arsenal of...
21 December 2017 COMPACAF Visit To Vietnam Affirms Growing Partnership “Enhanced cooperation between the United States and Vietnam is of mutual benefit to our airmen, our nations and the entire region,” said Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) commander, during his first visit here Dec. 14-16...
21 December 2017 8th TSC Year In Review Army Logisticians in the Pacific are involved in solving some of the most complex challenges in arguably the most dynamic environment in the world. 2017 brought with it many opportunities for the 8th Theater Sustainment Command, along with its enterprise partners, to approach these complex...
20 December 2017 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines Remember Iwo Jima Battle IWO JIMA, Japan -- Iwo Jima. It sits mostly silent, near nowhere, with a small airstrip to welcome visitors who go there to remember the cost of war and honor the men who fought there. The sounds of the surf offer a soothingly low rumble in the background, an eerie juxtaposition to the hellish...
20 December 2017 Joint Airdrop Inspectors Are Key to Operation Christmas Drop Success YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- During Operation Christmas Drop (OCD) 2017, 120 bundles are airdropped to 54 islands throughout Micronesia. Each bundle represents much needed supplies for islanders who have very little as well as a training opportunity for aircrews on the ability to drop low-cost,...
20 December 2017 Joint Statement on the First U.S.-India Counterterrorism Designations Dialogue WASHINGTON, DC -- The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and India on the occasion of the first U.S.-India Counterterrorism Designations Dialogue.Begin Text:The inaugural U.S.-India Counterterrorism Designations Dialogue was held in New...
20 December 2017 Japan Self-Defense Force Honors Injured U.S. Marine CAMP COURNTEY, OKINAWA, Japan -- Soldiers from the Japan Self-Defense Force presented 1,000 paper cranes to Sgt. Maj. Mario A. Marquez, the III Marine Expeditionary Force sergeant major, and members of 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force on Dec. 20, 2017 at the Battle of...
19 December 2017 374 Civil Engineer Squadron Promoting Interoperability YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Koku Jietai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) and U.S. Air Force Airmen spent a day sharing practices, training and tools to strengthen interoperability and bilateral relations between the two forces.Koku Jietai engineers came to Yokota Air Base where they spent the first half...