22 April 2014 USS Bonhomme Richard Completes Search and Rescue Mission in Korea With concurrence from South Korean commanders, the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) is departing waters around Jindo, South Korea April 22 after assisting with search and rescue operations near the site of the Korean passenger ferry Sewol. The completion of Bonhomme...
22 April 2014 Humphreys Units Participate in KATUSA-US Soldier Week For the 36th consecutive year, Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Soldiers worked, played and ate together, side-by-side, during the 2014 KATUSA-U.S. Friendship Week activities, April 14-18.The week was first observed in 1977, in an effort to boost morale and strengthen the mutual...
21 April 2014 US 7th Fleet Weather Specialists Contribute to Pacific Humanitarian Assistance Efforts U.S. 7th Fleet weather specialists, called aerographer's mates (AG), are providing critical support to 7th Fleet's MH370 search and rescue operations March and April 2014."Our initial mission was to ensure that Seventh Fleet understood the weather conditions that would occur during the search,"...
21 April 2014 Army, Marines Train with South Korean Army to Improve Fire-support Operations The 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division joined U. S. Marines and Republic of Korea Army soldiers for a combined joint live-fire exercise in Rocket Valley near Cheorwon, here, March 24-28. The three services worked together to enhance the interoperability of the units to provide...
18 April 2014 Army Materiel Command Commander travels to Pacific, Emphasizes AMC's Role As the Army shifts its focus to the Asia-Pacific region, Army Materiel Command assets there continue to support commanders and warfighters.During a recent nine day visit to installations across the Pacific Command area of operations, AMC Commander Gen. Dennis L. Via visited local national, defense,...
17 April 2014 USS Howard Concludes Visit to Manila Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) completed its visit to Manila April 11-14 while on their Western Pacific deployment.During their port visit Howard crew members interacted with the Manila community through visits to the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Hospicio...
17 April 2014 Langley AFB F-22s Partner with Kadena F-15s, JASDF F-22 Raptors from the 94th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron stationed at Langley Air Force Base, Va., partnered with 44th Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagles and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force out of Naha Air Base April 4.For the first time since the F-22s arrived on Kadena in January, the three units...
14 April 2014 Frank Cable Sailors, Civilian Mariners Team Up to Increase Capabilities Sailors aboard submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) team up with their Military Sealift Command (MSC) civilian mariner counterparts in the ship's engineering spaces to learn ship systems and begin to develop an engineering plant qualifications program for Sailors that has not existed since the...
14 April 2014 Helicopter Squadron 367's Scarface Deal Lethal Strikes Marines and sailors with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 maintain a busy workload week in and week out in Hangar 101 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.The squadron’s mission is to maintain each aircraft and complete assigned missions, as well as maintaining force...
11 April 2014 US Navy Logistics Ship Joins Search for MH370 INDIAN OCEAN - The 7th Fleet supply ship USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE 14) joined an international task force led by Australian Defence Force searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 off the Western Coast of Australia today.The U.S. 7th Fleet deployed Chavez in response to a formal Joint...