30 June 2016 Annual Bilateral Exercise, Hanuman Guardian under Way in Thailand FORT ADISORN, Thailand - Soldiers from the Lancer Brigade, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and the Royal Thai Army Cavalry Center stand together in ceremony, here, June 27, for the opening of the fifth annual bilateral exercise, Hanuman Guardian.Hanuman Guardian 2016...
30 June 2016 Arizona Guard Helps Alaska Guard Sustain the Force FORT GREELY, Alaska -- A mobile maintenance small-arms repair team from the Arizona Army National Guard completed a weapons and night vision goggles inspection mission at Fort Greely, Alaska, for the Alaska National Guard's 49th Missile Defense Battalion June 22-25, to assist the Alaska Guard and...
30 June 2016 Task Force Koa Moana to Start Training Exercise in Fiji and Tonga Approximately 200 Marines, Sailors and Coast Guardsmen from I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF), U.S. Navy 7th Fleet, and U.S. Coast Guard's 14th District enforcement staff and Maritime Safety and Security Team, Honolulu personnel will participate in...
30 June 2016 Airmen, Soldiers Tackle Joint Jungle Training ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Veiled in darkness, two MH-60 Seahawks cut through the humid night air heading toward a landing zone in an abandoned military building complex.Inside each helicopter, Airmen and Soldiers take deep final breaths attempting to calm their nerves. A crew chief turns his...
30 June 2016 25th Aircraft Maintenance Unit from Osan Air Base Airmen keep Thunderbolts Flying OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Airmen often list off a variety of reasons for joining their specific career field, such as “I like to work on computers,” or “I like to get my hands dirty.” Childhood admiration might have played the biggest role for Senior Airman Jarred Sozzi, 25th Aircraft...
29 June 2016 Marine Rotational Force - DarwinMarines and Sailors Set Sail on HMAS Adelaide TASMAN SEA – U.S. Marines and sailors from Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, embarked on the Royal Australian Navy’s Amphibious Assault Ship, Landing Helicopter Dock, HMAS Adelaide (LHD 01), at Port of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on June 16, 2016...
28 June 2016 Trilateral Pacific Dragon Ballistic Missile Defense Exercise Concludes KAUAI, Hawaii - Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet is wrapping up the third biennial exercise Pacific Dragon from June 20-28 off the coast of the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) in Kauai, Hawaii.Pacific Dragon is a trilateral ballistic missile defense (BMD) tracking event between the U.S. Navy, Japan...
28 June 2016 Japanese, Arctic Paratroopers Share Diverse Spectrum of Airborne Skills during Artic Aurora Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska - U.S. Army and Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force paratroopers executed numerous training events here May 31 to June 15 in a display of Arctic readiness and Pacific partnership during Exercise Artic Aurora 2016."The Arctic Aurora Exercise has been a...
28 June 2016 Quality Assurance Strengthens Foreign Military Efforts REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- When an international customer purchases something from the U.S. government, quality assurance plays an important role in ensuring the equipment or service provided meets the same standards required for the American Warfighter.The Aviation and Missile Research, Development...
28 June 2016 Okinawa Residents, Status of Forces Agreement Members Gather for Okinawa Memorial Day Services NAHA, OKINAWA, OKINAWA, JAPAN -- Footsteps pattered over hot walkways as figures dressed in black made their way to a shady alcove, lined by stone walls engraved with hundreds of thousands of names. The names are those whose lives were lost in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.Okinawa residents and...