10 May 2016 USNS Mercy Set to Depart for Pacific Partnership SAN DIEGO - The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and embarked "Blackjacks" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 are scheduled to depart May 11 for a four-and-a-half-month deployment in support of the Navy's Pacific Partnership 2016. The eleventh iteration of the U.S. Pacific Fleet's annual...
09 May 2016 Camp Fuji Hosts 2016 Fuji Friendship Festival Thousands of Japanese residents strolled through the gate of Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, despite the fog clouds sweeping through the installation, for its annual Friendship Festival May 7. The Fuji Friendship Festival is the largest of many community relations events for CATC Fuji...
28 December 2015 Marines Stationed throughout Japan Participate in Marksmanship Match CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan -- Marines stationed throughout Japan participated in the Far East Division Marksmanship Match Dec. 7 through Dec. 18 aboard Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The purpose of the competition is to enhance marksmanship skills and combat readiness by using incentives such as...
28 December 2015 Emory S. Land to be Stationed in Guam PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy announced Dec. 23 that submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) will shift its homeport from Diego Garcia to Naval Base Guam. Emory S. Land will join USS Frank Cable (AS 40) in Guam to support four fast-attack submarines stationed there in addition to...
23 December 2015 Alaskan Soldier is a Face of the Guard in His Small Rural Community JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON - More than 400 miles west of Anchorage lies Bethel, Alaska’s largest western community. Although only accessible by air and water, approximately six thousand residents call this city home. This includes the Alaska Army National Guard’s full-time Bethel armory supply...
23 December 2015 Distribution Management Office Keeps the Corps Moving OKINAWA, Japan - Transportation of military personnel and gear to mission critical locations is crucial to maintaining Marine Corps Installations Pacific and III Marine Expeditionary Force role as the tip of the spear in the Marine Corps’ mission in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.In order for the...
23 December 2015 Oklahoma National Guard Practices Bomb Builds with 18th Munitions Storage KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Thousands of miles away from friends, family and home, Air National Guardsmen from the 138th Fighter Wing practice building live bombs in the munitions storage area of Kadena Air Base."We're here to build bombs as part of a Theater Security Package on Kadena Air Base," said...
11 December 2015 Yama Sakura 69 Enhances Relationship Between US and Japan CAMP Itami, Japan -- United States Forces led by I Corps, joined together with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Middle Army during Yama Sakura 69 to train the bilateral ability to defend Japan.The two nations came together for the 34th iteration of the exercise at Camp Itami, Japan, the fourth...
11 December 2015 Assistant Secretary Russel Travel to Thailand, Laos and Japan Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel will travel to Bangkok, Vientiane and Tokyo December 13 – 21.In Bangkok, Assistant Secretary Russel will lead the U.S. delegation to the 5th US-Thai Strategic Dialogue on December 16, in addition to viewing an Ambassador’s...
10 December 2015 U.S. Ambassador to Japan Tours Operations at Yama Sakura 69 CAMP ITAMI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy visited U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Force service members at Camp Itami, Japan, Dec. 9, 2015.Kennedy toured the base as operations were underway for Yama Sakura 69, the annual bilateral command post exercise between the U.S. and Japan...