31 August 2016 Defense Information Systems Agency Joint Spectrum Center Airmen Connect with Multinational Partners during Exercise in Australia BRISBANE, Australia - 31 Aug 16 – Exercise Pacific Endeavor 2016 (PE16) is in full swing after it began Aug 22, and experts from the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) Joint Spectrum Center are collaborating with military communicators from 22 different nations in order to focus on...
31 August 2016 Pacific Partnership 2016 Departs Indonesia, Completing Final Mission Stop PADANG, Indonesia (NNS) -- Pacific Partnership 2016, embarked aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), departed its final mission stop, Padang, Indonesia, Aug. 30. Personnel completed two weeks of humanitarian assistance disaster response collaboration and training, medical and engineering subject...
31 August 2016 The Latest Stryker Vehicle is Built for Extremes COLD REGIONS TEST CENTER, Alaska -- When Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan were imperiled by the destructive power of improvised explosive devices, a variant of the armored Stryker combat vehicle sporting a specially-designed blast-diffusing hull saved countless lives. Particularly suited for...
31 August 2016 Mustang Medics Train with Republic of Korea Air Force Counterparts OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Medics from the 51st Medical Group trained on mass casualty procedures with their Republic of Korea air force counterparts during a medical exercise here Aug. 22, 2016.The two medical teams treated victims of a simulated bombing and bus accident, with special...
31 August 2016 Pacific Surface Action Group and Australia Participate In Exchange Program PHILIPPINE SEA (NNS) -- A member of the Royal Australian Navy deployed with the inaugural U.S. 3rd Fleet Pacific Surface Action Group is helping enhance bilateral relations and support interoperability between the U.S. and Australia through the Personnel Exchange Program (PEP). Lt. Cmdr. Aaron Scott...
31 August 2016 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-122 Gets Low during Southern Frontier ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE TINDAL, Australia -- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 executed low-altitude tactics training during the last week of Southern Frontier at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, Aug. 29, 2016.By integrating low-altitude tactics into the three week unit...
30 August 2016 USS Boxer Makes First Stop in U.S. During 2016 Deployment PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), with embarked units from Amphibious Squadron 1 and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Aug. 29 for their first port visit in the U.S. since leaving their San Diego homeport for a...
30 August 2016 Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Visits Kadena KADNEA AIR BASE, Japan -- Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke with members of Team Kadena about leadership, jobs and how they form integral parts of the military.“Thirty-four years the Army has kept me around, McDonalds...
30 August 2016 Senate Homeland Security, Governmental Affairs Committee Staff Tour Emory S. Land SANTA RITA, Guam (NNS) -- Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) toured spaces aboard submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) Aug. 29.The members are visiting facilities on the island of Guam to learn about missile defense, as well as the infrastructure...
30 August 2016 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-122 Gets Low during Southern Frontier ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE TINDAL, Australia -- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 executed low-altitude tactics training during the last week of Southern Frontier at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, Aug. 29 - Sept. 1, 2016.By integrating low-altitude tactics into the three...
30 August 2016 Ironhorse Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army Service Earn Honors at Selection Board CAMP RED CLOUD, South Korea -- Forcefully knocking on the door three times, Republic of Korea Army Cpl. Young Woong Won entered the large room Aug. 19 at Camp Red Cloud, South Korea, to face a table of five senior U.S. and ROK noncommissioned officers.Raising his right arm to give a crisp salute,...
30 August 2016 USS Harpers Ferry Arrives in Hawaii PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) moored at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Aug. 29. This is the first stop in the U.S. since Harpers Ferry departed its homeport of San Diego for a seven-month deployment Feb. 12. "Hawaii provides an opportunity for...
30 August 2016 Texas Gunfighters Join in Hawaii Air Nation Guard's Sentry Aloha JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Pilots, maintainers and various support personnel from the Texas Air National Guard’s 149th Fighter Wing traveled to Hawaii to participate in Sentry Aloha, Aug. 17-26, 2016. Sentry Aloha is a large-scale, combat exercise that employs several different...
30 August 2016 Acting Assistant Secretary Judith Garber Travels to Honolulu, Hawaii Washington, DC -- Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Judith Garber will travel to Honolulu, Hawaii, August 30 – September 3 to participate in the Pacific Island Conference of Leaders (PICL) and the International Union...
29 August 2016 USS Decatur, USS Spruance Conduct Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise with Japan PHILIPPINE SEA (NNS) -- Guided-missile destroyers USS Decatur (DDG 73) and USS Spruance (DDG 111) conducted bilateral training exercises in the Philippine Sea with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMDSF), Aug. 22-26. The Ship Anti-Submarine Warfare Readiness Effectiveness Measuring (SHAREM)...
29 August 2016 Exercise Kowari: U.S., Australia, China Set to Survive Inside the Outback NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia -- Thirty participants from three different countries must learn to work together to survive without any food, water or shelter in the Australian outback. The Australian Defence Force is hosting the third iteration of Exercise Kowari 2016, a trilateral survival training...
29 August 2016 Army Stands Ready to Defend Korea, U.S. Army Pacific Commander Says WASHINGTON -- In North Korea, Kim Jong-un bragged this month about launching a missile from a submarine. "That'll make 31 launches in four years," said Gen. Robert B. Brown, commander of U.S. Army Pacific Command, speaking at an Aug. 24 media roundtable. He said the former regime had nine launches...
29 August 2016 USS Coronado Departs Hawaii for Western Pacific Deployment PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Aug. 26 to continue its independent deployment to the Western Pacific.The ship's departure follows participation in exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016, in which the ship successfully...
29 August 2016 Alaska Army National Guard Supports Community with Multi-agency Exercise EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The 103rd Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team, composed of Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers and Alaska Air National Guard Airmen, hosted an exercise in Fairbanks, Alaska, Aug. 23 for different agencies in the area including Eielson Air Force Base and...
29 August 2016 USS Fort Worth Arrives Cebu CEBU, Philippines -- The littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) arrived in Cebu, the Philippines Aug. 28 for the ship’s second port call on their transit back to homeport in San Diego.While in Port at Cebu, sailors on board the USS Fort Worth will get the opportunity to enjoy a few days of rest...