10 February 2017 U.S. Marines, Japanese Soldiers Put Rounds Down Range during Exercise Iron Fist 2017 CAMP PENDLETON, California -- U.S. Marine instructors with the 1st Marine Division Schools ‘Pre-Scout Sniper Course’ and soldiers with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force’s (JGSDF) Western Army Infantry Regiment conducted a known-distance, live-fire sniper range during exercise Iron Fist 2017,...
10 February 2017 USS Michael Murphy Arrives in Solomon Islands HONARIA, Solomon Islands - The guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) arrived in Honiara for a goodwill port visit, Feb. 10.Ship visits like this create opportunities for the United States and Pacific Island nations to strengthen security cooperation and ensure a safer and more...
10 February 2017 Vikings Conduct Live Ordnance Training at Cope North ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- U.S. Marines with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 225 participated in live-ordnance firing during exercise Cope North at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 9, 2017.Cope North is a multi-national, bilateral training event including the U.S. Navy,...
10 February 2017 Guam Submarine Conducts Ordnance Transfer SANTA RITA, Guam -- A Los Angeles-class attack submarine transferred retrievable exercise torpedoes (EXTORPs) to a submarine tender for the first time in more than four years at Naval Base Guam Feb. 10.USS Chicago (SSN 721) transferred two EXTORPs to the USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) during a three-hour...
09 February 2017 New Jersey Air National Guard Deployment Augments Osan Capabilities OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Airmen and aircraft assigned to the 119th Fighter Squadron from the New Jersey Air National Guard began a deployment here on Feb. 5.The guardsmen, who are deployed from the 177th Fighter Wing at Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, are filling a theater security...
09 February 2017 Cope North 2017 Set to Strengthen Multilateral Partnerships in the Pacific MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Approximately 130 Airmen and multiple F-16 Fighting Falcons departed Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 7 and 8, to participate in Exercise COPE NORTH 2017 (CN17).CN17 is a multilateral U.S. Pacific Air Forces-sponsored field training exercise, originating here in 1978, now...
09 February 2017 Cooperation Highlights Mattis’ Conversation With Indian Counterpart WASHINGTON -- In his first phone conversation with Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis committed to build upon the “tremendous progress in bilateral defense cooperation made in recent years,” Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said yesterday.In a statement...
09 February 2017 517th Movement Control Team Continues to Support Rotational Units BUSAN, South Korea -- Members of the 517th Movement Control Team, 25th Transportation Battalion, 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command supported port clearance operations for the Green Lake vessel at Pier 8, Busan, Feb. 3-8. They successfully demonstrated their capability of providing...
09 February 2017 Communication on the High Seas: Signal Supports to Army Watercraft FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii -- As the senior Army logistics headquarters for the Pacific, the 8th Theater Sustainment Command is charged with synchronizing logistics efforts throughout the world's largest theater of operations and leverages many unique capabilities, including a diverse fleet of Army...
09 February 2017 U.S. Pacific Command Partners with the Maldives National Defense Force to Provide Life-Saving Emergency Medical Training Colombo -- Medical personnel from the U.S. Pacific Command partnered with the Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) and Ministry of Health to provide emergency medical training in Addu Atoll, January 29 to February 2. The training increased the capacity of Maldivian first responders to save lives...