08 February 2017 Sailors Keep Aircraft in Shipshape Condition ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- U.S. Navy sailors with Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 135 performed maintenance on E/A-18G Growlers at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to support exercise Cope North, which is scheduled for Feb. 8 – March 8, 2017.Cope North is a multi-national, bilateral training...
08 February 2017 F-35B Lightning II Conducts First Flight Operations around Okinawa MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BUTLER, Okinawa, Japan -- F-35B Lightning II aircraft belonging to Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing began conducting regularly scheduled training near Okinawa this week.The F-35B will operate on a transient basis out of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma and...
08 February 2017 Dyess B-1s Deploy to Andersen, Take over Continuous Bomber Presence Operations ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Several B-1B Lancers and Airmen with the 7th Bomb Wing from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, deployed to Andersen AFB, Feb. 6 in support of U.S. Pacific Command’s Continuous Bomber Presence mission.The 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Dyess AFB, Texas, is...
08 February 2017 USS McCampbell visits Otaru, Japan, on patrol OTARU, Japan -- The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) completed its port visit to Otaru, Japan, Feb. 7.During McCampbell’s time in port, the ship hosted tours for distinguished visitors and participated in sporting events with local residents...
08 February 2017 No Airman Left Behind: Pacific Thunder 17-1 Concludes Rescue Training OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Exercise Pacific Thunder 17-1 wrapped up after more than two weeks of intense combat search and rescue training across the ROK.Rescue teams comprised of aircraft and personnel from the 25th Fighter Squadron, the 33rd and 31st Rescue Squadrons, and the ROK air...
08 February 2017 SAIL Suicide Prevention Program Launches Navy-wide WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy's 21st Century Sailor Office announced Feb. 6 that the suicide prevention program Sailor Assistance and Intercept for Life (SAIL) is now available Navy-wide at all Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) locations.SAIL, which was launched as a pilot program last August in...
07 February 2017 Pacific Allies Gear Up for Multilateral Training in COPE NORTH 17 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The United States and two ally nations in the Indo-Asia Pacific region are scheduled to participate in exercise COPE NORTH 2017 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 15 through March 3, 2017.Exercise COPE NORTH is a long-standing exercise designed to...
07 February 2017 Bilateral Training Exercise, Iron Fist 2017 Opening Ceremony MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- “The purpose of the exercise is to enhance interoperability between U.S. and the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, as well as to build amphibious capabilities for the JGSDF,” said Col. Chandler Nelms, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit commanding...
07 February 2017 USS Wayne E. Meyer visits Guam during Strike Group Deployment APRA HARBOR, Guam -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) moored at Naval Base Guam for its first scheduled port visit of a Western Pacific deployment with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, Feb. 3.During this port visit, Wayne E. Meyer is expected to...
07 February 2017 Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5 Embarks for Spring Patrol WHITE BEACH NAVAL BASE , OKINAWA, Japan -- Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit have embarked onto the USS Green Bay (LPD 20) as part of their regularly-scheduled patrol of the Pacific region from White Beach, Okinawa, Japan Feb. 1, 2017...