17 July 2018 HSC-25 Rescues Commercial Mariner Off Guam ANDERSEN AIR BASE, Guam -- Sailors assigned to the Guam-based "Island Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 rescued a commercial mariner with a medical emergency aboard a cargo ship approximately 120 miles West of Guam Sunday.U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam notified HSC-25 at 12:35 p.m...
17 July 2018 35th Fighter Wing Guidon Passed to New Commander MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 35th Fighter Wing guidon was placed into new hands during a change of command ceremony here, July 16.During the ceremony, Col. R. Scott Jobe, the former 35th FW commander, relinquished command to the fighter wing’s 66th commander, Col. Kristopher W. Struve.The event was...
16 July 2018 Japan Air Self-Defense Force Surgeon General Visits PACAF JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Air Force Col. (Dr.) Lee Harvis, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) command surgeon, and Koku Jieitai, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Maj. Gen. Shinya Bekku, Koku Jieitai surgeon general, met at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, for their first...
16 July 2018 USS Chief Pulls into Hakodate HAKODATE, Japan -– USS Chief (MCM 14) pulled into Hakodate, Japan, July 14, for a goodwill port visit and training.Chief, an Avenger-class mine countermeasure ship, is crewed by roughly 90 Sailors. Port visits like this onegives the Sailors aboard an opportunity to interact with the people of...
16 July 2018 Yokota Hosts Military Personnel Exchange Program Conference YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Yokota Air Base, Japan, hosted the Military Personnel Exchange Program (MPEP) Strategic Engagement forum for the first time in their more than 45 year history, on July 11-12.The MPEP offers active duty personnel the chance to become part of the International Affairs team;...
16 July 2018 Bleeding Blue: Misawa Maintenance Officer's Dreams Comes True MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Her parents gave her a set of model military airplanes when she was younger and she had a grandpa, uncles and cousins in the service. As a little girl, she always knew she wanted to be in the military.As she prepared to go to Misawa Air Base as a then-2nd Lieutenant,...
13 July 2018 RIMPAC Units Participate in Sinking Exercise Live fire from aircraft, a submarine, and land assets participating in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise sank the decommissioned ex-USS Racine (LST-1191) July 12 in waters 15,000 feet deep 55 nautical miles north of Kauai, Hawaii. Units from Australia, Japan, and the U.S. participated in the...
13 July 2018 RIMPAC Disaster Relief Drill Trains and Certifies Military, Civilian Organizations PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Military and civilian personnel responded to a simulated earthquake and tsunami scenario July 12-13 as part of a task force that included non-governmental organizations, and the State of Hawaii during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise at Joint Base Pearl...
13 July 2018 Deploying Group System Integration Testing Embarks Ronald Reagan Strike Group Units PHILIPPINE SEA -- More than 35 members of the Naval Information Forces Deploying Group System Integration Testing (DGSIT) team embarks aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and additional units of the Ronald Reagan Strike Group July 5-13.DGSIT is a fleet-directed program to test interoperability of all...
13 July 2018 US-Mongolia Air Forces Agree to Airman-to-Airman Talks JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Heidi Grant, Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, met with Mongolian officials over a three-day visit to Ulaanbataar and Nalaikh Air Bases, Mongolia, at the invitation of the Mongolian Air Chief May 17-19, 2018.Discussions held...