31 October 2019 The USS Olympia transits the Puget Sound to begin the inactivation and decommissioning process The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717) transitsthe Puget Sound, arriving in Bremerton, Washington, and is scheduled tobegin the inactivation and decommissioning process at Puget Sound NavalShipyard...
31 October 2019 U.S. Airmen, family members conduct a memorial ruck march at Kadena Air Base, Japan U.S. Airmen and family members with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron andthe 31st Rescue Squadron conduct a memorial ruck march at Kadena Air Base,Japan...
31 October 2019 U.S., Royal Brunei Navy ships transit in formation during CARAT Brunei The Royal Brunei Navy offshore patrol vessel KDB Darulaman (DMN 8), inshorepatrol vessel KDB Syafaat (SYA 19) and Spearhead-class expeditionary fasttransport USNS Millinocket (T-EPF 3), transit in formation for a visit boardsearch and seizure (VBSS) exercise in support of Cooperation AfloatReadiness...
30 October 2019 USS Boxer and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Arrive in Guam SANTA RITA, Guam -- USS Boxer (LHD 4) and the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived at Naval Base Guam for a port visit, Oct. 30.“Our visit is a chance for our Sailors and Marines to enjoy the beauty, activities and history that Guam has to offer” said Capt. Dale Heinken, commanding...
30 October 2019 Navy Underwater Construction Team Widens Channel in Micronesia SAPWAUHFIK, Federated States of Micronesia - Sailors from Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2 significantly reduced the size of an underwater obstruction in Sapwauhfik Atoll, Oct. 11-29, widening a channel that serves as an important cargo and passenger transfer point for the Federated States of...
30 October 2019 A Life of Service YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A new leash hangs by the door ready to go on long walks, toys spread out across the home left exactly where they were last played with, a Tempur-Pedic memory foam bed in the corner to nap in when the eyes get heavy, and a family to provide a life’s worth of love. This isn’t...
30 October 2019 Naha Port Undergoes First Dredging in 30 Years NAHA, Okinawa, Japan -- Naha Military Port here is currently undergoing its first dredging operation since 1989.Home to the 835th Transportation Battalion, one of 599th Transportation Brigade's three forward battalions in the Pacific, and Military Sealift Command Okinawa, this major hub in shipping...
30 October 2019 Angels in the Arctic: Alaska Air National Guardsmen Rescue Bear-mauling Victim JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Blood buys time and spans the vast distances of the Alaska landscape when someone is critically injured in the remote wilderness.The moment a hunter was mauled by a grizzly bear shortly after midnight June 10 near Galena, there already wasn’t much sand left...
29 October 2019 Coast Guard Cutter Stratton Conducts Fisheries Patrol en route Guam from Philippines APRA HARBOR, Guam — On the heels of their operations combatting United Nations sanctions violations in support of the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) arrived in Guam, Monday, furthering the United States’ commitment to regional security and...
29 October 2019 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Rapid Deployment Exercise MCAS FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan -- 1st Marine Aircraft Wing rapidly deployed more than 25 aircraft to austere, expeditionary locations and then returned those aircraft and forces to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from October 24 to 25, 2019.Rapid deployment exercises like this are essential to...