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Soldiers Celebrate the Army Reserve's 111th Birthday in American Samoa
April 25, 2019 — PAGO PAGO, American Samoa -- Soldiers from American Samoa know a thing or two about pride, and on the U.S. Army Reserve's 111th birthday, that pride was on full display during a cake cutting ceremony... MORE

Pacific Partnership 2019 Mission Begins in Timor-Leste
April 25, 2019 — DILI, Timor-Leste -- Senior mission leadership, host nation and partner nation personnel attended the opening ceremony of the third Pacific Partnership mission stop in Dili, April 23.“Pacific... MORE

U.S. Army Pacific G-8 Hosts Annual Synch
April 24, 2019 — SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii --The annual U.S. Army Pacific G-8 Synchronization was held, April 15-16, at the Nehelani Conference Center on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. The theme for this year's synch... MORE

Ambassador Fitzpatrick Remarks at the Opening Ceremony of ASEAN Regional Forum Workshop on Preventive Diplomacy
April 24, 2019 — DILI, Timor-Leste -- My respects to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation H.E. Dionisio Babo Soares, former President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate... MORE

Rounds, Rations, and Wrenches; Behind the Scenes with S-4 Logistics
April 24, 2019 — CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN -- Rounds, rations and wrenches. Marines see this trio quite often. They’re given a meal ready to eat, issued rounds and their Humvees are sent out daily, but how did all... MORE

Ambassador Kathleen Fitzpatrick Remarks at the Opening Ceremony of Pacific Partnership 2019
April 24, 2019 — TIMOR LESTE - My respects to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation H.E. Dionisio Babo Soares, Minister of Defense and Acting Minister of the Interior H.E. Filomeno da Paixão de Jesus,... MORE

Camp Zama Auto Skills Center Offers Tools, Expertise and Classes
April 24, 2019 — CAMP ZAMA, Japan (April 24, 2019) -- Michael Deeter's most recent automotive project at the Camp Zama Auto Skills Center involved taking the engine off his 2015 Nissan GTR so he could work on the... MORE

Exercise Palau Closing Ceremony Displays Strong Resolve in Continued Indo-Pacific Partnership
April 23, 2019 — KOROR, Palau -- Exercise Palau was conducted April 14 - 19, and consisted of U.S. Army security cooperation engagements mostly conducted in the state of Gnaremlengui, and medical health engagements... MORE

Pacific Partnership Students Become Instructors during HADR Course

Airmen Sharpen Capabilities through Dispersal Exercise
April 23, 2019 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Pacific Air Forces Airmen and aircraft from across the command joined together at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 22, 2019 to participate in a dispersal... MORE

Osan Eengineers, 554th Red Horse Squadron Team Up for Training
April 23, 2019 — OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The 51st Civil Engineer Squadron successfully ccomplished rapid airfield damage repair (RADR) training with assistance from the 554th Red Horse Squadron assigned to... MORE

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion-3 Completes Indo-Pacific Deployment, Relieved by NMCB-4
April 23, 2019 — PORT HUENEME, Calif. -- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 transferred authority of all Indo-Pacific Region Naval Construction Force (NCF) missions to NMCB-4 during a Relief in... MORE

USNS Fall River Arrives in Dili for Pacific Partnership
April 22, 2019 — DILI, Timor-Leste -- USNS Fall River (T-EPF 4), a Military Sealift Command expeditionary fast transport ship, arrived in Dili as part of Pacific Partnership 2019, April 22.This will be the seventh... MORE

U.S. Marines Arrive in Darwin for Annual Rotation
April 22, 2019 — DARWIN, NT, Australia -- U.S. Marines have begun arriving in Darwin, Australia for the eighth iteration of the Marine Rotational Force (MRF) – Darwin initiative. The majority of Marines are scheduled... MORE

PACAF Explosive Ordnance Disposal Tech to Compete for Top Air Force Level Award
April 22, 2019 — KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Tech. Sgt. Bryan Woiewucki, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight NCO in-charge of training, begins his morning the same way as many Airmen: P.T.,... MORE

7th Fleet Flagship USS Blue Ridge Arrives in Hong Kong
April 22, 2019 — HONG KONG -- 7th Fleet Flagship, USS Blue Ridge arrived in Hong Kong April 20 for its first visit to the port in more than three years.The crew will have opportunities to experience Hong Kong through... MORE

Australian Defence Force Academy Visits Kadana, Learns about the Battle of Okinawa
April 22, 2019 — KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Fifteen members from the Australian Defence Force Academy recently spent time here learning about the 18th Wing’s capabilities and visiting historical sites.The cadets and... MORE

735th Air Mobility Squadron Maintainers Open the Gates to the Indo-Pacific
April 22, 2019 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- They don’t have aircraft of their own, but the Airmen of the 735th Air Mobility Squadron play a key role in mission accomplishment for Air Mobility Command in... MORE

Preble Completes Cooperative Deployment with HMAS Melbourne
April 19, 2019 — PHILIPPINE SEA – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88), completed a cooperative deployment with the Royal Australian Navy Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate HMAS... MORE

Konetzni Hall: COMSUBRON 15 Dedicates Building to Historic Submariner
April 19, 2019 — Piti, Guam (April 19, 2019) – Commander, Submarine Squadron Fifteen formally dedicated Konetzni Hall during a ceremony April 19, in Piti, Guam.The building, named after Vice Adm. (ret.) Albert... MORE

Retired Vice Adm. Albert Konetzni speaks about the lessons he's learned from his former colleagues as Pacific Fleet Force submarine commander during the Konetzni Hall building dedication ceremony held at Commander, Submarine Squadron 15 headquarters building. As the Pacific Fleet Force submarine commander, Konetzni spearheaded the squadron's reactivation in 2002, forward-deploying three Los Angeles-class fast attacksubmarines out of Guam.

HSC-25 provides medical care for mariner at sea following explosion
April 19, 2019 — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (April 19, 2018) – The Guam-based “Island Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 responded to a mariner in distress aboard M/V APL Saipan on April 17.U.S... MORE