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35th LRS Innovates the Cargo Deployment Function
March 20, 2020 — MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Airmen with the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron implemented a new laser profile system to save manpower and reduce time during the Cargo Deployment Function at Misawa... MORE

Army Grappling with COVID-19 Head-on, Says Army Secretary
March 19, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- More than 2,000 National Guardsmen are taking on COVID-19 as it continues to sweep the globe and safety measures ramp up, said the Army’s top official.To date, at least 49 service... MORE

Camp Zama Housing Inspectors Ensure Safe, Clean, Comfortable Homes
March 19, 2020 — SAGAMIHARA FAMILY HOUSING AREA, Japan -- As Mamiko Takishima conducts housing occupancy inspections for U.S. Army Garrison Japan, she methodically checks everything, right down to the little handle on... MORE

Air Force Fighter Pilot Joins Navy-Marine Corps Team
March 19, 2020 — PHILIPPINE SEA -- “When I get into the cockpit, it’s like the world shuts off around me and the only thing that matters is the mission,” said Air Force Capt. Melanie Ziebart, a pilot assigned to... MORE

Theodore Roosevelt, America strike groups conduct expeditionary strike force training
March 18, 2020 — SOUTH CHINA SEA - The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, America Expeditionary Strike Group and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted expeditionary strike force operations March... MORE

Misawa Airmen continue Agile Combat Employment training
March 18, 2020 — MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, “The only constant in life is change.” That’s true in how we learn, how we teach, and even how the military operates in the... MORE

Midnight Sun Guardian aerospace medicine Airman impacts the mission
March 18, 2020 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Impact. Defined as yielding an effect, having an impact is the singular goal Senior Airman Loida Torres Román had in mind when she joined the Alaska Air... MORE

Updated Training Track Guidance Issued
March 17, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- The Navy has issued amplifying guidance to the recently issued “stop movement” order that has frozen non-mission essential transfers and official travel until May 11.Additional guidance... MORE

Aerospace Ground Equipment: Starting from the Ground Up

Flight Provides Vital Support to Entire Continent
March 16, 2020 — YOKOTA AIR FORCE BASE, Japan -- One small unit has the extensive mission of providing support services over a 76.9 million square mile territory.As an active duty service member who has spent 17 years... MORE

USS America, Gabrielle Giffords, Integrate Operations
March 16, 2020 — SOUTH CHINA SEA -- Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), flagship of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7, conducted operations with littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), March... MORE

Navy Sets Coronavirus Transfer and Travel Rules: What You n=Need to Know
March 16, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- In the wake of the rapidly expanding world-wide coronavirus outbreak, the Navy has issued two administrative messages outlining new travel and transfer rules in effect until May 11.The... MORE

Navy Sets Coronavirus Transfer and Travel Rules: What You Need to Know

Alaska National Guard’s Exercise Arctic Eagle 2020 Wraps Up
March 13, 2020 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Exercise Arctic Eagle 2020, a two-week biennial exercise organized by the Alaska National Guard, came to an end Mar. 7. The exercise included about 1,250... MORE

Airman’s Innovative Idea Grants New Capability to Refueling Truck
March 13, 2020 — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- A R-11 Refueler 6,000-gallon tanker hose adapter, primarily developed from cannibalized parts, could potentially save the Air Force thousands of man-hours each year... MORE

Commander Task Force 72 Concludes Exercise with Royal Australian Navy
March 13, 2020 — AUSTRALIAN COAST -- Commander Task Force (CTF) 72 wrapped up its participation in the Australian navy’s Fleet Certification Period 2020 (FCP20), March 7.CTF-72 dispatched a P8-A Poseidon maritime... MORE

Sailors Contribute During Vietnam Port Call
March 13, 2020 — Vietnam -- Visiting Vietnam is something not many Sailors will experience in their Navy career. The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is only the second carrier to visit Vietnam in more... MORE

Relief and Appointment: 31st MEU Welcomes New Sgt. Maj. In wake of Cobra Gold Success
March 13, 2020 — LAEM CHABANG PORT, Kingdom of Thailand -- U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit welcomed Sergeant Major Douglas Gerhardt at a relief and appointment ceremony aboard... MORE

Sixth Annual Bersama Warrior Exercise Kicks Off in Malaysia
March 12, 2020 — KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The sixth annual Bersama Warrior exercise commenced here March 11, 2020, with an opening ceremony officiated by Malaysian Armed Forces Joint Force Headquarters Chief of Staff... MORE

Army Guardsman’s First Alaska Exercise brings Him to the Top of the World in Support of Arctic Eagle 2020
March 12, 2020 — JOINT BASE ELEMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Staring out the window of an Alaska Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter onto a endless sheet of ice, Staff Sgt. Jeremy Maddox finds himself in... MORE

Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group Completes Port Visit to Da Nang to Commemorate 25 Years of Diplomatic Relations
March 12, 2020 — DA NANG, Vietnam -- USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) successfully completed a scheduled five-day port visit to Da Nang, Vietnam on March 9. The visit, which commemorated 25... MORE

Alaska Guardsmen Gain Lethality with Arctic Survival, New M17 Pistol Training in the Arctic
March 12, 2020 — EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, based in Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson took part in arctic survival, helicopter-hoisting exercises,... MORE