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Any Clime, Any Place: Golf Company Marines with 2/3 Jump and Glide the Slopes for Northern Viper 2020
January 28, 2020 — HOKKAIDO, Japan -- U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, and Soldiers from 5th Brigade, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, train to traverse through rough and snowy... MORE

Want to vote? The Federal Voting Assistance Program can help
January 28, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- Voting season is fast approaching, and the Federal Voting Assistance Program is ready to help service members and families exercise the right to vote."The Federal Voting Assistance... MORE

Young Sailor Forges Path
January 28, 2020 — SOUTH CHINA SEA -- Aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8), Culinary Specialist Seaman Dustin Fontenot’s fingerprints are everywhere. Fontenot can be found in the... MORE

U.S. Navy’s Triton Unmanned Aircraft System Arrives in 7th Fleet
January 27, 2020 — PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The Navy’s first MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have arrived in Guam for their initial deployment in the Pacific theater.Unmanned Patrol Squadron (VUP) 19, the... MORE

CNO Meets with Chief of Royal New Zealand Navy, Advances Partnership
January 27, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday hosted Chief of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Rear Adm. David Proctor, at the Pentagon for a meeting, Jan. 23.The leaders discussed... MORE

US, Japan Launch Exercise Northern Viper
January 27, 2020 — HOKKAIDO, Japan -- Japan and U.S. armed forces will conduct training exercise Northern Viper at Hokudaien and Yausubetsu Training Areas in the Hokkaido Prefecture of Japan from Jan. 26 to Feb. 8,... MORE

Sensor Managers Lead the Way
January 27, 2020 — HONOLULU, Hawaii -- While there are many career paths in the United States Army that are often found in the spot light, there are also many career paths that remain in the shadows, but are of equal... MORE

Aggressors Say Goodbye Hawaii, Hello Guam
January 24, 2020 — EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The 18th Aggressor Squadron (AGRS) are leaving Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii after participating in Sentry Aloha 20-1 Jan. 8-22, 2020.Sentry Aloha is an... MORE

JBER Hosts Commander in Chief’s Installation Excellence Award Selection Board Visit
January 24, 2020 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), Alaska, hosted the 2020 Commander in Chief’s Installation Excellence Award (CINC IEA) selection board for a site... MORE

Camp Zama Service Members Commemorate MLK Day with 54-mile March
January 24, 2020 — CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- Soldiers and airmen here honored Martin Luther King Jr. by completing an overnight 54-mile march--the same distance of the protest march King led from Montgomery to Selma, Alabama,... MORE

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Mechanic Innovates Safety Solution
January 24, 2020 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The older deicing trucks at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, weren’t engineered with anchor points on top for mechanics to tether themselves with a... MORE

USS Emory S. Land makes First Visit to Kure, Japan
January 23, 2020 — KURE, Japan -- The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) arrived in Kure, Jan. 22, for a port visit.This is Land’s first visit to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Kure. The ship last... MORE

Osan Defenders Continue ‘Fight, Tonight’ Tradition
January 23, 2020 — OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- For eight days, life was a grueling blur for a special group of new students. Although these elite ‘scholars’ had triumphed many tests previously, they were put to... MORE

America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU Complete Carrier Qualifications
January 23, 2020 — 7th FLEET, Japan -- Aviators assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), completed carrier qualifications aboard amphibious assault ship... MORE

Commander Task Force-72 Participates in Sea Dragon Exercise
January 22, 2020 — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The U.S. Navy and its maritime partners kicked off operations for the multilateral exercise Sea Dragon 2020, Jan 20.Maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft (MPRA)... MORE

Pacific Reach 2019 | Brigade Inspection Tests Soldier, APS Watercraft Readiness
January 22, 2020 — U.S. Army Pacific -- The Pacific Reach 2019 (PR-19) Brigade Inspection Reconnaissance Exercise Program (BIREP) in support of Army Prepositioned Stock 4 (APS-4) provided an excellent training event... MORE

Coast Guard Medevacs Cruise Ship Mariner from Kiribati to Hawaii
January 22, 2020 — HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard successfully medevaced a 46-year-old mariner from Christmas Island to Hawaii, Saturday.An Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew transported the crew... MORE

Coast Guard, Navy Medevac Passenger from Cruise Ship Off Hawaii

U.S. Ambassador Kim Announces Php 5.1 Million in Relief Assistance for Communities Affected by Taal Volcano
January 22, 2020 — NASUGBU, BATNGA, Philippines -- During a visit to a school serving as an evacuation center in Nasugbu, Batangas on January 22, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Y. Kim announced the provision of... MORE

U.S. Marines, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force begin Exercise Forest Light Western Army
January 21, 2020 — KUMAMOTO, KUMAMOTO, Japan -- More than 145 Okinawa-based U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit will join around 500 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members, for bilateral... MORE

Navy Names Future Aircraft Carrier Doris Miller during MLK, Jr. Day Ceremony
January 21, 2020 — WASHINGTON - Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly named a future aircraft carrier USS Doris Miller (CVN 81) during a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ceremony honoring African Americans of the... MORE