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U.S. Navy, JMSDF Strengthen Alliance through Bilateral Advanced Warfighting Training
February 28, 2020 — YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Units and personnel from the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) will kick off a bilateral advanced warfighting training (BAWT) exercise Feb. 29.BAWT is a... MORE

Civil Support Team Conducts Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Training with Agencies
February 28, 2020 — FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- Members of the Alaska National Guard's 103rd Civil Support Team participated in a joint training exercise alongside local, state, and federal partners Feb. 24-25 as part of Arctic... MORE

31st MEU Debuts Lifesaving Expeditionary Blood Bank while Embarked Aboard America Expeditionary Strike Group, Cobra Gold 20
February 28, 2020 — HAT YAO BEACH, Kingdom of Thailand -- The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit commits to improving lifesaving combat medicine through its Expeditionary Blood Bank, or EBB, the first employed on a MEU. The... MORE

Indiana's 19th CERFP Unit Trains in Alaska for Arctic Eagle 2020
February 28, 2020 — ALASKA - The Indiana National Guard's 19th CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package practiced search-and-extraction measures in Alaska as part of Arctic Eagle 2020, which brought together Guard units... MORE

Aerospace Ground Equipment: Starting from the Ground Up
February 28, 2020 — MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Part of the 35th Fighter Wing mission is to project combat air power, and for the aerospace ground equipment (AGE) flight, the mission starts on the ground with a motto... MORE

Cobra Gold 20: Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response Exercise Underway
February 27, 2020 — PHITSANULOK PROVINCE, Kingdom of Thailand -- The third annual Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Tabletop Exercise (TTX), as part of the 39th annual Thai, U.S. co-sponsored Cobra Gold... MORE

U.S. and Philippine Special Forces Train to Counter Insurgency
February 27, 2020 — MANILIA, Philippines -- U.S. and Philippine service members conducted joint/combined exchange training (JCET) in Palawan from January to February to develop counterterrorism tactics and skills. U.S... MORE

Renaissance Guardsman: Aircrew Flight Equipment Keeps C-17 Aircrew Safe
February 27, 2020 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Joseph Rotar helps pilots see in the dark, he is the admiral of a fleet comprising dozens of life rafts, and the work he... MORE

Cobra Gold 20: Royal Thai, US Strengthen Partnership through Humanitarian Civic Action
February 27, 2020 — PHITSANULOK, Kingdom of Thailand -- Engineers with the Royal Thai and U.S. Armed Forces, along with service members from several other nations, continued construction on multipurpose facilities for... MORE

Travel Advisory for Mongolia
February 27, 2020 — The U.S. Department of State has elevated their travel advisory to level three (reconsider travel). The current CDC travel advisory level is one (practice usual precautions).This force protection... MORE

World's Longest-running Military Exercise Commences in Thailand
February 26, 2020 — PHITSANULOK, Thailand -- Standing under the Thailand sun, 450 servicemen and women, from seven countries, stood strong and still in formation as dignitaries from the U.S. and Thailand officially... MORE

Dyess Airmen Commemorate Retaking of Corregidor Island
February 26, 2020 — DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- U.S. service members from the 317th Airlift Wing from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment from Vicenza, Italy, commemorated... MORE

Australians Lead Multinational Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Exercise for First Time during Cope North
February 26, 2020 — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- A peaceful white-sand paradise is flipped upside down when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake ravages the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), causing devastating... MORE

Australians Lead Multinational HADR Exercise for First Time during Cope North

REDHORSE/Explosive Ordnance Disposal Breaking It Down So We Can Build It Back Up
February 26, 2020 — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam --“Practice makes perfect.” It’s the term that was used by many of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Airmen when describing their Rapid Airfield Damage Repair, or... MORE

REDHORSE/EOD Breaking It Down So We Can Build It Back Up

Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade Embarks for the First Time with America ESG, 31st MEU
February 26, 2020 — PHILIPPINE SEA -- The embarked forces conducted boat raid scenarios over a few weeks’ time to improve tactics and techniques between Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and the... MORE

Cobra Gold 20: Opening Ceremony
February 25, 2020 — PHITSANULOK PROVINCE, Kingdom of Thailand -- Royal Thai Gen. Pornpipat Benyasri, Royal Thai Armed Forces defence forces chief, Michael Heath, U.S. Embassy in Thailand chargé d’affaires, and Maj. Gen... MORE

USS Texas Returns Home from Deployment
February 25, 2020 — PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Texas (SSN 775) returned home to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Feb. 24.During their seven-month deployment, Texas completed a... MORE

Coast Guard Interdicts Illegal Foreign Fishers in Pacific, Turns Cases Over to NOAA OLE
February 25, 2020 — HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard interdicted several foreign fishing vessels fishing inside the US exclusive economic zone (EEZ) on two separate occasions incidents in the first two months of... MORE

Rise of the Machines
February 25, 2020 — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Near dawn, it hovers 500 feet in the air. Its low hum is inaudible to those on the ground beneath it. Silently it watches, waiting for the tropical sun to rise above... MORE

Hanuman Guardian 20 Commences with Opening Ceremony
February 24, 2020 — KORAT, Thailand -- Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Inf. Division, and their counterparts from the 23rd Inf. Reg., 4th Bat., Royal Thai Army, officially started Exercise... MORE