Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein speaks with senior leaders at his reception to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Aug. 13, 2019. Over the course of his visit, Goldfein met with several Sky Warrior team members, during his first visit to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, from Aug. 13-14. This was Goldfein’s first stop as he visits various units in the Indo-Pacific.

Members of the USS Arizona (BB 39) dance band pause for a photo at Pearl Harbor's Bloch Arena during the Battle of Music semifinal on Nov. 22, 1941. Member of the band include, from left, Musician 2nd Class Curtis Haas, Musician 2nd Class Gerald Cox, Musician 2nd Class Ernest Whitson Jr., Musician 2nd Class Frank Floege, Musician 2nd Class Clyde Williams, Musician 2nd Class Bernard Hughes, Musician 2nd Class Alexander Nadel, Musician 2nd Class Charles White, Musician 2nd Class Robert Shaw, Musician 2nd Class Harry Chermucha, Musician 2nd Class William Moorhouse, Musician 2nd Class Emmett Lynch, Musician 2nd Class Wayne Bandy, Musician 2nd Class Jack Scruggs, Musician 2nd Class James Sanderson, and Musician 1st Class Frederick Kinney.

Reserve Sailors assigned to Navy Expeditionary Forces Command Pacific (NEFCPAC), adjust the legs of a tent in preparation for integrated training during an integrated training evolution. Active duty and reserve components assigned to NEFCPAC, work together to execute operational command and control of assigned and attached Navy Expeditionary Combat Forces in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations and serve as the core Navy battle staff for crisis response and major combat operations.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, drive a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System onto a U.S. Navy landing craft, utility assigned to San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) as part of a simulated amphibious raid, at Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 14, 2019. This simulated amphibious raid marks the first time that HIMARS have been inserted by landing craft, utility, demonstrating the Marine Air-Ground Task Force’s ability to conduct combined-arms maneuver from amphibious shipping.

U.S. and Philippine divers installed 30 jackstone-type artificial habitat reefs near Barangay Hukay, Calatagan, Batangas on August 15, 2019.

Kahu Kordell Kekoa, a local pastor, placed rainwater on the hands of Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, and his wife, Sharene during a 75th anniversary ceremony in the Courtyard of Heroes at Headquarters PACAF, Aug. 2, 2019. The Far East Air Forces was activated on Aug. 3, 1944 at Brisbane, Australia, under the command of Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney. Over the next 18 months, FEAF moved from Brisbane to New Guinea, the Philippines and then to Japan. The FEAF moved from Fuchu Air station, Japan, to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, on July 1, 1957, and was redesignated Pacific Air Forces.

The Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) sails alongside the Indonesian Bakamla (coast guard) vessel KN Tan Jung Datu in the Singapore Strait, Aug. 11, 2019. The Stratton’s crew is participating in various professional exchanges with various Indo-Pacific nations alongside the U.S. Navy.

An Air Force civilian Airman assigned to the 773d Logistics Readiness Squadron moves equipment of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, while preparing vehicles and equipment for transportation operations on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2019, as part of a joint readiness exercise. This exercise allows the Army, Air Force and Navy to move material and personnel using ground, sea and air methods of transportation.

An Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew fly over the Indonesian fishing vessel KM Aleluya north of Palau, Aug. 14, 2019. The crew of the KM Aleluya was adrift for ten days without electricity, food, and water before making contact and being rescued.

Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Pearl Harbor stages U.S. Army equipment onboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam.

The Royal Malaysian Navy band performs for the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) as it pulls into Lumut Naval Base near USS Montgomery (LCS 8) for a scheduled port visit as part of Maritime Training Activity (MTA) Malaysia 2019. MTA Malaysia 2019 is a continuation of 25 years of U.S. Navy and Royal Malaysian Navy serving to enhance mutual capabilities in ensuring maritime peace and stability.

Vice Adm. Dato’ Aris Adi Tan Bin Abdullah, commander of Royal Malaysian Navy Western Fleet Navy speaks during the Maritime Training Activity (MTA) Malaysia 2019 opening ceremony at Lumut Naval Base, officially commencing the exercise. MTA Malaysia 2019 is a continuation of 25 years of maritime engagements between the U.S. Navy and Royal Malaysian Navy serving to enhance mutual capabilities in ensuring maritime security and stability.

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, jump out of a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25, during a Cast and Recovery portion of the Naval Helicopter Rope Suspension Technique (HRST) course. EODMU-5 is assigned to Commander, Navy Expeditionary Forces Pacific, the primary expeditionary task force responsible for the planning and execution of coastal riverine operations, explosive ordnance disposal, diving engineering and construction, and underwater construction in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.

Soldiers from the 71st Chemical Company (Front), part of the 8th Theater Sustainment Command, provide a demonstration of war-fighting capabilities as part of U.S. Army Pacific's 2019 Protection Symposium, Aug 5-8. The event brought more than 280 leaders from across the Indo-Pacific to discuss protection related topics and best practices across the Indo-Pacific.

The command from USCGC Walnut (WLB 205), and the Charge d’Affairs Tony Greubel of U.S. Embassy Samoa spent time with peers on HMNZS Otago (P148) discussing mission, challenges and comparing shipboard life in the region while off Samoa Aug. 4, 2019. The U.S. and its allies are trusted partners in the Pacific working with Pacific Island Forum nations to help them ensure their resource security and maritime sovereignty.

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment pose for a group photo with Indonesian Marines during the Korps Marinir (KORMAR) Platoon Exchange 2019 program in Surabaya, Indonesia, August 9, 2019. The KORMAR platoon exchange program between Indonesia and the U.S. involves each country sending a platoon of Marines to live and train together at the other's military base. This program enhances the capability of both services and displays their continued commitment to share information and increase the ability to respond to crisis together.

An SA-8 Surface-to-Air missile system sits in the Yukon Training Area near Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska Aug. 7, 2019. The training areas near the base are outfitted with various weapons systems designed to replicate threats for aircraft participating in RED FLAG-Alaska exercises.

Students at Melekeok Elementary School dance with Musician 3rd Class Jared Goodrum, a native of Albuquerque, N.M., during a concert by the U.S. 7th Fleet Far East Edition Brass Band during Civic Action Team (CAT) week. CAT Palau provides community construction support to the host nation, assists and trains apprentices with general engineering skills, facilitates a medical outreach program and coordinates community relationship programs. CAT Palau is an integral part of the U.S. mission to assist and support the development of the Republic of Palau through agreements made in the Compact of Free Association between the two nations. 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the CAT mission in Palau.

190809-N-SH284-0046 PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (Aug. 9, 2019) A Sailor salutes as the national ensign is unfurled over the remains of two brothers, Seaman 2nd Class Calvin H. Palmer and Seaman 2nd Class Wilfred D. Palmer, during a repatriation ceremony at Sunset Lane Cemetery. The Palmer brothers perished when their battleship, USS Oklahoma (BB 37), was attacked by Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Their remains went unidentified until they were exhumed for analysis from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2015. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Vaughan Dill/Released)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, and Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, prepare to fire an M777 Howitzer during the Artillery Relocation Training Program in Ojojihara, Japan, July 30, 2019. ARTP is an exercise in Japan that provides artillery Marines an opportunity to train and enhance their capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christine Phelps)