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Esper Discusses Importance of Indo-Pacific Strategy

Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), carry a Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC) during a squad competition after a small-boat exercise at Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, July 7, 2020. The competition tested the Marinesâ€™ ability to maneuver CRRCâ€™s without an engine, demonstrate safe capsize procedures, and low carry a CRRC over a beach. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corpsâ€™ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Camp Zama Soldier Takes pride in Job as Army Mechanic

Sgt. Kalil Knight, a wheeled vehicle mechanic assigned to the 35th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, works on a Humvee May 20 at the Transportation Motor Pool on Camp Zama, Japan.

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Misawa, Kadena Airmen further Agile Combat Employment Capabilities with FARP Training

U.S. Airmen from the 18th Logistic Readiness Squadron and 1st Special Operations Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, refuel an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a forward area refueling point training at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 25, 2020. When a fighter squadron has FARP support, options are vastly increased, as any accessible airfield or island can be used to replenish fighters and send them back to the fight.

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Motor-T-Vating | 3rd TSB Marine awarded with Marine Corps Motor Transport Mechanic NCO of the Year award

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group offload tactical vehicles on Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan, June 25, 2020. Marines with CLR-3 participate in a command post exercise that enhances the Marines’ ship-to-shore movement capabilities.

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Female Soldiers, JGSDF Members on Camp Zama Share Experiences as Women in Workforce

Staff Sgt. Jenny Cuevas, left, assigned to the 88th Military Police Detachment on Camp Zama, Japan, talks with other participants during an inaugural exchange program June 24 inside the JGSDF building on Camp Zama. The group met for an inaugural exchange program to discuss their experiences as women in their respective workforces. The bilateral discussion, the first of its kind on the installation, covered topics such as career development, child care, and balancing work and home life.

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Exercise Gryphon Jet

U.S. Special Operations Forces member repels onto the deck of a ship from a U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey assigned to the 21st Special Operations Squadron during Exercise Gryphon Jet at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 15, 2020. Gryphon Jet is an integrated training exercise focused on improving interoperability throughout the special operations community.

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Yokota Air Traffic Control: Controlling Traffic in the Sky

The sun rises over the Air Traffic Control Tower at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 12, 2020. Air traffic controllers with the 374th Operations Support Squadron report for duty before an airfield opening. Responsible for managing the flow of aircraft through all aspects of their flight, ATC specialists ensure the safety and efficiency of air traffic on the ground and in the air.

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Misawa Airmen Enhance ACE Capabilities, Learn New Skills and Repair Runway

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Neallani Ramez, 35th Medical Operations Squadron allergy and immunization clinic NCO in charge, operates a concrete saw during a Multi-Capable Airmen event at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 12, 2020. MCA events train Airmen to support the Agile Combat Employment concept. ACE promotes cohesiveness and teamwork across the 35th Fighter Wing with the added value of learning different skillsets outside of Airmen’s primary duties.

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High School on U.S. Navy Base in Japan Holds Socially Distanced Graduation Ceremony

Nile C. Kinnick High School on board Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), conducted a successful, socially-distanced graduation ceremony at the base™s football field June 5. You are about to step out into a world that is much more difficult than what we have enjoyed here inside the fence line of CFAY, said Capt. Rich Jarrett, CFAY™s commanding officer, during his address to the students. As you all graduate into that world, my hope is that you stand up and face down those challenges. For 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet's forward-deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families.

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Act of Bravery Inspires U.S.-Japan Alliance

Japanese first responders tend to a local man whose vehicle toppled over at Sagamihara Route 507 at approximately 5:40 a.m. June 5. Col. Patrick M. Costello, 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade commander, helped rescue a local man from his toppled vehicle to ensure his safety until first responders arrived on the scene.

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Misawa Community Parade: Standing Stronger Together

U.S. Air Force Col. Kristopher Struve, the 35th Fighter Wing commander, waves to members of Team Misawa during a community parade at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 3, 2020. The parade served as a way to enhance community resiliency in the face of COVID-19, highlight first responders and celebrate Edgren High School seniors.

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Misawa and Yokota Collaborate Despite COVID-19

U.S. Air Force Airmen from 36th Airlift Squadron and the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron prepare to off-load over 9,000 pounds of mail from a C-130J Super Hercules at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 28, 2020. Since COVID-19, regularly scheduled training missions have decreased. The airland training allowed new loadmasters to progress with their on-the-job upgrade training. Routinely the 36th AS missions involve cargo being air dropped. Airdrop and airland have some similar elements as far as loading goes on the ground but the offloading portion is what differs.

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Camp Zama BOSS Beautifies Park with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Members

Sgt. Jennifer Jackson, right, Camp Zama’s Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers president, and 1st Lt. Naoki Kumagai, assigned to the 4th Engineer Group, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, work together to clean up the area around the Otakebi torii during a BOSS community outreach initiative at Camp Zama, Japan, May 27.

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Family Nurse Practitioner Gives Back to Army in Face of COVID-19

Lt. Col. Dolores Toney, a family nurse practitioner assigned to U.S. Army Medical Department Activity – Japan, poses for a photo May 11 in her examining room at the BG Crawford F. Sams U.S. Army Health Clinic Japan on Camp Zama, Japan. Toney, who has been in the medical field in the Army for 19 years, recently faced one of her most challenging and fulfilling experiences during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Kadena E-5 Becomes First PACAF Enlisted Air Surveillance Officer

U.S Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Propst, 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron air surveillance officer, checks the oxygen masks onboard an E-3 Sentry before flight April 27, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Propst has the distinction of being the first noncommissioned officer in Pacific Air Forces to qualify as an ASO. The ASO position is historically been a rated aircrew commissioned officer only, typically a Captain or a Major.

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Naval Mobile Construction Battalion-5 Steadfast for 9 Months on Indo-Pacific Deployment

In this photo, INMCB-5 Seabees work on a construction site in support of Naval Beach Unit 7 in Sasebo, Japan, May 27.

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Camp Zama Medical Translator Pays It Forward, Assists English-speaking Patients in Japan

Yuko Sano, who has worked for the last 14 years as a medical translator at Camp Zama’s BG Crawford F. Sams U.S. Army Health Clinic Japan, poses for a photo there May 21. As part of her job, Sano assists English-speaking patients who must be transported to Japanese clinics and hospitals for treatment.

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Fleet Activities Yokosuka Offers the Samaritan Shoppers Program

Shoppers wait in line, practicing physical distancing, at the Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) commissary May 20. For 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet's forward-deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families.

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35th LRS and 35th FSS Join Forces to Keep Post Office Ops Moving

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kevin Leon, a 35th Force Support Squadron postal clerk, moves mail to the front of the truck to be unloaded at Aomori Airport, Aomori, Japan, May 20, 2020. Due to COVID-19, postal operations gradually slowed down because of decreased stateside flights and Misawa airport suspending flights, leading all mail movement to Aomori airport instead. However, the 35th Logistics and Readiness Squadron ground transportation trucks stepped in and carried large amounts of mail in a single trip.

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Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 Supports Ie Shima Training Facility Repairs

Equipment Operator Constructionman Chase Frenze and Equipment Operator 3rd Class Conner Legg, deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, operate civil engineer support equipment to spread cement and gravel. U.S. Navy Seabees with NMCB-5 are resurfacing a vertical take-off and landing pad and a coral runway to minimize foreign object damage at the Ie Shima Training Facility. NMCB-5 is deployed across the Indo-Pacific region conducting high-quality construction to support U.S. and partner nations to strengthen partnerships, deter aggression, and enable expeditionary logistics and naval power projection.

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