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Mine Countermeasure Squadron SEVEN Conducts Change of Command

Capt. Adrian Ragland departs a change of command ceremony for Mine Countermeasure Squadron 7, July 10, where Capt. Derek Brady relieved Ragland as commodore. COMCMRON 7 conducts integrated mine countermeasure operations using air, Surface, and explosive ordnance disposal assets in both exercise and regional conflict scenarios throughout the U.S. Seventh Fleet Area of Responsibility.

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U.S Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Operate Together in Andaman Sea

The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), top, sails alongside the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Akizuki-class destroyer JS Teruzuki (DD 116) during bilateral operations, April 2, 2020. Gabrielle Giffords, part of Destroyer Squadron Seven, is on a rotational deployment, operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force.

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Coming Together in the Face of the Unseen

A 3-D printed 50-gram plastic base, two rubber bands, and a standard U.S. letter sized sleeve are the components of a National Institutes of Health face shield design to be used as an added layer of personal protective equipment. The 374th Maintenance Squadron Fabrications Flight are currently in the process of producing 200 face shields to be used by the 374th Medical Group, 374th Security Forces Squadron, Child Development Center, and augmentee personnel as Team Yokota continues to carry out its disease containment strategies in the face of an ongoing COVID-19 threat.

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Yokota Performs First-ever C-130J Assault Landing on Foxtrot Taxiway

A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron lands on the Foxtrot taxiway at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 26, 2020. A C-130J used Foxtrot taxiway here as a landing zone for an assault landing for the first time. Training like this ensures the mission can continue at the Yokota airfield despite any potential setbacks that impact operations to the main runway.

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Camp Zama Youth Center’s Keystone Club Donates Canned Goods

Skylar Venn, 16, left, a volunteer from the Camp Zama Youth Center, and William Birdsall, a program assistant at the center, unload canned goods from a van at the Camp Zama Chapel, Camp Zama, Japan, March 19, 2020.

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Navy Base in Japan Works to Keep COVID-19 at Bay

" Capt. Rich Jarrett, Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) commanding officer, presents his portion of the weekly Area Orientation Brief (AOB) to 36 newly-arrived military and civilian personnel and their families via video teleconferencing (VTC). The use of the VTC format was to eliminate the need of having a large group attend the AOB in a conference area, thus enforcing the current safety measures involved with protecting the community from the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) by social distancing, March 24. 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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Camp Zama’s new obstacle course provides Soldiers alternate PT option

Benjamin Wright, assigned to U.S. Army Japan’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, maneuvers over an obstacle during physical training his unit conducted on the newly built obstacle course on Camp Zama March 20.

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Camp Zama Housing Inspectors Ensure Safe, Clean, Comfortable Homes

Mamiko Takishima, a housing inspector for the Housing Division, Directorate of Public Works, U.S. Army Garrison Japan, makes sure a dishwasher works inside a housing unit in the Sagamihara Family Housing Area, Japan, March 12, 2020.

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Flight Provides Vital Support to Entire Continent

A challenge coin from the 337th Air Support Flight rest atop a map of Australia, March 16, 2020. The flight, located in Canberra, Australia, supports all military personnel assigned to Australia with logistics, personnel and finance requirements.

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35th LRS Innovates the Cargo Deployment Function

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Manuel Fralick, left, an outbound cargo NCO in charge, and Staff Sgt. 200313-F-SA178-1001 The new laser profile system allowed the cargo deployment function to validate the measurements, weight and center of balance of cargo in an expedient matter, increasing work efficiency.

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Misawa Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team Trains to Save Lives

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tanner Connally, a 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal journeyman, receives help putting on a bomb suit at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 3, 2020. The bomb suit contains heavy body armor made to withstand the pressure caused by a bomb explosion and debris. As these Airmen train, they keep safety as a top priority to mitigate any risk or danger.

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Aerospace Ground Equipment: Starting from the Ground Up

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Blake Darling, a 35th Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment journeyman, conducts an annual inspection on a Dash-60 gas turbine at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 25, 2020. The AGE flight performs regular inspections and repairs on equipment used on the flightline.

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Agile Combat Employment: A Leaner, Meaner Force

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules, from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, taxis to a parking spot during an Agile Combat Employment exercise Feb. 21, 2020, at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan. Exercises that utilize ACE concepts ensure forward-deployed forces in the Indo-Pacific are ready to protect and defend partners, allies and U.S. interests at a moment’s notice.

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U.S., Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Team Up for Humanitarian Exercise in Komaki

Capt. Jason LaPre, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130J pilot, and Capt. Hideyuki Hotsuki of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, trade patches during preparations for the Tomodachi Rescue Exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 21, 2020. This is the first time Yokota participated alongside JGSDF to conduct a bilateral disaster relief exercise.

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Three Wings, One Objective: Misawa, Yokota, Little Rock Practice Agile Combat Employment

U.S. Air National Guardsmen from the 61st Airlift Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, and 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Misawa Air Base, Japan, prepare to load an R-11 fuel truck on a C-130J Super Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 13, 2020. Capabilities such as a tactical airlift by a C-130J of an R-11 fuel truck provides Pacific Air Forces’ bases global reach and agility in the Indo-Pacific region by ensuring forces are able to rapidly maneuver throughout the theater to respond to any contingency or crisis.

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US, Japanese, Australian Forces Train Together during Pacific Defender 20-1

Members of the Royal Australian Air Force, U.S. Air Force, and Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) participate in a simulated live fire scenario during Pacific Defender 20-1 at the Pacific Regional Training Center near Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 11, 2020. During the scenario, participants were split into teams consisting of several members from each nation in order to test and enhance their interoperability.

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The Rock Crosses the Pacific

A heavy-equipment payload is dropped from a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron at the Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, during a capstone exercise taking place in the Indo-Pacific Command's area of responsibility, Feb. 10, 2020. During the exercise, aircraft from the 36th AS as well as the 41st and 61st Airlift Squadrons from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, were able to complete formation flight training ,as well as drop pallets consisting of simulated heavy equipment and containerized delivery system bundles.

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Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade Embarks for the First Time with America ESG, 31st MEU

Marines with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Japanese Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade service members hold security during a simulated bilateral small-boat raid on Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 9, 2020. Marines and the ARDB conducted a bilateral small-boat raid leading into a High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System insert and simulated shot. The America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

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US, Japanese, Australian Forces Train Together during Pacific Defender 20-1

Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) Staff Sgt. Hiroki Nishikawa and Staff Sgt. Shiji Miyahara, Base Defense Development Training squadron instructors, demonstrate combative maneuvers to Royal Australian Air Force, U.S. Air Force, and Koku Jietai (JASDF) personnel during Pacific Defender 20-1 at the Pacific Regional Training Center near Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 9, 2020. Pacific Defender 20-1 was a week-long exchange of various security forces tactics, techniques, and procedures including hand-to-hand combatives and Military Working Dog operations.

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Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade Embarks for the First Time with America ESG, 31st MEU

Marines with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Japanese Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade service members maneuver toward the objective during a simulated bilateral small-boat raid on Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 9, 2020. Marines and the ARDB conducted a bilateral small-boat raid leading into a High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System insert and simulated shot. The America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

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