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Cyber Domain Links Communication, Improves Pacific Region Readiness

SAGAMIHARA, Japan – Pfc. Thaddeus F. Collins V, air defense battle management system operator, 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade assembles an omni directional line-of-sight antenna used to enable communication with aviation assets during a unilateral joint training exercise designed to refine systems and concepts in order to enhance tactical planning, coordination and interoperability in a multi-domain environment on Sagami General Depot, Sept. 17.

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Orient Shield 2019, a Soldiers View

The crew members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface to Ship Missile System and the U.S. Army M-142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System pose for a picture with their vehicles as part of the Orient Shield 2019 media day, Sept. 17 2019, Oyanohara Training Area, Japan. OS 19 is a premier U.S. Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force bilateral field training exercise that is meant to increase interoperability by testing and refining multi-domain and cross-domain concepts.

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Orient Shield 2019, a Soldiers View

U.S. Army Soldier from 106th Cav. Regiment, 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Illinois National Guard engages a firing target that represents an enemy force with his M-4 Carbine Rifle at Oyanohara Training Area, Japan, Sept. 12, 2019. OS 19 is a premier U.S. Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force bilateral field training exercise that is meant to increase interoperability by testing and refining multi-domain and cross-domain concepts.

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G-8: Army Operations in the Pacific Crucial to Future Battlefield Success

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Timothy Lynch, commander of 5th Battalion 3rd Field Artillery Regiment shakes hands with the battalion commander of Western Army Field Artillery of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force at Yausubetsu Training Area, Japan, Sept. 16.

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Cyber Blitz, Orient Shield Build Future Capabilities, Multi-domain Operations, Partnership

Capt. Christopher Judy, commander of Bravo Battery, 5th Battalion 3rd Field Artillery (right), examines a field artillery safety diagram alongside members of the Western Army Field Artillery Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, during exercise Orient Shield 2019, at Yausubetsu Training Area, Japan, Sept. 16, 2019. Bravo Battery deployed a Light High Mobility Artillery Rocket System package from Joint Base Lewis- McChord, Wash. in support of the bilateral exercise.

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New 7th Fleet Admiral Visits USS Ronald Reagan

Vice Adm. William R. Merz, Commander, 7th Fleet, speaks with Capt. Pat Hannifin, the commanding officer of the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), while touring the Reagan. USS Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka Responds to Typhoon Faxai

Workers assigned to Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Far East work to clear a tree brought down by Typhoon Faxai, a storm with winds of more than 124 miles per hour that made landfall over Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY). CFAY provides, maintains, and operates base facilities and services in support of 7th Fleet's forward-deployed naval forces, 71 tenant commands, and 27,000 military and civilian personnel.

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Camp Zama, Neighboring City Enhance Readiness during Disaster Drill

Volunteers from the Camp Zama American Red Cross, role-playing as injured victims, are escorted to a medical checkpoint during the annual Zama City disaster drill, held Sept. 7 at Zama Elementary School near Camp Zama, Japan.

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17th Field Artillery Brigade participates in Orient Shield 2019 as Multi Domain Task Force

Commander of U.S. Army Japan, Maj. Gen. Viet Luong shook hands with the commander of the Western Army Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Lt. Gen. Takashi Motomatsu during the Orient Shield 2019 opening ceremony. Orient Shield is an annual bilateral exercise designed to enhance Japan-U.S. combat readiness and interoperability while strengthening bilateral relationships and demonstrating U.S. resolve to support the security interests of friend and allies in the region.

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Japan Raises the Bar at Rising Thunder 2019

Soldiers with the 25th Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, conduct weapons checks following their military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) as part of Rising Thunder 2019 at the Yakima Training Center in Yakima, Washington, September 6, 2019. Rising Thunder 2019 is an annual exercise between the U.S. Army and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and is part of Pacific Pathways 19-3. U.S. Army units participating include the 7th Infantry Division and the Illinois Army National Guard's 108th Sustainment Brigade and 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team. The exercise consists of company/platoon unilateral and bilateral training events in two phases, culminating with a bilateral live-fire exercise.

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'By Valor and Power': Eight Soldiers, NCOs Compete in 38th ADA Bde. Contest

Spc. Perside Mavambu, assigned to the 14th Missile Defense Battery, 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, inspects a Soldier during the drill-and-ceremony portion of the brigade's Soldier and noncommissioned officer of the quarter competition at Sagami General Depot, Japan, Sept. 5.

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U.S. Army Garrison Japan Works with Japanese Emergency Services during Disaster Drill

Members of the Sagamihara City Fire Department Special Rescue Team carry supplies from a U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan Black Hawk helicopter during the Sagamihara City Disaster Drill on an area of returned land next to the U.S. Army Sagami General Depot, Sagamihara, Japan, Sept. 1.

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USAG Japan Fire Department Named Best Large Department in Pacific, Again

In this file photo, Naokazu Saito, left, a crew chief and captain with U.S. Army Garrison Japan Fire and Emergency Services at Sagami General Depot, and other garrison firefighters, remove a simulated casualty from a building during the Sagamihara City Disaster Drill on an area of returned land next to the U.S. Army Sagami General Depot, Sagamihara, Japan, Sept. 1, 2019.

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Information Warfare Training Site Yokosuka Modernizes Training with Stallion 3.1 Upgrade

Cryptologic Technician (Collection) 1st Class Clifton Reid, attached to Information Warfare Training Site Yokosuka, reviews Naval Information Systems Command's System Operability Verification Test, marking the completion of the Stallion training system upgrade. Stallion was developed by the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command and is used to supplement integrated cryptologic training throughout the Navy.

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Marines with Course 205-19 Endure and Complete the Grueling 3-week MAI Course

Aspiring Marine Corps Martial Arts Program Instructors navigate through the endurance course Aug. 23, 2019 on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The endurance course is designed to test the individuals’ abilities and teamwork.

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Welcome to the Jungle

U.S. Army, Marine Corps and Air Force service members conduct intravenous hydration during a multi-day training event Aug. 22, 2019, at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Japan. Army Green Berets from 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) hosted the event for other services as part of its continuous readiness program, enhancing not only their own tactics and procedures, but also expanding field operation capabilities of other units on Okinawa.

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Marines with Course 205-19 Endure and Complete the Grueling 3-week MAI Course

Aspiring Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructors conduct aquatic workouts Aug. 21, 2019 on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. This workout enables students to become confident in an unordinary of exercises.

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Airman Assists in Saving Drowned Child

(Bottom center) U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Roger Halle, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron assistant chief of operations, and his leadership were recently recognized for his efforts in saving the life of a child who had drowned Aug. 19, 2019, at the Chatan Town Office. Halle assisted in performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the child, until the Araha Fire Department was able to arrive.

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USS William P. Lawrence Holds Change of Command Ceremony

Cmdr. Dawn Allen, commanding officer of the guided missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110), gets piped aboard during a change of command ceremony held on U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka. William P. Lawrence is deployed to the U.S 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

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38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade Maintains 'Fight Tonight' Readiness

Col. Patrick Costello, Charlottesville, Virginia native, 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade commander, briefs Maj. Gen. Viet X. Luong, Bien Hoa, Vietnam native, commanding general, U.S. Army Japan on air defense capabilities during Shodan Watch at Sagami General Depot, Aug. 15. Shodan Watch was a month-long training exercise designed to ensure operational readiness across multiple domains and maintain 'Fight Tonight' readiness in protecting the Pacific Region.

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