Operations Specialist 1st Class Sean McNamara, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One (EODMU1), launches the Mk 18 Mod 2 Kingfish for an initial underwater survey of Sweeper Cove on Adak Island in the Alaska's Aleutian chain. EODMU 1 is providing expeditionary mine countermeasures support in support of Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise 2019. EODMU1 provides operational EOD capabilities to include locating, identifying, rendering safe, exploiting, recovering and disposing of all explosive ordnance.

Partner nations from across the Pacific area of command attend the 2019 Logistics and Safety Symposium held at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 4, 2019. Commanders from Australia, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Thailand and the U.S. conducted briefings about challenges, solutions or unique procedures related to their fighter aircraft.

Maj. Gen. Xavier Brunson, 7th Infantry Divison commanding general, welcomes Nisei veterans inside the Nisei Veterans Committee Memorial Hall, Sept. 8, during the Beyond Reconciliation celebration. Beyond Reconciliation hosted by the Nisei Veteran's Committee and the Japan-American Society of the State of Washington, celebrated the contributions and service of Nisei veterans and their lasting legacy on the alliance between the U.S. and Japan, at the Nisei Veterans Committee Memorial Hall, Sept. 8. The second annual luncheon welcomed the 7th Infantry Division, the Illinois National Guard and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. The Illinois National Guard and the JGSDF have been training together for the past three weeks at Yakima Training Center, Washington.

Pacific Air Forces Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) from Kadena Air Base, Japan, demonstrated the equipment of CCATT to Republic of Korea Air Force participants on a C-130 Hercules aircraft during an Operation Ascending Eagle exercise at Osan Air Base, 28 Aug. 2019. The OAE exercise aimed to exercise the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command intra-theater patient movement system between the Korea Theater of Operations and the Japan Area of Operations.

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.

Gen. Robert B. Brown, U.S. Army Pacific commanding general and Gen. Apirat Kongsompong, Royal Thai Army commander-in-chief, address RTA soldiers and senior leaders during a Stryker handover ceremony Sept. 12, 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Royal Thai Army Stryker represents the commitment between the United States and Thailand to modernize the Royal Thai Army, and further supports the U.S.-Thailand alliance’s goal towards a free and open Indo-Pacific. .

Able Seaman Genaro Cuico, a Military Sealift Command civilian mariner assigned to the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39), tosses a line to the pier as the ship prepares to moor at HMAS Stirling in Fremantle, Australia, Sept. 11. Land is in Fremantle for a scheduled port visit to conduct peacetime exercises with the Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service.

1st Lt. Danielle Nuszkowski, executive officer from A company, 249th Engineer Battalion (right), stands with Lt. Col. Letitia Bryant, 8th Theater Sustainment Command Equal Opportunity Officer after receiving her Joint women's Leadership Symposium Meritorious Service Award during the JWLS August 21-23.

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, post security as an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft lands during a simulated airfield seizure after a long-range raid from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 12, 2019. The 31st MEU and Amphibious Squadron 11, aboard Wasp Amphibious Ready Group ships, conducted a series of sequential operations which simulated naval expeditionary combined-arms maneuver from amphibious assets to shore, utilizing Marine Air-Ground Task Force capabilities integrated across all warfighting domains.

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to set perimeter security during a simulated airfield seizure after a long-range raid from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 12, 2019. The 31st MEU and Amphibious Squadron 11, aboard Wasp Amphibious Ready Group ships, conducted a series of sequential operations which simulated naval expeditionary combined-arms maneuver from amphibious assets to shore, utilizing Marine Air-Ground Task Force capabilities integrated across all warfighting domains. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kenny Nunez Bigay)

Gen. Kongsompong Apirat (left), commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, and Gen. James C. McConville (right), U.S. Army Chief of Staff, hold a joint press conference during the 11th Indo-Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference (IPACC XI), the 43rd Pacific Armies Management Seminar (IPAMS XLIII), and the 5th Senior Enlisted Leaders Forum (SELF V), Sept. 9 – 11, 2019, in Bangkok, Thailand. IPACC/IPAMS/SELF are a series of Department of the Army and U.S. Army Pacific forums to build interpersonal relationships, foster multilateralism, dialogue, and cooperation for regional approaches to contemporary security challenges in the Indo-Pacific.

U.S. Navy LT Austin Stokes and U.S. Air Force Maj. Nicole Smith, both Pacific Angel 19-4 dentists, talk to a patient at the PAC ANGEL 19-4 health outreach site in Lae, Papua New Guinea Sept. 8, 2019. The health outreach site is comprised of five clinics including primary care, optometry, dental, physical therapy and pharmacy.

USS Comstock (LSD 45) pulls into Kodiak, Alaska, for a port visit during the Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise (AECE) 2019. Approximately 3,000 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps personnel participate in AECE 2019, a joint training exercise that tests expeditionary logistical capabilities in the Arctic region and prepares joint forces to respond to crises across the Indo-Pacific.

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.

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III is unloaded after returning from one of the last Operation Deep Freeze flights of the 2018-2019 Antarctic research season at the Christchurch International Airport, Christchurch, New Zealand, Feb. 21, 2019. The seasons run annually from September 1st to July 31st. Led by Pacific Air Forces, the Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica (JTF-SFA) provides the National Science Foundation-managed U.S. Antarctic Program with logistical support.

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.

A sniper team from the 25th Infantry Regiment aims to fire while the sniper team from the 2-130th Infantry Regiment fires along side of them during Rising Thunder 19. Rising Thunder 2019 is an annual exercise between the U.S. Army and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force featuring units from the 7th Infantry Division, the Illinois Army National Guard's 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team and 108th Sustainment Brigade, and Japan's 25th Infantry Regiment. The exercise, held Aug. 28 - Sept. 13 at Yakima Training Center in Yakima, Washington, consists of company/platoon unilateral and bilateral training events in two phases, culminating with a bilateral live fire exercise.

Navy Divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One continue work on the dismantlement of the F/V Heritage, an abandoned vessel that had been blocking access to a boat ramp on Adak Island in Alaska™s Aleutian island chain, in support of Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise (AECE) 2019. AECE 2019 is an INDOPACOM exercise focusing on the integration of naval forces to demonstrate feasibility of amphibious operations, wet logistics over the shore (WETLOTS), expeditionary mine countermeasures, mobile diving and salvage, and offshore petroleum discharge system (OPDS) operations while operating over extended distances in an austere operating environment. Navy and Marine Corps participants will conduct operational and tactical actions to validate the Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment (LOCE) and the Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) concepts.

Soldiers from the 1844th Transportation Company, 108th Sustainment Brigade, and medics from the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, both part of the Illinois Army National Guard, load simulated casualties into a medical evacuation helicopter as part of their culminating event in Rising Thunder. Rising Thunder 2019 is an annual exercise joining the U.S. Army and the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and is part of Pacific Pathways 19-3. Rising Thunder 2019 is also a United States Army Pacific-sponsored capstone event featuring U.S. Army units from the 7th Infantry Division and the Illinois Army National Guard’s 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team and 108th Sustainment Brigade.

Soldiers operating a Stryker Control Vehicle, belonging to 445th Chemical Company, participates in a demonstration in support of the Joint Warfighter Assessment 19, at Yakima Training Center, Wash., April 25, 2019. The Joint Warfighting Assessment was designed to assess multi-domain operations concepts, capabilities, and formations at echelon in order to provide critical insights and feedback on the Army modernization efforts.