23 April 2014 Maintenance Operation Center: Information Flow Readies Aircraft The Pacific region looks to Yokota Air Base and the 374 Airlift Wing as the hub of rapid mobility and combat support. This role is accomplished by a dedicated support team of Airmen, Department of Defense civilian employees and their Japanese counterparts, whose work readies Yokota's fleet of C-130...
22 April 2014 USS Bonhomme Richard Completes Search and Rescue Mission in Korea With concurrence from South Korean commanders, the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) is departing waters around Jindo, South Korea April 22 after assisting with search and rescue operations near the site of the Korean passenger ferry Sewol. The completion of Bonhomme...
22 April 2014 Humphreys Units Participate in KATUSA-US Soldier Week For the 36th consecutive year, Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Soldiers worked, played and ate together, side-by-side, during the 2014 KATUSA-U.S. Friendship Week activities, April 14-18.The week was first observed in 1977, in an effort to boost morale and strengthen the mutual...
21 April 2014 US 7th Fleet Weather Specialists Contribute to Pacific Humanitarian Assistance Efforts U.S. 7th Fleet weather specialists, called aerographer's mates (AG), are providing critical support to 7th Fleet's MH370 search and rescue operations March and April 2014."Our initial mission was to ensure that Seventh Fleet understood the weather conditions that would occur during the search,"...
21 April 2014 Army, Marines Train with South Korean Army to Improve Fire-support Operations The 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division joined U. S. Marines and Republic of Korea Army soldiers for a combined joint live-fire exercise in Rocket Valley near Cheorwon, here, March 24-28. The three services worked together to enhance the interoperability of the units to provide...