20 March 2024 Army CID Expands its Jurisdiction in Cobra Gold 2024, Major Exercise in Pacific Region Supervisory Special Agent Erin Chow, Department of the Army Criminal Investigation, Far East Field Office became the first Army CID special agent to participate in the multinational Indo-Pacific military exercise Cobra Gold, held annually in Southeast Asia. This year’s exercise took place February...
27 May 2021 Army looks to increase awareness of maritime domain in Indo-Pacific WASHINGTON -- Despite the Army’s primary focus on land, leveraging the maritime domain in the Indo-Pacific can still have lasting effects, the deputy commander of U.S. Army Pacific said last week.Maritime operations can range from high-end military conflict to protecting sovereign territories from...
20 May 2021 7th Fleet conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation On May 20 (local time), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the vicinity of the Paracel Islands, consistent with international law.This freedom of navigation operation (“FONOP”) upheld the rights, freedoms, and lawful...
20 May 2021 III MEF: Transforming How We Fuel the Fight CAMP HANSEN, Japan --Bulk fuel Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force conducted training on revolutionary new equipment during the two-day procurement training of the Expeditionary Mobile Fuel Additization Capability (EMFAC) from June 13 through June 14 on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The...
12 August 2020 Soldier Escapes Death in World War II, Inspires Generations WASHINGTON -- Few people would be able to survive what Army Master Sgt. Henry Erwin lived through after a midair accident over Japan during World War II. The 23-year-old suffered horrific burns down to his bones after a smoke bomb burst in his airplane. The efforts he put forth to save the rest of...