26 November 2014 Accepting Follow-on Forces the Wolf Pack Way From dawn to dusk and late into the night hours, the roaring sounds of fighter aircraft filled the skies of the Korean Peninsula, Nov. 14 to 22.To sustain the largest flying exercise on the Korean Peninsula, Kunsan AB adapted to meet the needs of multiple units who joined the Wolf Pack from across...
26 November 2014 Japan National Security Advisor, JSDF Staff Visit Lassen The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82)hosted Mr. Shotaro Yachi, Japan National Security Advisor to the Cabinet,Secretary General of National Security Secretariat, for a tour Oct. 31. The tour was to provide the group a better understanding of the Navy’smission and the...
26 November 2014 Stryker Brigade Begins Movement to California As January approaches the roads around Fairbanks will be less cluttered with bulky military vehicles. Earlier this month 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Arctic Wolves” began loading more than 260 Stryker vehicles and equipment for a month-long deployment to the National Training Center in Fort...
25 November 2014 USS George Washington Strike Group Completes Regional Patrol The George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWCSG) arrived at its forward operating location of Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, upon completion of its 2014 patrol, Nov. 25.Throughout the 2014 Patrol the GWCSG was made up of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) and...
25 November 2014 New Zealand Passes Command of CTF-151 to Thailand Rear Admiral Pakorn Wanich of the Royal Thai Navy has assumed command of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) counter-piracy operations from Commodore Tony Millar, MNZM, Royal New Zealand Navy, at a ceremony in Bahrain on 25 November 2014. The ceremony marked Thailand’s second command of Combined Task...