The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Hawaii (SSN 776) participated in the 2015 Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise (ASWEX) with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) as part of their Western Pacific deployment Feb. 8-16.ASWEX is an annual event hosted by the JMSDF that included four...

Civil engineer Airmen and combat engineer Marines participated in a jointairfield damage and repair contingency exercise held at Kadena Air Base on Feb.26, 2015.Joint forces from the 172nd and 171st Engineering Companies and18th Civil Engineering Squadron worked together to repair a damaged runway...

"Freedom isn't free," U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class ArvinLayugan told Mike Enriquez of Philippine radio station DZBB 594KHZ during a Feb.27, interview broadcast to millions of listeners while speaking about the 70thCommemoration of the re-taking of Corregidor."People have madesacrifices and we are here...

The littoral combat shipUSS Fort Worth (LCS 3) practiced the Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea(CUES) with the People's Liberation Army-Navy [PLA(N)] Jiangkai II frigateHengshui (FFG 572) Feb. 23 enhancing the professional maritime relationshipbetween U.S. 7th Fleet and the PLA(N).Fort Worth and...

The maritime prepositioning ship, U.S. Naval Ship Pililaau, sails across the pacific ocean February 6 with equipment and supplies for exercise Cobra Gold 2015 in Thailand.The Pililaau is one of many ships which make up the Marine Corps' Maritime Prepositioning Force. The MPF provides the Marine...