27 October 2016 Rotational Units Join 2 Infantry Division, Ensure Continued Fight Tonight Readiness CAMP CASEY, South Korea -- Two rotational units relinquished their responsibilities during a ceremony here today, after successfully providing nine months of critical contributions to the security and stability of the Republic of Korea and the Fight Tonight readiness across the peninsula.The...
27 October 2016 Work, Japanese Defense Leader Discuss Evolving Security Environment WASHINGTON -- The rapidly evolving security environment, including the persistent North Korean threat and maritime issues in the East and South China Seas, highlighted a meeting at the Pentagon today between Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work and Tetsuro Kuroe, Japan’s administrative vice defense...
27 October 2016 Nimitz Completes At-Sea Ammunition Onload PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) conducted its first at-sea ammunition onload in more than two years, Oct. 23-24 during an underway replenishment (UNREP) with the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8).Nimitz Sailors moved a total of 1,542 pallets...
27 October 2016 Task Force Raider Boards C-17 for Lightning Forge WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii - Elements of Task Force Raider from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, performed a rare boarding, here, of a C-17 Globemaster III to fly to the island of Hawaii, Oct. 24, 2016.Normally, Soldiers would board a C-17 from the 535th Airlift Squadron, 15th...
27 October 2016 Joint Base Elmendorf-Richard's Airborne Contribution JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The command to “sound off for equipment check” resonates through the immense interior of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. The call of “One, OK!” finalizes the equipment check, then 170-pound Soldiers carrying 150 pounds of gear each shuffle like zombies...