29 July 2016 Bomber Swap: Lancers to Replace B-52s during Routine Continuous Bomber Presence Rotation JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The U.S. Air Force’s B-1B Lancers are scheduled to deploy to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Aug.6 for the first time since April 2006 in support of U.S. Pacific Command’s Continuous Bomber Presence mission.The B-1’s will replace the B-52’s currently deployed...
29 July 2016 USS Frank Cable Arrives in Goa, India GOA, India (NNS) -- The submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) arrived in Goa, India, for a port visit, July 29. The visit is aimed at building friendship and goodwill between the U.S. Navy and the people of India. The Frank Cable team, consisting of more than 500 Sailors and civilian mariners, is...
29 July 2016 US-Japan Mine Countermeasures Assets Set Complete Annual Exercise OMINATO, Japan (NNS) -- U.S. Mine Countermeasures (MCM) units and Japanese Self Defense Force MCM units completed 2JA 2016 Mine Countermeasures Exercise (MCMEX), July 28. 2JA Mine Countermeasures Exercise is an annual bilateral exercise held between the U.S. and Japan to strengthen interoperability...
29 July 2016 Pacific Partnership 2016 Completes First Live SAR Field Training Exercise in Vietnam DA NANG, Vietnam (NNS) -- Pacific Partnership service members from New Zealand, the U.S. and Australia supported a Da Nang border guard-led Search and Rescue Field Training Exercise (SAR FTX) July 26 that began on the Han River and concluded aboard Vietnam people's navy hospital ship Khanh Hoa and...
29 July 2016 Secretary of the Army Views Army Watercraft, Related Capabilities JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - Pacific Army mariners from 545th Transportation Company, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, shared their unique capabilities with Secretary of the Army Eric K. Fanning during his visit to Logistic Support Vessel - 2, the CW3 Harold C. Clinger, July 27 here. The...