06 July 2016 Yokota Working Vehicle Showcase YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Yokota’s airlift mission couldn’t function without its wheels on the ground. Yokota has a variety of specialized vehicles in all shapes and sizes, performing jobs from cleaning sewage lines to loading cargo to putting out fires. This article showcases four of Yokota’s...
01 July 2016 Pacific Partnership 2016 Conducts Cooperative Health Engagement in Ligao City LIGAO CITY, Philippines (NNS) -- Pacific Partnership 2016 visited Ligao West Central Elementary School June 28-29, as part of a cooperative health engagement (CHE), promoting health education and providing services led by Filipino health officials of Daraga in Albay Province.The CHE participants...
01 July 2016 U.S. Air Force, Nepal Exchange Disaster Relief Best Practices KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Ten Airmen assigned to the 36th Contingency Response Group at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, participated with various Nepali organizations in a subject-matter expert exchange at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu June 24 to July 9.More than 20 members from the Nepal...
30 June 2016 US, ROK Navies Coordinate on Anti-submarine Warfare BUSAN, Republic of Korea - Senior leaders from the U.S. and Republic of Korea navies met at the Republic of Korea Fleet (ROKFLT) base in Busan to discuss continued cooperation efforts regarding anti-submarine warfare (ASW).The ASW Cooperation Committee, created after the signing of the original...
30 June 2016 Great Green Fleet arrives at Pearl Harbor for RIMPAC PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The USS John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) arrived in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii June 28 and 29 to participate in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise.JCSSG, also known as the Navy’s first Great Green Fleet (GGF) strike group, consists of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) with...