Audio by Staff Sgt. Shannon Braaten | AFN Okinawa | 08.23.2026
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Hile, an explosive ordnance disposal craftsman with the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron, discusses exercise Sentinel Samurai at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, August 24, 2026. Sentinel Samurai is a department-level training exercise designed to sharpen joint-force EOD capabilities in identifying, handling, and neutralizing explosive hazards to maintain......
Audio by Petty Officer 2nd Class Anthony Robledo | AFN Yokosuka | 08.23.2026
Japan has filed a strong diplomatic protest Russia after Moscow conducted high-end naval exercises near the contested Kuril Islands, just off the coast of Hokkaido....
Audio by Petty Officer 2nd Class Austyn Riley | AFN Okinawa | 08.23.2026
Meranda Elpenord, a Marine Corps Community Services driver's education instructor, discusses the classes and resources the program offers to personnel on Okinawa, Japan, August 27, 2026. The MCCS driver's education program provides training services on Camp Hansen and Camp Foster to ensure stationed service members are fully licensed and prepared for safe vehicle operations. (U.S. Navy audio......
Audio by Cpl. jacob rodriguez | AFN Daegu | 08.23.2026
Army Community Service Financial Readiness Program Manager, Tawan Parsons, talks about personal finances and how it affects service members, Camp Walker Area IV, South Korea, August 24, 2026. This interview highlights how personal finance affects service members careers and security clearances. (U.S. Army Newscast by U.S. Army CPL Jacob Rodriguez)...
Audio by Senior Airman Alana Walker | Regional Media Center - Japan | 08.23.2026
In these Stars and Stripes Frontline Headlines: The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has left the Middle East for San Diego; Eight people aboard a plane chartered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were killed in a crash near a remote radar site in Alaska; and U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Marshall Martinez ran in to a burning hotel to wake sleeping guests, helping about ten people escape.......
Audio by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christian Kibler | Regional Media Center - Japan | 08.23.2026
On this Pacific Pulse: In Hawaii, Senior U.S. military leaders gathered at pacific air forces headquarters for the combined force air component command course; In the Philippines, senior military officers from the armed forces of the Philippines and six partner nations completed the 10th-anniversary iteration of a collaborative disaster response training curriculum at Camp Emilio Aguinaldo;......
Audio by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jack Pridham | AFN Sasebo | 08.23.2026
COMMANDER, FLEET ACTIVITIES SASEBO, Japan (Aug. 24, 2026) - Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jack Pridham reports on U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 766th Engineer Construction Company (ECC), 841st Engineer Brigade, 412th Theater Engineer Command working alongside Indonesian counterparts to build military infrastructure in support of Ksatria Warrior 26 in Indonesia, recorded onboard......
Audio by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jack Pridham | AFN Sasebo | 08.23.2026
COMMANDER, FLEET ACTIVITIES SASEBO, Japan (Aug. 24, 2026) - Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jack Pridham reports on senior military officers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and partner nations completing the 10th-anniversary iteration of a disaster response training curriculum in the Philippines in collaboration with U.S. Pacific Command's Center for Excellence in Disaster......
