Story by david werner | Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet | 12.22.2018
The dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47), with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Dec. 21. Not long after, the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23), also with embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Visakhapatnam, India, on Dec. 22. Elsewhere, in a first, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Royal Navy and......
Story by Maj. Phillip Ventura | Pacific Air Forces | 09.21.2018
Xi’an, China – After a week of medical-related presentations, tours, and demonstrations the annual Asia Pacific Military Health Exchange (APMHE) ended here Sept. 21, 2018....
Story by Jeremy Todd | 1ST Medical Recruiting Battalion | 08.20.2018
(Fort Meade, Md.) -- On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, US Army’s 1st Medical Recruiting Battalion welcomed its newest doctor into the fold. Shuyan Huang M.D. of Manassas, VA has officially joined the US Army Medical Corps as of Wednesday, August 15, in Washington, DC....
Story by david werner | Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet | 08.15.2018
USS Momsen (DDG 92) visits Anchorage, Alaska in support of the 2018 Arctic Maritime Symposium, while the U.S. Navy teams with other agencies to annouce that the stern section of the World War II destroyer USS Abner Read (DD 526) was discovered off the coast of Kiska Island, Alaska. The confluence of historic and current events remind the reader that the world is getting warmer. And the......
Story by 1st Lt. Joseph Wyatt | 8th Theater Sustainment Command | 03.15.2018
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii- It is 7 a.m. on a brisk Oahu morning. The Forward Support Company, 84th Engineer Battalion is wrapping up an Army physical fitness test with the first group of runners coming in; one runner standing out in front of the pack. He seems almost disappointed as he crosses the finish line first. His noncommissioned officer shouts “You scored above a 300, be excited!”......
Story by david werner | Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet | 03.13.2018
The opening days of March 2018 presented a confluence of events and milestones dripping with coincidence, irony and serendipity. The inaugural deployment of the F-35B, first aircraft carrier to visit Vietnam in more than 40 years, a series of high-profile leadership engagements in the Pacific and the discovery of the WWII ship USS Lexington lost in the Battle of Coral Sea conspired to remind......
Story by Cpl. Justin Huffty | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.14.2018
Over 100 minds from nine different nations came together for the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response academics, tabletop exercise and senior leader seminar portion of Exercise Cobra Gold 2018 at the Royal Thai Armed Forces Strategic Studies Center in the Chonburi province, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 14, 2018....
Story by Sgt. Tyler Meister | 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 11.18.2017
U.S. Military Academy West Point cadets participate in the 13th annual U.S.-China Disaster Management Exchange (DME), November 16-19, 2017, at Camp Rilea Armed Forces Training Center in Warrenton, Ore....
