Story by Capt. Stephanie Davis | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.24.2024
AIRAI, Palau—When United Airlines flight 192 approached Palau International Airport at 2:20 A.M. on June 12, 2024, it was cleared to land by U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Kaleb Burks, an air traffic controller with Marine Air Control Squadron 1, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing....
Story by 2nd Lt. John Carter | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.20.2024
KOROR, Palau – Joint forces with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, allies and partners concluded the tenth iteration of exercise Valiant Shield, June 18, 2024, following 12 days of multilateral operations in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, and at sea around the Mariana Island Range Complex....
Story by Sgt. Nello Miele | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.19.2024
CAMP KATUU, Palau – U.S. Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, established the first Role 2 medical field hospital in Palau during exercise Valiant Shield 24 at Camp Katuu, Palau, June 7-18, 2024....
Story by Senior Airman Natalie Doan | Pacific Air Forces | 06.18.2024
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Junnel Olay, the wing airfield driving program manager with the 36th Operations Support Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Olay, an F-22 flightline expediter with the 27th Fighter Generation Squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, reunited during Exercise Valiant Shield 24 after five years apart....
Courtesy Story | Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet | 06.16.2024
Valiant Shield (VS) 2024 conducted a sinking exercise (SINKEX) with the environmentally clean decommissioned hulk of the Austin-class amphibious transport dock, ex-USS Cleveland (LPD-7) more than 40 nautical miles from land in the North Pacific Ocean....
Story by Lance Cpl. Hannah Hollerud | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.09.2024
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jack Dupre, a motor transportation mechanic with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and native of Lakeville, Massachusetts, receives a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal during exercise Valiant Shield 24 in Koror, Palau, June 9, 2024. Dupre was recognized for his achievements as the CLB-13 motor transportation......
Story by Airman 1st Class Emma Anderson | 7th Bomb Wing | 06.07.2024
The 317th Airlift Wing successfully completed an expanded Maximum Endurance Operation to Guam with two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft equipped with external fuel tanks, June 4, 2024....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Caroline Lui | USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) | 06.07.2024
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) of Carrier Strike Group 5 (CSG-5) joined with surface vessels and aircraft from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s (INDOPACOM) joint forces and Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) to conduct a formation sailing and fly-over event as part of the first-ever multinational exercise Valiant Shield, June 7....
