PACOM Headlines JBER Airmen Provide Dignified-transfer Support By PAO staff report JBER Public Affairs JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Airmen from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson provided a dignified transfer Thursday of a transfer case containing personal effects and possible human remains from an aircraft wreckage site on Colony Glacier. The wreckage partially surfaced from the glacier […]
PACOM Headlines Executive Observer Program Builds International Partnerships By Air Force Staff Sgt. Cynthia Spalding JBER Public Affairs JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Fourteen senior air power leaders from the global community joined Pacific Air Forces leaders for the premier multi-national large force employment exercise while building partnerships June 15. The hosts of this year’s […]
PACOM Headlines Counter IED Experts Train Royal Thai Army for Deployment By Russell Shimooka US Army PRANBURI, Thailand – Trainers from the Asia Pacific Counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Fusion Center helped prepare soldiers from the Royal Thai Army for future deployment to the southern provinces of Thailand where a guerrilla war has raged for […]
This is the second in the series of articles on America’s refocus on the Asia-Pacific region and the possible impact on its alliances with South Korea and Japan. ? Ed.Amid its strategic pivot toward the Asia-Pacific, America’s long-standing alliance with South Korea is expected to deepen to better deal with an increasingly bellicose North Korea […]
This is the second in the series of articles on America’s refocus on the Asia-Pacific region and the possible impact on its alliances with South Korea and Japan. ? Ed.Amid its strategic pivot toward the Asia-Pacific, America’s long-standing alliance with South Korea is expected to deepen to better deal with an increasingly bellicose North Korea […]
PACOM Headlines 8th MP Brigade Hosts 2012 Hawaiian Islands Working Dog Competition By spc. Marcus Fichtl 8th Army Military Police Brigade Public Affairs SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – Man and his best friend shed blood, sweat and fur as 17 working dog teams from the Korean Peninsula to Fort Eustis, Va., competed in the 2012 Hawaiian […]
NAVAL and Marine personnel hope that they would acquire training and eventual expertise in anti-mine warfare from their American counterparts as navy forces from the US and the country worked on the fourth day of the naval exercise Cooperation Afloat and Readiness Training (Carat) in Eastern Mindanao on Thursday. This year’s Carat, the 18th between […]
BEIJING (AP) — China is closely cooperating with the navies of Japan and India in patrolling against piracy off Somalia, a sign of the country’s greater willingness to work with other nations in safeguarding global trade despite mixed sentiments among Chinese toward the country’s main Asian rivals. Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force became the lead navy […]
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 02, 2010 Today we celebrate the 234th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the beginning of a great experiment, American democracy. In every corner of our country, we recall the valor and vision of patriots from Thirteen Colonies who […]
PACOM Headlines USS Nimitz Arrives in Hawaii for Port Visit By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eva-Marie Ramsaran USS Nimitz Public Affairs PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and embarked elements of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 arrived in Pearl Harbor July 2 for a port visit. This brief visit […]