JULY 15, 2016, POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii - When disaster strikes, most people observe from the outside. They cringe, they pity, they pray. However, some brave men and women choose not to be casual observers. They are the volunteer force who respond to emergencies, like Force Reconnaissance Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force and Special Tactics Airmen with … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2016
DOD Experts Talk Nuclear Modernization Efforts
JULY 15, 2016, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Modernization and sustainment across the nuclear triad are essential to maintaining national and allied security, three Defense Department experts told Congress on July 14. DOD witnesses Robert Scher, the assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans, and capabilities; Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, the commander of U.S. Strategic Command; … [Read more...]
US-Japan Mine Countermeasures Assets Set to Begin Annual MCMEX
JULY 15, 2016, OMINATO, Japan (NNS) - U.S. mine countermeasures (MCM) units and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force MCM units are scheduled to commence the 2016 Mine Countermeasures Exercise (MCMEX) 2JA, July 17. MCMEX 2JA is an annual bilateral exercise held between the U.S. and Japan to strengthen interoperability and increase proficiencies in mine countermeasure … [Read more...]
Deployed Life Not as ‘Ruff’ with Help of Therapy Dog
JULY 13, 2016, CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait - The phone rang. A woman, Grace MacGregor, answered. "Grace, I have your dog." The phone call was from her friend, who was also a coordinator for a rescue organization in the United States. The rescue had shut down a puppy mill in 2010. Among the dogs rescued was a small, black Scottish terrier. He lived in a cage at the … [Read more...]
Marines Rehearse Natural Disaster Response
JULY 13, 2016, MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - A natural disaster can strike at any moment, destroying infrastructure and pulling apart families. Multiple units from II Marine Expeditionary Force work together to practice and rehearse a contingency plan to prevent such damage as part of a Loading Exercise with Defense Support to Civil Authorities. Marines and sailors … [Read more...]