MARCH 17, 2022 — In a first-ever operation, the air defenders of the E-3 Air Defense Battery used the newly developed Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, remote launch capability to expand their ability to defend the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Over four days, E Battery in cooperation with Joint Region Marianas, Pacific Air Forces, multiple Air … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2022
Ambassador to Japan Visits Oshima Islanders and Marines
MARCH 16, 2022 - The U.S. Ambassador to Japan marked the 11-year anniversary of the March 11, 2011 disaster in Northeast Japan with a visit to the island of Oshima, meeting U.S. Marines and islanders united by Operation Tomodachi. For his first trip outside of the Tokyo area, Ambassador Rahm Emanuel, formerly the White House Chief of Staff during the Obama administration, … [Read more...]
US Marines and Airmen Perform Hot-Pit Refueling Training
MARCH 16, 2022 – U.S. Marines, with Marine Corps Installations Pacific, and Airmen with the 355th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron conducted hot-pit refueling training on Kadena Air Base, March 9. The training helped increase the Marines’ and Airmen’s proficiency using a single-point refuel pump to refuel the F-35A Lightning II upon immediate landing. During this refueling … [Read more...]
Generals Discuss Security Challenges in Africa, Middle East
Soldiers from the 1st Commando Parachute Battalion prepare to cross a linear danger area during simulated ambush training in Ouassa, Benin, March 11, 2022. Our engagement is one small contribution to helping our partners safeguard their people and combat the global threat of violent extremism. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jael Laborn) MARCH 15, 2022 - China, Russia, … [Read more...]
Army Outlines Measures to Increase Inclusivity in Recruiting
MARCH 16, 2022 — While growing up in the south Houston suburb of League City, Texas, Staff Sgt. Rocky Spells attended a high school with few minorities. Raised by a single parent in a predominantly white community, Spells wanted to learn more about her African American ancestry. So, she enrolled in the historically Black Spelman College in downtown Atlanta, where she … [Read more...]