MAY 30, 2023 - Airmen from the 647th Civil Engineer Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, partnered with the Republic of Korea Air Force at Daegu Air Base, South Korea, to conduct a Base Resiliency Exercise, April 19-29, 2023. In preparation for the exercise, seven airmen met with the 607th Materiel Maintenance Squadron leaders to stage War Reserve Material … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2023
Austin to Naval Academy Grads: ‘You’re Up to It’
Newly commissioned U.S. Navy Ensigns take the oath of office during the U.S. Naval Academy's Class of 2023 graduation ceremony at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium, Annapolis, Md., May 26, 2023. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley) MAY 30, 2023 - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III told the graduating class of the U.S. Naval Academy today that their experience as midshipmen has … [Read more...]
PACAF RQ-4 Global Hawks Arrive at Yokota Air Base
An RQ-4 Global Hawk, assigned to the 4th Reconnaissance Squadron, 319th Operation Group, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, sits on the flightline at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 2, 2023. U.S. Pacific Air Forces began positioning RQ-4 Global Hawks at Yokota Air Base, Japan, from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on May 15 to provide theater-wide enduring operations in support of … [Read more...]
Leaders Laud Fallen Service Members in Memorial Day Address
MAY 29, 2023 - President Joe Biden today called on the nation to honor the sacrifices of fallen service members by keeping the flame of democracy they fought to uphold burning brightly. The "very soul of America," Biden said, endures today because of the sacrifices of generations of women and men who have fought and sacrificed to uphold the nation's highest … [Read more...]
Memorial Day Set Aside for Remembering Heroes
MAY 29, 2023 — “We are the dead; short days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, loved and were loved, and now we lie in Flanders Fields." Those haunting words were written by the Canadian poet, soldier and physician John McCrae in 1915. He penned the lines as a memorial to those who died in a World War I battle near an area known as the Ypres Salient in Belgium. The … [Read more...]