Rps Celebrate Rating's Birthday Aboard John C. Stennis

Story by PO3 Jacob L Greenberg on 01/17/2019 Religious program specialists (RPs) aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), celebrated their rating's 40th birthday while underway, Jan. 15. In 1979, Secretary of the Navy Edward Hidalgo established the permanent RP rating in response to the vital role read more

Exercise Forest Light 19.2 Begins Early February

Story by 2LT Brett Vannier on 01/17/2019 Approximately 400 Okinawa-based U.S. Marines will partner with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel to conduct the semiannual bilateral exercise Forest Light 19.2 from Feb. 4 -15, 2019 in the Aibano Maneuver Area. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, forward-deployed to 3rd Marine read more

500th Mi Bde-T Year In Review

Story by SSG Shameeka Stanley on 01/07/2019 SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HAWAII 2018 has been another remarkable year for the 500th Military Intelligence Brigade-Theater (MIB-T). The brigade's combined multi-discipline intelligence capabilities and interoperability has consistently strengthened its partnerships with U.S. allies throughout the Pacific Theater. Most notably, Soldiers throughout the brigade have read more

Farewell 2018: Rhc-P's Year-In-Review

Story by Emily Yeh on 01/04/2019 JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. As 2019 begins, it is again time to reflect on significant events that occurred at Regional Health Command-Pacific last year. Similar to previous years, RHC-P and its subordinate units contributed to the Army's No. 1 priority readiness. Region also supported read more

Navfac Exwc Supports Successful Test Of Wave Energy Converter Powering Oceanographic Instrumentation

Story by Palmer Pinckney II on 01/16/2019 PORT HUENEME, Calif. (11/06/2018) Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (EXWC) is pleased to announce the most recent round of Wave Energy Converter (WEC) testing at the U.S. Navy's Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) off Marine Corps Base Hawaii read more

Quiet Strength: One Marine's Mentorship

Story by Cpl Luke Kuennen on 12/27/2018 "Hey, knuckle-snacks. You suck." Gunnery Sgt. Ezekiel Kitandwe leaned over my shoulder, scrutinizing the half-completed video project open on my laptop. It had been a long few days of shooting an air assault exercise, and I was finally sitting down to make sense read more

Afw2: Finding Resiliency By Building Connections

Story by TSgt Heather Redman on 01/10/2019 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii Resiliency is not a new concept. The idea that developing a person to be mentally, physically, spiritually and socially strong so they can adapt to stressful events in their lives is the basis of the Comprehensive Airman Fitne read more

77th Anniversary Of The Attack On Pearl Harbor

Story by Amn Parker McCauley on 01/10/2019 Seventy-seven years ago, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) launched a surprise attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, along with numerous other locations across the island of Oahu. More than 2,400 people were killed in this attack and President Franklin D. read more

Afw2: Finding Resiliency By Building Connections

Story by TSgt Heather Redman on 01/10/2019 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii Resiliency is not a new concept. The idea that developing a person to be mentally, physically, spiritually and socially strong so they can adapt to stressful events in their lives is the basis of the Comprehensive Airman Fitne read more

77th Anniversary Of The Attack On Pearl Harbor

Story by Amn Parker McCauley on 01/10/2019 Seventy-seven years ago, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) launched a surprise attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, along with numerous other locations across the island of Oahu. More than 2,400 people were killed in this attack and President Franklin D. read more

What Mlk Day Means To Me

Story by Cpl Dylan Chagnon on 01/17/2019 MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, California As a 21-year-old Marine in 2019, I wanted to write this piece from the perspective of what the day truly means to me. As I reflect on his character, the leadership and commitment of Dr. Martin Luther read more

I Am Schriever: Learning, Leading To General

Story by Halle Thornton on 01/16/2019 Small in stature and voice, at first glance she may not appear to be an influential individual, but that would be a fleeting thought for anyone who has engaged Col. Jennifer Grant, 50th Space Wing commander. Hailing from New Hampshire and her middle-upper cla read more