Tag Archives: Pacific

Obama promises to rally public behind troops

ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska — Nearing a decision on sending more troops off to war, President Barack Obama told a military audience Thursday that he will not dispatch them into conflict without proper support — including the backing of … Continue reading

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Focus falls on cause of mid-air collision

LOS ANGELES — With the possibility of finding survivors all but gone and the ocean search shifted from a rescue effort to a recovery mission, focus fell Monday on what caused a Marine Corps helicopter and a Coast Guard plane … Continue reading

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Keating passes PaCom torch to Willard

 Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presided over a change-of-command ceremony here Oct. 19 as Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating passed the U.S. Pacific Command helm to Navy Adm. Robert F. Willard. … Continue reading

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Bases help airmen cope with new PT rules

Not wanting to lead a bunch of PT flunkies, commanders across the Air Force are instituting tougher fitness programs to get their airmen ready for the new standards that go into effect in just three months.One unit — the 31st … Continue reading

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General officer assignments released

The Air Force Chief of Staff on Oct. 16 announced the following general officer assignments:* Maj. Gen. Hank C. Morrow, commander of 1st Air Force, Air Combat Command, and commander of Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region, at … Continue reading

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Alaskan Command sets up joint training range

Location counts — whether you’re buying a home or setting up a joint training range.Alaskan Command, a subunified command under U.S. Pacific Command, is stitching together more than 100,000 acres in the 49th state where air, land and sea forces … Continue reading

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Hawaii Guard, Navy bound for American Samoa

About 90 Hawaii National Guard members left Wednesday for American Samoa to help in the recovery efforts on the Pacific island, National Guard officials said. Two C-17 Globemaster IIIs from the 154th Wing, an associate unit based at Hickam Air … Continue reading

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No more hibernation for Operation Deep Freeze

The 2009-10 season of Operation Deep Freeze, the military’s support of the U.S. Antarctic Program and the National Science Foundation, kicked off Sept. 26 with the first of more than 60 airlift missions, according to Pacific Air Forces.The Air Force … Continue reading

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Holiday Greetings teams ready to deploy

<img border="0" style="margin-right:15px" src="http://www.militarylearningcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/fbbc3_090827-F-3646G-022.JPG" Taping for one of the most recognizable holiday programs in America will begin soon, months before wreaths are hung and lights are strung in homes across the country. Broadcast teams from the Joint Hometown News Service … Continue reading

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Gates may make October visit to Japan

WASHINGTON — The United States has started arranging a meeting in Tokyo in mid-October between Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the defense minister to be named under the incoming Japanese government, a source close to Japan-U.S. relations said Monday.Gates, who … Continue reading

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