The Coast Guard rescued four mariners after their vessel capsized eight miles offshore South Padre Island, Texas, Sunday evening. Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a Mayday call via VH-FM radio from a member of a capsized vessel with four mariners aboard. A Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew, an HC-144 Ocean Sentry […]

U.S. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion and Philippine Marines jump out of a U.S. MV-22 Osprey during static line parachute training at Fort Magsaysay, Luzon, Philippines, Oct. 10, 2019. KAMANDAG helps participating forces maintain a high level of readiness and enhances combined military-to-military relations, interoperability, and multinational coordination. KAMANDAG 3 is a Philippine-led, bilateral exercise […]

U.S. Marines, the Japan Ground Self-Defense, and Philippine Marines conduct amphibious landings during KAMANDAG 3 at Marine Barracks Georgio Lim, Ternate, Philippines, October 12, 2019. Exercises like KAMANDAG increase our ability to work together in response to crisis across the military spectrum in order to accomplish the mission, support the local population, and help alleviate […]

U.S. Marines and members of the Philippine Air Force take part in surface-to-air missile simulations during KAMANDAG 3 at Colonel Ernesto P. Ravina Air Base, Philippines, Oct. 10, 2019. As treaty allies, U.S.-Philippine and U.S.- Japanese military collaboration has served as a cornerstone for stability in the Indo-Pacific region for decades, and the U.S. has […]

2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division arrived in Vlissingen, Netherlands beginning a nine-month rotation as part of the regionally allocated forces supporting Atlantic Resolve. This is the fifth rotation of an armored brigade deployment to Atlantic Resolve. “Surface Warriors” of 838th Transportation Brigade, 598th Transportation Battalion oversaw the port operations marking the first […]