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Korean Community Honors U.S. Soldiers
Jan 17, 2007
Korean community honors Soldiers during holidays, Dec. 2006
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25th CAB pilots earn Broken Wing award
Jan 12, 2007
Two pilots with the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) were awarded Broken Wing awards, recently, for successfully landing a damaged aircraft during training at the Pohokoloa Training Area, when they were back in Hawaii, Feb. 23, 2006.
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78th Aviation Battalion upgrades crew machine guns
Jan 12, 2007
Soldiers and aviators from the 78th Aviation Battalion of U.S. Army Japan are now fielding a new crew-served weapon, the M240H machine gun, thanks to a recent upgrade which replaced the old, antiquated M60D machine gun that was widely used during the Vietnam War.
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Hawaii-trained Guam National Guard trains Ethiopian army
Jan 12, 2007
The Ethiopian army trainees crept slowly through the thorn-studded East African brush, clutching well-worn Kalashnikov rifles. Somewhere in this rocky landscape a simulated ambush awaited them.
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GEN Bell on North Korean Nuclear Tests
Jan 9, 2007
General Burwell Bell, Commander of U.S. Forces Korea, believes North Korea will conduct another nuclear test in the future.
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USJFCOM Gets Approval to Connect U.S., Australian Networks
Dec 21, 2006
U.S. Joint Forces Command's recently received approval to connect the Joint Training and Experimentation Network and Australia's Defence Training and Experimentation Network , allowing the two countries to link simulation networks and efficiently train together across long distances. Chief Petty Officer Chris Hoffpauir has the story.
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Interrogation Exercise
Dec 20, 2006
Role-players ad realism to an exercise in which 524th Military Intelligence Battalion Soldiers hone their skills on collecting information interrogations. PVT Daniel Pauletto reports from Camp Casey, Korea.
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Namhae Anniversary
Dec 18, 2006
Meet a courageous Korean man who continues to pay respect to fallen American soldiers sixty years after their deaths.
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Excitement Heating Up Over New Extended-Cold-Weather Gear
Dec 14, 2006
Members of the Alaska Army National Guard here are sizzling with excitement about their new cold weather gear that keeps them toasty warm even when temperatures dip to double digits below zero.
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'Arctic Wolves' dedicate wall honoring fallen comrades
Dec 14, 2006
The Arctic Wolves bid an emotional farewell to 36 of their own yesterday as they gathered here to dedicate the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team Memorial Wall.
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Stryker Brigade Ceremony Focuses on Accomplishments, Sacrifices
Dec 13, 2006
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 13, 2006 aEUR" Some 4,000 members of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team gathered here yesterday to celebrate their accomplishments during 16 months in Iraq and mourn their losses as they uncased the unit's colors during a stirring redeployment ceremony.
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Holiday cheer lights up U.S. Army Japan
Dec 13, 2006
More than 150 Depot community members, distinguished guests, officials from Sagamihara City and students from Koyo Elementary School watched as a string of colorful lights brightened a large 20-ft. tree near Depot's front gate.
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Combat Engineers Return From Duty in Iraq
Dec 13, 2006
U.S. Army Alaska's only unit to deploy twice to Iraq is back again.
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Local Pearl Harbor veterans recall day of infamy
Dec 8, 2006
Sixty-five years ago today, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, creating a defining moment that would go down in history as the event that caused America to enter World War II.
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Ceremonial Color Guard
Nov 29, 2006
The ceremonial color guard advances to the front of the formation as part of the 19th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) change of command ceremony Oct. 25 at Camp Walker's Kelly Field.
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Guard trains alongside Japanese in Rising Warrior
Nov 29, 2006
Troops from 2nd Company, 1st Infantry Regiment, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, form into a "stack" in preparation for entry into a building during a company live-fire exercise, part of Rising Warrior with the Hawaii Army National Guard, Nov. 15.
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'Hail to the Chief'
Nov 29, 2006
Spc. Aldon Kelly and Pfc. Christina L. Wilson, both from 71st Chemical Company, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, greet President George W. Bush during his 16-hour stopover in Honolulu, which began Monday.
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6-37 FA qualifies on MLRS Unit
Nov 29, 2006
ROCKET VALLEY aEUR" A rocket fired from the launcher screamed over the mountain, shaking up the serenity of the range, as 6-37 Field Artillery conducted a Multiple Rocket Launch System gunnery exercise Oct 17.
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Soldiers see Gyeonggi-do on cultural tour
Nov 29, 2006
The Soldiers were on a Korean Cultural and Industrial tour sponsored by the Gyeonggi Provincial government. The trip was offered free of charge to help give Soldiers an understanding of the Korean culture in which they live.
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ROK, U.S. Soldiers play joint concert.
Nov 29, 2006
For the second year in a row, the 21st Annual Autumn Leaves and Culture Festival kicked off with a joint band concert at Dongducheon Citizens' Hall.
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First Arctic Wolves return to Alaska after 16 months in Iraq
Nov 28, 2006
Two days after Thanksgiving, the families of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team had a lot to be thankful for as three planeloads of the 'Arctic Wolves' returned from a 16-month deployment to Iraq.
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Presidential Briefing
Nov 22, 2006
Staff Sgts. Adam Niel Harrington, Keith Alan Burnette and Buffy Lea Rider demonstrate to President Bush how remains of service members missing in action are identified, during the president's visit to Vietnam. The Soldiers are members of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command's field operations unit in Hanoi.
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Korea opens first barracks, DFAC complex
Nov 21, 2006
The largest and first barracks with dining facility complex opened at Camp Humphreys Nov. 9.
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Army Air and Missile Defense Command remains relevant and ready
Nov 20, 2006
With increased threats becoming significantly greater due to the proliferation of missile technology, the addition of the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command to the Pacific area of operations has proven to be vital to the Asia-Pacific region.
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Water Survival Training
Nov 16, 2006
Water Survival Training at Camp Humphreys
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New Army Vessel Arrives in Hawaii
Oct 13, 2006
The Army logistic support vessel SSGT Robert T. Kuroda, LSV-7, has arrived at its homeport of Honolulu, Hawaii, after a 5,000-mile delivery voyage from its birthplace in Pascagoula, Miss.
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Soldiers honored for Pakistan earthquake relief
Oct 13, 2006
When a 7.6 magnitude earthquake devastated northern Pakistan last October, Soldiers from the 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital rushed its 84-bed hospital to the scene.
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Soldiers in South Korea ready for war 365 days a year
Oct 11, 2006
"ItAca,!a,,cs a country that time has forgotten," said Special Operations Command, Korea, Command Sgt. Maj. Richard Kimmich of North Korea.
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Signal command manages global communications from Hawaii
Oct 5, 2006
The Army ReserveAca,!a,,cs 311th Signal Command (Theater) became the newest element in the U.S. Army Pacific Command during a Sept. 15 ceremony at Fort Shafter.
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205th's 'Unsung Warriors' return
Oct 4, 2006
The return of not one, but almost 300 Soldiers from the 205th MI Battalion, Saturday, after an almost year long deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Army widow christens Navy ship, 'Freedom'
Sep 26, 2006
The Navy christened and launched the nation's first Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom (LCS-1), at the Marinette Marine shipyard Sept. 24.
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Two WCAP Soldiers set to wrestle world's best
Sep 19, 2006
Two Soldiers in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program have qualified for the 2006 World Wrestling Championships.
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NEWS: Soldiers, Marines visit JGSDF chemical unit
Sep 17, 2006
Five Soldiers from Camp Zama and six Marines from Camp Hanson toured Japan Ground Self Defense ForceAca,!a,,cs largest chemical unit Aug. 24 at Camp Omiya, located northeast of Tokyo, during a 4-day Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise.
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Training Rotation Prepares Units for Deplyment
Sep 17, 2006
The Spartan Soldiers of the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, have returned to Alaska and begun final preparations for their impending deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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World War II crash site on Oahu set for excavation this month
Sep 17, 2006
Approximately sixty years ago a U.S. Navy Reserve aviator left on a training mission from Barbers Point, Oahu, in preparation to become one of AmericaAca,!a,,cs World War II pilots. He never returned.
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Bush: U.S. Committed to Security of Korean Peninsula
Sep 17, 2006
The U.S. is committed to peace and security on the Korean peninsula, and decisions about placement and size of U.S. forces there will be made in consultation with the South Korean government, President Bush said here yesterday.
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U.S. Servicmembers Take Part in Gyeongju City Tour
Sep 17, 2006
Hearing the chants of a Buddhist monk and stepping inside a temple that has existed centuries ago, is the opportunity that 120 U.S. servicemembers stationed in the Republic of Korea (ROK) had an opportunity to experience during a three-day tour of Gyeongju City. This city is considered the treasure house of Korean culture and its history dates back the Silla dynasty that existed thousands of years ago in 57 B.C.
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Soldiers Quit Smoking While Deployed
Sep 17, 2006
Quitting smoking was the last thing MSG David Dulen expected to do when he deployed to Iraq in September. The pack-a-day smoker for more than 20 years had considered quitting many times, but his "smoke 'em if you got 'em" habit endured. But then his wife quit last year
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Bunker Busters Bulk Up
Sep 17, 2006
None of them are anywhere near as cool as Deep Digger, the bunker-busting bomb that drills its way underground. But various arms of the Defense Department are working on a number of next-generation munitions, designed to take out deeply buried targets, Aviation Week writes.
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POW/MIA Recognition Day reaffirms commitment to nation's missing
Sep 17, 2006
As Americans pause to observe POW/MIA Recognition Day today, teams of military and civilian experts will be excavating sites in Europe, South Korea, Solomon Islands, Alaska and Hawaii, looking for remains to help identify servicemembers still missing from past wars.
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Soldiers participate in safe driving training video
Sep 17, 2006
It was, Aca,!A"lights, camera, action,Aca,!' for several Fort Rucker servicemembers Sept. 11-15 when the U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center and Firehouse Pictures shot a training video for two new Army Traffic Safety Training Program courses.