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Operation Christmas Drop

<img width="800" height="445" src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-800x445.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-image size-colormag-featured-image wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image" alt="Operation Christmas Drop" data-attachment-id="8661" data-permalink="https://defpost.com/andersen-afb-host-66th-annual-operation-christmas-drop/u-s-raaf-and-jasdf-launch-operation-christmas-drop-2015/" data-orig-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-e1574099662824.jpg" data-orig-size="1920,1280" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"9","credit":"U.S. Air Force","camera":"NIKON D610","caption":"Cpl. Teome Matamua and Sgt. Phillip McIllvaney, Australian Army 176th Air Dispatch Squadron loadmasters, deliver the first low-cost, low-altitude bundle of Operation Christmas Drop 2015 to the island of MogMog, Dec. 8, 2015. Australian and Japanese C-130 aircrews for the first time joined U.S. Airmen during the 64th year of Operation Christmas Drop \u2013 a Humanitarian Aid\/Disaster Relief training event where C-130 aircrews perform LCLA airdrops on unsurveyed drop zones while providing critical supplies to 56 islands throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau. It highlights the U.S. and allied airpower capabilities to orient and respond to activities in peacetime and crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo\/Staff Sgt. Katrina Brisbin)","created_timestamp":"1449505771","copyright":"U.S. Air Force","focal_length":"12","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.00625","title":"U.S., RAAF and JASDF launch Operation Christmas Drop 2015","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Operation Christmas Drop" data-image-description="<p>Cpl. Teome Matamua and Sgt. Phillip McIllvaney, Australian Army 176th Air Dispatch Squadron loadmasters, deliver the first low-cost, low-altitude bundle of Operation Christmas Drop 2015 to the island of MogMog, Dec. 8, 2015. Australian and Japanese C-130 aircrews for the first time joined U.S. Airmen during the 64th year of Operation Christmas Drop – a Humanitarian Aid/Disaster Relief training event where C-130 aircrews perform LCLA airdrops on unsurveyed drop zones while providing critical supplies to 56 islands throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau. It highlights the U.S. and allied airpower capabilities to orient and respond to activities in peacetime and crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Katrina Brisbin)</p> " data-medium-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-1024x683.jpg" data-lazy-src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-800x445.jpg?is-pending-load=1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" />

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Andersen AFB to Host 67th Annual Operation Christmas Drop

November 25, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Operation Christmas Drop, Palau, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The 67th iteration of Operation Christmas Drop is set to take to the Pacific skies, Dec. 10 hosted by the

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USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)

<img width="800" height="445" alt="USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)" data-attachment-id="13734" data-permalink="https://defpost.com/pacific-partnership-2018-mission-concludes-yap-continues-onward-palau/170130-n-oh262-013/" data-orig-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick.jpg" data-orig-size="1500,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"Bill Mesta","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","caption":"170130-N-OH262-013 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (January 30, 2017)--Military Sealift Command's expeditionary fast transport ship, USNS Brunswick (EPF 6) gets underway from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Jan. 30. Brunswick got underway to begin its first overseas deployment. (U.S. Navy photograph by Bill Mesta\/released)","created_timestamp":"1485751058","copyright":"","focal_length":"63","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":"170130-N-OH262-013","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)" data-image-description="<p>170130-N-OH262-013 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (January 30, 2017)–Military Sealift Command’s expeditionary fast transport ship, USNS Brunswick (EPF 6) gets underway from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Jan. 30. Brunswick got underway to begin its first overseas deployment. (U.S. Navy photograph by Bill Mesta/released)</p> " data-medium-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-1024x683.jpg" data-lazy- srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-800x445.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-image size-colormag-featured-image wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="445" src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-800x445.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-image size-colormag-featured-image wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image" alt="USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)" data-attachment-id="13734" data-permalink="https://defpost.com/pacific-partnership-2018-mission-concludes-yap-continues-onward-palau/170130-n-oh262-013/" data-orig-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick.jpg" data-orig-size="1500,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"Bill Mesta","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","caption":"170130-N-OH262-013 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (January 30, 2017)--Military Sealift Command's expeditionary fast transport ship, USNS Brunswick (EPF 6) gets underway from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Jan. 30. Brunswick got underway to begin its first overseas deployment. (U.S. Navy photograph by Bill Mesta\/released)","created_timestamp":"1485751058","copyright":"","focal_length":"63","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":"170130-N-OH262-013","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)" data-image-description="<p>170130-N-OH262-013 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (January 30, 2017)–Military Sealift Command’s expeditionary fast transport ship, USNS Brunswick (EPF 6) gets underway from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Jan. 30. Brunswick got underway to begin its first overseas deployment. (U.S. Navy photograph by Bill Mesta/released)</p> " data-medium-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-1024x683.jpg" data-lazy-src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-800x445.jpg?is-pending-load=1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" />

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Pacific Partnership 2018 Mission Concludes in Palau, Heads to Malaysia

April 15, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR), Malaysia, Pacific Partnership, Palau, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)

Pacific Partnership 2018, the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) preparedness mission, concluded aboard U.S. Navy expeditionary

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USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)

<img width="800" height="445" alt="USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)" data-attachment-id="13734" data-permalink="https://defpost.com/pacific-partnership-2018-mission-concludes-yap-continues-onward-palau/170130-n-oh262-013/" data-orig-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick.jpg" data-orig-size="1500,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"Bill Mesta","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","caption":"170130-N-OH262-013 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (January 30, 2017)--Military Sealift Command's expeditionary fast transport ship, USNS Brunswick (EPF 6) gets underway from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Jan. 30. Brunswick got underway to begin its first overseas deployment. (U.S. Navy photograph by Bill Mesta\/released)","created_timestamp":"1485751058","copyright":"","focal_length":"63","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":"170130-N-OH262-013","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)" data-image-description="<p>170130-N-OH262-013 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (January 30, 2017)–Military Sealift Command’s expeditionary fast transport ship, USNS Brunswick (EPF 6) gets underway from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Jan. 30. Brunswick got underway to begin its first overseas deployment. (U.S. Navy photograph by Bill Mesta/released)</p> " data-medium-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-1024x683.jpg" data-lazy- srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-800x445.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-image size-colormag-featured-image wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="445" src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-800x445.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-image size-colormag-featured-image wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image" alt="USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)" data-attachment-id="13734" data-permalink="https://defpost.com/pacific-partnership-2018-mission-concludes-yap-continues-onward-palau/170130-n-oh262-013/" data-orig-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick.jpg" data-orig-size="1500,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"Bill Mesta","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","caption":"170130-N-OH262-013 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (January 30, 2017)--Military Sealift Command's expeditionary fast transport ship, USNS Brunswick (EPF 6) gets underway from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Jan. 30. Brunswick got underway to begin its first overseas deployment. (U.S. Navy photograph by Bill Mesta\/released)","created_timestamp":"1485751058","copyright":"","focal_length":"63","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":"170130-N-OH262-013","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)" data-image-description="<p>170130-N-OH262-013 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (January 30, 2017)–Military Sealift Command’s expeditionary fast transport ship, USNS Brunswick (EPF 6) gets underway from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Jan. 30. Brunswick got underway to begin its first overseas deployment. (U.S. Navy photograph by Bill Mesta/released)</p> " data-medium-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-1024x683.jpg" data-lazy-src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-800x445.jpg?is-pending-load=1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" />

Asia-Pacific GeoPolitics/ Policy

Pacific Partnership 2018 Mission Begins in Palau

April 4, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR), Micronesia, Pacific Partnership, Palau, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)

Pacific Partnership 2018, the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) preparedness mission, kicked off at the Ngarachamayong

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USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)

<img width="800" height="445" alt="USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)" data-attachment-id="13734" data-permalink="https://defpost.com/pacific-partnership-2018-mission-concludes-yap-continues-onward-palau/170130-n-oh262-013/" data-orig-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick.jpg" data-orig-size="1500,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"Bill Mesta","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","caption":"170130-N-OH262-013 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (January 30, 2017)--Military Sealift Command's expeditionary fast transport ship, USNS Brunswick (EPF 6) gets underway from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Jan. 30. Brunswick got underway to begin its first overseas deployment. (U.S. Navy photograph by Bill Mesta\/released)","created_timestamp":"1485751058","copyright":"","focal_length":"63","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":"170130-N-OH262-013","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)" data-image-description="<p>170130-N-OH262-013 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (January 30, 2017)–Military Sealift Command’s expeditionary fast transport ship, USNS Brunswick (EPF 6) gets underway from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Jan. 30. Brunswick got underway to begin its first overseas deployment. (U.S. Navy photograph by Bill Mesta/released)</p> " data-medium-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-1024x683.jpg" data-lazy- srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-800x445.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-image size-colormag-featured-image wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="445" src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-800x445.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-image size-colormag-featured-image wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image" alt="USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)" data-attachment-id="13734" data-permalink="https://defpost.com/pacific-partnership-2018-mission-concludes-yap-continues-onward-palau/170130-n-oh262-013/" data-orig-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick.jpg" data-orig-size="1500,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"Bill Mesta","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","caption":"170130-N-OH262-013 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (January 30, 2017)--Military Sealift Command's expeditionary fast transport ship, USNS Brunswick (EPF 6) gets underway from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Jan. 30. Brunswick got underway to begin its first overseas deployment. (U.S. Navy photograph by Bill Mesta\/released)","created_timestamp":"1485751058","copyright":"","focal_length":"63","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":"170130-N-OH262-013","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)" data-image-description="<p>170130-N-OH262-013 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (January 30, 2017)–Military Sealift Command’s expeditionary fast transport ship, USNS Brunswick (EPF 6) gets underway from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Jan. 30. Brunswick got underway to begin its first overseas deployment. (U.S. Navy photograph by Bill Mesta/released)</p> " data-medium-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-1024x683.jpg" data-lazy-src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/USNS-Brunswick-800x445.jpg?is-pending-load=1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" />

Asia-Pacific Naval

Pacific Partnership 2018 Mission Concludes in Yap, Continues Onward to Palau

April 2, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia, Pacific Partnership, Palau, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)

Pacific Partnership 2018, the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) preparedness mission, concluded aboard the expeditionary fast

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USNS Salvor (T-ARS-52)

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USNS Salvor, MDSU Divers Team Up with DPAA to Recover WWII Pilot’s Remains near Palau

February 27, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), Military Sealift Command (MSC), Palau, Rescue and salvage ship (ARS), Safeguard-class salvage ship, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USNS Salvor (T-ARS-52)

A recovery team aboard U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command’s USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52) completed an excavation, on Feb. 25, of

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Operation Christmas Drop

<img width="800" height="445" src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-800x445.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-image size-colormag-featured-image wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image" alt="Operation Christmas Drop" data-attachment-id="8661" data-permalink="https://defpost.com/andersen-afb-host-66th-annual-operation-christmas-drop/u-s-raaf-and-jasdf-launch-operation-christmas-drop-2015/" data-orig-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-e1574099662824.jpg" data-orig-size="1920,1280" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"9","credit":"U.S. Air Force","camera":"NIKON D610","caption":"Cpl. Teome Matamua and Sgt. Phillip McIllvaney, Australian Army 176th Air Dispatch Squadron loadmasters, deliver the first low-cost, low-altitude bundle of Operation Christmas Drop 2015 to the island of MogMog, Dec. 8, 2015. Australian and Japanese C-130 aircrews for the first time joined U.S. Airmen during the 64th year of Operation Christmas Drop \u2013 a Humanitarian Aid\/Disaster Relief training event where C-130 aircrews perform LCLA airdrops on unsurveyed drop zones while providing critical supplies to 56 islands throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau. It highlights the U.S. and allied airpower capabilities to orient and respond to activities in peacetime and crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo\/Staff Sgt. Katrina Brisbin)","created_timestamp":"1449505771","copyright":"U.S. Air Force","focal_length":"12","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.00625","title":"U.S., RAAF and JASDF launch Operation Christmas Drop 2015","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Operation Christmas Drop" data-image-description="<p>Cpl. Teome Matamua and Sgt. Phillip McIllvaney, Australian Army 176th Air Dispatch Squadron loadmasters, deliver the first low-cost, low-altitude bundle of Operation Christmas Drop 2015 to the island of MogMog, Dec. 8, 2015. Australian and Japanese C-130 aircrews for the first time joined U.S. Airmen during the 64th year of Operation Christmas Drop – a Humanitarian Aid/Disaster Relief training event where C-130 aircrews perform LCLA airdrops on unsurveyed drop zones while providing critical supplies to 56 islands throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau. It highlights the U.S. and allied airpower capabilities to orient and respond to activities in peacetime and crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Katrina Brisbin)</p> " data-medium-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-1024x683.jpg" data-lazy-src="https://defpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Operation-Christmas-Drop-800x445.jpg?is-pending-load=1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" />

Asia-Pacific GeoPolitics/ Policy

Andersen AFB to host 66th annual Operation Christmas Drop

December 2, 2017November 21, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Federated States of Micronesia, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), Low-Cost Low-Altitude (LCLA) airdrop, Micronesia, Military airdrop, Northern Mariana Islands, Operation Christmas Drop, Palau, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The 66th iteration of Operation Christmas Drop is set to take to the Pacific skies over Anderson Air Force Base,

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