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MISAWA AIR BASE, AOMORI, JAPAN -- For the past three weeks, Misawa Air Base, Japan, hosted U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing during Northern Viper 2017, an annual joint contingency exercise that tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps forces.

CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii, Aug. 31, 2017 — The United States’ newest and most advanced fighter, the Marine Corps’ F-35B Lightning II, joined U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers for the first time in a sequenced bilateral mission with Japan and South Korean air forces in Northeast Asia yesterday, according to a Pacific Air Forces news release.

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy announced Thursday in NAVADMIN 214/17 the wear rules and Fleet distribution plan for the Navy Working Uniform (NWU) Type III along with a list of approved boots Sailors can wear with the uniform.

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy announced Thursday that the 10 Sailors who died aboard USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) were posthumously advanced to their next rank.

Electronics Technician 1st Class Charles Nathan Findley, 31, from Kansas City, Missouri, was posthumously advanced to Chief Electronics Technician.

1. Travel in small groups and vary routes.

2. Carry a card with key phrases in the local language to assist you in asking for help.

3. Let your unit, coworker, family and/or battle buddy know where you’re going and when you expect to return.

U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and Marine Corps Installations Pacific participate in water survival advanced (WSA) training on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 29, 2017.