The government of the Netherlands announced Friday that it will continue to participate in the fight against ISIS up to 2017. Since 2014, Dutch forces have provided military training in Iraq, including preparations for the liberation of Mosul and force protection for Belgian F-16s involved in the campaign. The government also announced that it would send a tanker aircraft and a navy vessel to join the effort. The unidentified tanker will assist with in-flight fighter jet refueling and the HNLMS Rotterdam will be stationed near Libya to train the Libyan coast guard in their efforts to police human trafficking and monitor refugees.
The top Air Force commander on on the Japanese island of Okinawa has clamped down alcohol and issued a curfew for junior enlisted Airmen and Guardians at Kadena Air Base for the next month. The order came roughly two weeks after a U.S. Marine was arrested for allegedly robbing and…