Johnson Receives Korean National Security Medal

SEOUL, Republic of Korea - The Eighth Army commanding general received the South Korean Order of National Security Medal here, Monday.

SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 22, 2013) - An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the Wallbangers of Airborne Early Warning Squadron 117 takes flight off of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz. Nimitz Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy Photo by MC3 Derek W. Volland)

JAKARTA, Indonesia (May 22, 2013) - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Arman Hajiomar, attached to Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command, demonstrates how to use a Special Operations Forces-Tactical (SOF-T) tourniquet during a subject matter expert medical symposium exchange during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia 2013. More than 1,000 Sailors and Marines are participating in CARAT Indonesia 2013. CARAT is a series of annual, bilateral maritime exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Timor-Leste. (U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Joshua T. Rodriguez)

FUSSA, Japan (May 22, 2013) - Airmen from the 374th Dental Squadron assist a local resident with planting a flower bed outside Yokota Air Base, Japan. In a collaborated effort, more than 50 volunteers from Yokota and Fussa joined to plant flowers alongside and pull weeds from Route 16, a highway bordering both communities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cody H. Ramirez)

JAKARTA, Indonesia (May 22, 2013) - Navy Diver 2nd Class William Costa, attached to Mobile Diving and Salvague Unit (MDSU) 1, speaks to Republic of Indonesia Navy Sailor Lt. Thomas Fanulene during a subject matter expert exchange in support of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia 2013. (U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Jimmie Crockett)

SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 21, 2013) - The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier transit alongside each other to conduct a replenishment at sea. Nimitz Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and supporting theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Raul Moreno Jr)

USS Tortuga Arrives in Indonesia for Exercise CARAT '13

JAKARTA, Indonesia - JAKARTA, Indonesia - The forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) arrived in Jakarta today, marking the beginning of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2013 (CARAT '13), May 21.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (May 21, 2013) - Lt. j.g. Kelly McWhorter, left, converses with Indonesian naval electrical officer Lt. Jaka Winanto on the bridge wing of the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga as the ship pulls into Jakarta Harbor for a port visit, marking the beginning of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2013. Tortuga is part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, currently on deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility and is participating in CARAT, the annual bilateral naval exercise series between the U.S. and partner nations in the Southeast Asia region. (U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Amanda S. Kitchner)