30 March 2016 Dunford Discusses Challenges to the Joint Force, Need for Defense Reform WASHINGTON — Challenges posed by Russia, China, North Korea, Iran and Islamic extremism have implications for the joint force, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies here today. Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford discussed the challenges and...
30 March 2016 Mount Pavlof Erupts in Alaska Sending Volcanic Ash More Than 20,000 Feet. JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Sunday afternoon, around 4 p.m., Mount Pavlof began erupting, 600 miles southwest of Anchorage in the Aleutian Islands, projecting ash more than 20,000 feet in the air. Several local airlines cancelled flights in the area, displacing more than 3,000...
30 March 2016 Harpers Ferry Sailors Bid Farewell to Hong Kong HONG KONG (NNS) -- Dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) departed Hong Kong following a successful port visit, March 25. The visit allowed Sailors and Marines the opportunity to experience culture, cuisine, people and landscape of the city, while exploring in their own groups and during...
30 March 2016 Mass Casualty Exercise Tests Emergency Services MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Marines, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel and the Iwakuni City Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services conducted Mass Casualty Exercise 2016 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 23, 2016. Conducted in preparation for the...
29 March 2016 Japan, U.S. Professionals Share Renewable Energy Initiatives at DKI APCSS HONOLULU, Hawai'i -- Looking to enhance energy security through bilateral cooperation, 24 U.S. and Japanese government, corporate, non-profit and academic professionals gathered at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies for a workshop March 21. DKI APCSS partnered with...
29 March 2016 Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Atul Keshap at Reception Aboard USS Blue Ridge Admiral Aucoin, thank you very much for your kind remarks and thank you very much for bringing this ship and her crew here. It is a delight to have you all here. I’m going to be very brief. First of all, in the South Asian context,...
29 March 2016 Missile System Would Greatly Increase Defense Capability in South Korea WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 25, 2016) -- Right now, the United States and South Korea are in discussions regarding the feasibility of deploying a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD system there, along with its associated radar, while nearby China has voiced objections to the...
29 March 2016 Blue Ridge Changes Command in Sri Lanka COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Capt. Matthew Paradise relieved Capt. Kyle P. Higgins as commanding officer USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) during a change of command ceremony March 29.Blue Ridge is currently on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of operations, strengthening and fostering relationships in the Indo-Asia...
29 March 2016 374th Maintenance Squadron Keeps Yokota, Kadena Aircraft Flying YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Cars, buses and trains are some of the typical means of transportation for people to get to their destinations. Along the way, these vehicles need repairs or routine maintenance to keep them in good working condition. In the Air Force, a routine way of transportation is...
29 March 2016 U.S. and Japan Promote Collaboration on Infrastructure Development in the Philippines MANILA, Philippines -- Last week, the U.S. Embassy Manila’s Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Michael S. Klecheski joined U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Arun Kumar; Deputy Minister Yasuki Kaibori from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport and Tourism; Minister for Economic...
30 March 2016 Dunford Discusses Challenges to the Joint Force, Need for Defense Reform WASHINGTON — Challenges posed by Russia, China, North Korea, Iran and Islamic extremism have implications for the joint force, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies here today. Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford discussed the challenges and...
30 March 2016 Mount Pavlof Erupts in Alaska Sending Volcanic Ash More Than 20,000 Feet. JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Sunday afternoon, around 4 p.m., Mount Pavlof began erupting, 600 miles southwest of Anchorage in the Aleutian Islands, projecting ash more than 20,000 feet in the air. Several local airlines cancelled flights in the area, displacing more than 3,000...
30 March 2016 Harpers Ferry Sailors Bid Farewell to Hong Kong HONG KONG (NNS) -- Dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) departed Hong Kong following a successful port visit, March 25. The visit allowed Sailors and Marines the opportunity to experience culture, cuisine, people and landscape of the city, while exploring in their own groups and during...
30 March 2016 Mass Casualty Exercise Tests Emergency Services MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Marines, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel and the Iwakuni City Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services conducted Mass Casualty Exercise 2016 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 23, 2016. Conducted in preparation for the...
29 March 2016 Japan, U.S. Professionals Share Renewable Energy Initiatives at DKI APCSS HONOLULU, Hawai'i -- Looking to enhance energy security through bilateral cooperation, 24 U.S. and Japanese government, corporate, non-profit and academic professionals gathered at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies for a workshop March 21. DKI APCSS partnered with...
29 March 2016 Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Atul Keshap at Reception Aboard USS Blue Ridge Admiral Aucoin, thank you very much for your kind remarks and thank you very much for bringing this ship and her crew here. It is a delight to have you all here. I’m going to be very brief. First of all, in the South Asian context,...
29 March 2016 Missile System Would Greatly Increase Defense Capability in South Korea WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 25, 2016) -- Right now, the United States and South Korea are in discussions regarding the feasibility of deploying a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD system there, along with its associated radar, while nearby China has voiced objections to the...
29 March 2016 Blue Ridge Changes Command in Sri Lanka COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Capt. Matthew Paradise relieved Capt. Kyle P. Higgins as commanding officer USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) during a change of command ceremony March 29.Blue Ridge is currently on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of operations, strengthening and fostering relationships in the Indo-Asia...
29 March 2016 374th Maintenance Squadron Keeps Yokota, Kadena Aircraft Flying YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Cars, buses and trains are some of the typical means of transportation for people to get to their destinations. Along the way, these vehicles need repairs or routine maintenance to keep them in good working condition. In the Air Force, a routine way of transportation is...
29 March 2016 U.S. and Japan Promote Collaboration on Infrastructure Development in the Philippines MANILA, Philippines -- Last week, the U.S. Embassy Manila’s Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Michael S. Klecheski joined U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Arun Kumar; Deputy Minister Yasuki Kaibori from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport and Tourism; Minister for Economic...