29 February 2016 Exercise Iron Fist 2016: Final Push; U.S. Marines, sailors, Japanese Soldiers Hit Beach, Beyond for PHIBLEX MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, California -- After a month of training at Exercise Iron Fist 2016, U.S. Marines, sailors, and Japanese soldiers concluded Iron Fist training with a scenario based, battalion-sized amphibious landing exercise, or PHIBLEX, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton on Feb...
29 February 2016 Guam Chamber of Commerce Armed Forces Committee Members Embark USS Chicago PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Ten members of the Guam Chamber of Commerce Armed Forces Committee (AFC) embarked aboard Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Chicago (SSN 721), Feb. 22, to build upon the strong partnership between the local community of Guam and the U.S. Navy.The group spent the day...
26 February 2016 Pacom Commander: Rebalance to Asia-Pacific ‘Being Realized’ WASHINGTON, February 25, 2016 — The U.S. military’s strategic rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region is “real and being realized,” the commander of U.S. Pacific Command told Pentagon reporters today. After testifying before House and Senate committees this week, Navy Adm. Harry Harris Jr. said he...
26 February 2016 Cope North 16 Pacific Partners Sharpen Air Combat Skills ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Pilots from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force conducted a large force employment here Feb. 18-26 as part of exercise Cope North 16. The exercise began with humanitarian assistance and disaster relief...
26 February 2016 Partner nations gather in Singapore to plan Pacific Partnership 2016 SINGAPORE (NNS) -- Members of the Pacific Partnership staff and partner nation representatives gathered in Singapore, Feb. 22-26, for a planning conference to hone details for an upcoming mission slated for the summer of 2016. Now in its 11th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual...
26 February 2016 Yokota Enhances Rescue Capabilities YOKTOA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 459th Airlift Squadron recently outfitted two of their UH-1N Hueys with new rescue hoists, improving their search and rescue capabilities that support airlift operations across the Kanto Plains region. "It allows us to now go to places where we can't land," said Staff...
26 February 2016 Japan Maritime Self Defense Force, US Navy Grow Green Partnership PHILIPPINE SEA – Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Naval Liaison Officers (LNOs) visited USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), Feb. 22. The LNOs helped coordinate and communicate with the Murasame-class destroyer JDS Samidare (DD-106) as it received an advanced biofuel mixture from the Great Green...
25 February 2016 USS William P. Lawrence Supports Pacific Island Region Economic, Environmental Stability WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) supported two commercial fishing vessel boardings, off the coast of the Republic of Nauru this week, as part of the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI). OMSI is a secretary of defense program that...
25 February 2016 First Multilateral Partner Nation Silver Flag Concludes at Andersen Air Force Base ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- After spending more than a week sharing civil engineering techniques, 54 engineers from the U.S. Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Republic of Singapore Air Force, Republic of Korea Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force concluded the Partner Nation Silver...
25 February 2016 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Sets Sail from Thailand USS ASHLAND (LSD 48) – The USS Ashland (LSD 48), carrying elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, left Sattahip, Thailand, Feb. 21, 2016 following the completion of Exercise Cobra Gold 16. This was the 35th iteration of Cobra Gold, which is designed to advance regional security and ensure...
29 February 2016 Exercise Iron Fist 2016: Final Push; U.S. Marines, sailors, Japanese Soldiers Hit Beach, Beyond for PHIBLEX MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, California -- After a month of training at Exercise Iron Fist 2016, U.S. Marines, sailors, and Japanese soldiers concluded Iron Fist training with a scenario based, battalion-sized amphibious landing exercise, or PHIBLEX, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton on Feb...
29 February 2016 Guam Chamber of Commerce Armed Forces Committee Members Embark USS Chicago PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Ten members of the Guam Chamber of Commerce Armed Forces Committee (AFC) embarked aboard Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Chicago (SSN 721), Feb. 22, to build upon the strong partnership between the local community of Guam and the U.S. Navy.The group spent the day...
26 February 2016 Pacom Commander: Rebalance to Asia-Pacific ‘Being Realized’ WASHINGTON, February 25, 2016 — The U.S. military’s strategic rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region is “real and being realized,” the commander of U.S. Pacific Command told Pentagon reporters today. After testifying before House and Senate committees this week, Navy Adm. Harry Harris Jr. said he...
26 February 2016 Cope North 16 Pacific Partners Sharpen Air Combat Skills ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Pilots from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force conducted a large force employment here Feb. 18-26 as part of exercise Cope North 16. The exercise began with humanitarian assistance and disaster relief...
26 February 2016 Partner nations gather in Singapore to plan Pacific Partnership 2016 SINGAPORE (NNS) -- Members of the Pacific Partnership staff and partner nation representatives gathered in Singapore, Feb. 22-26, for a planning conference to hone details for an upcoming mission slated for the summer of 2016. Now in its 11th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual...
26 February 2016 Yokota Enhances Rescue Capabilities YOKTOA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 459th Airlift Squadron recently outfitted two of their UH-1N Hueys with new rescue hoists, improving their search and rescue capabilities that support airlift operations across the Kanto Plains region. "It allows us to now go to places where we can't land," said Staff...
26 February 2016 Japan Maritime Self Defense Force, US Navy Grow Green Partnership PHILIPPINE SEA – Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Naval Liaison Officers (LNOs) visited USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), Feb. 22. The LNOs helped coordinate and communicate with the Murasame-class destroyer JDS Samidare (DD-106) as it received an advanced biofuel mixture from the Great Green...
25 February 2016 USS William P. Lawrence Supports Pacific Island Region Economic, Environmental Stability WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) supported two commercial fishing vessel boardings, off the coast of the Republic of Nauru this week, as part of the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI). OMSI is a secretary of defense program that...
25 February 2016 First Multilateral Partner Nation Silver Flag Concludes at Andersen Air Force Base ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- After spending more than a week sharing civil engineering techniques, 54 engineers from the U.S. Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Republic of Singapore Air Force, Republic of Korea Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force concluded the Partner Nation Silver...
25 February 2016 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Sets Sail from Thailand USS ASHLAND (LSD 48) – The USS Ashland (LSD 48), carrying elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, left Sattahip, Thailand, Feb. 21, 2016 following the completion of Exercise Cobra Gold 16. This was the 35th iteration of Cobra Gold, which is designed to advance regional security and ensure...