23 February 2016 One Team, One Fight: 1/4, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Take Part in Iron Fist MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- For years, Marines and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force have come together to build upon their storied relationship as allies through Exercise Iron Fist. The exercise requires Marines at all levels to effectively work with a partnered nation to...
23 February 2016 Through Hub and Spoke: Pacific Partners Practice Humanitarian Assistance during Cope North 16 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS -- Military members from six nations joined together for a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief deployment throughout the region of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Feb. 14-18. The deployment is part of Cope North 16, a multilateral exercise,...
23 February 2016 Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Instructors Share Survival Tips during COPE NORTH 16 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Wearing starched, grey field camouflage uniforms, airmen gathered under the orange glow of a canvas parachute suspended in the jungle canopy above. Donned on their shoulders was the Hinomaru, or red circle of the sun — the Japanese flag. The group were members of...
22 February 2016 U.S. Exercise Strengthens Pacific Relationships THAILAND -- After 10 days of training side-by-side and creating a better environment for local citizens. Thailand and the U.S. concluded co-hosting the largest multinational military exercise in Asia, Feb. 19. Approximately 1,500 U.S. Marines, 1,000 U.S. Soldiers, 450 U.S. Sailors, 275 U.S...
22 February 2016 USS Ashland Embarks Marines for Patrol SOUTH CHINA SEA (NNS) -- Sailors aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) embarked the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Jan. 28-29 for a patrol of the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. During the onload, Ashland Sailors worked alongside the Marines to load vehicles and...
22 February 2016 US Army Pacific Exercise Highlights Joint Communications for Pacific Theater FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii (Feb. 19, 2016) -- Even with today's advanced military networked communications systems, the simple ability to make voice calls or track logistics forces while operating in the vast Pacific Theater is challenging. Recently, Soldiers onboard an Army Logistics Supply Vessel...
22 February 2016 Blue Ridge Departs for Patrol in 7th Fleet AOR YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) departed Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Feb. 22, to patrol the 7th Fleet area of operations, strengthening and supporting strong relationships and partnerships throughout the Indo-Asia Pacific region. Forward deployed...
22 February 2016 US and Republic of Korea Unit Military Team Train to Protect the Force YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea (Feb. 22, 2016) -- Despite a visible role on the battlefield, U.S. Army regulations don't allow chaplains to carry weapons; but that doesn't make them immune to enemy action. During just the Korean War, 13 U.S. military chaplains died while on duty. When chaplains come...
22 February 2016 Dragon Soldiers and Republic of Korea Air Force Combine Forces for Base Defense Exercise OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea – Soldiers with 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, were joined by a medical element from the Republic of Korea Air Force 10th Fighter Wing, during a Combined Base Defense Exercise held on Suwon Air Base, Feb. 18, 2016. The 6-52 ADA is forward-stationed...
22 February 2016 USS Ashland Completes Multinational Exercise Cobra Gold 16 SATTAHIP. Thailand- Amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) completed the multinational exercise Cobra Gold (CG) 16 Feb. 19.A Thai-U.S. co-sponsored multinational joint exercise, CG is designed to advance regional security by exercising a robust multinational force from nations sharing...
23 February 2016 One Team, One Fight: 1/4, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Take Part in Iron Fist MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- For years, Marines and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force have come together to build upon their storied relationship as allies through Exercise Iron Fist. The exercise requires Marines at all levels to effectively work with a partnered nation to...
23 February 2016 Through Hub and Spoke: Pacific Partners Practice Humanitarian Assistance during Cope North 16 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS -- Military members from six nations joined together for a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief deployment throughout the region of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Feb. 14-18. The deployment is part of Cope North 16, a multilateral exercise,...
23 February 2016 Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Instructors Share Survival Tips during COPE NORTH 16 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Wearing starched, grey field camouflage uniforms, airmen gathered under the orange glow of a canvas parachute suspended in the jungle canopy above. Donned on their shoulders was the Hinomaru, or red circle of the sun — the Japanese flag. The group were members of...
22 February 2016 U.S. Exercise Strengthens Pacific Relationships THAILAND -- After 10 days of training side-by-side and creating a better environment for local citizens. Thailand and the U.S. concluded co-hosting the largest multinational military exercise in Asia, Feb. 19. Approximately 1,500 U.S. Marines, 1,000 U.S. Soldiers, 450 U.S. Sailors, 275 U.S...
22 February 2016 USS Ashland Embarks Marines for Patrol SOUTH CHINA SEA (NNS) -- Sailors aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) embarked the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Jan. 28-29 for a patrol of the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. During the onload, Ashland Sailors worked alongside the Marines to load vehicles and...
22 February 2016 US Army Pacific Exercise Highlights Joint Communications for Pacific Theater FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii (Feb. 19, 2016) -- Even with today's advanced military networked communications systems, the simple ability to make voice calls or track logistics forces while operating in the vast Pacific Theater is challenging. Recently, Soldiers onboard an Army Logistics Supply Vessel...
22 February 2016 Blue Ridge Departs for Patrol in 7th Fleet AOR YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) departed Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Feb. 22, to patrol the 7th Fleet area of operations, strengthening and supporting strong relationships and partnerships throughout the Indo-Asia Pacific region. Forward deployed...
22 February 2016 US and Republic of Korea Unit Military Team Train to Protect the Force YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea (Feb. 22, 2016) -- Despite a visible role on the battlefield, U.S. Army regulations don't allow chaplains to carry weapons; but that doesn't make them immune to enemy action. During just the Korean War, 13 U.S. military chaplains died while on duty. When chaplains come...
22 February 2016 Dragon Soldiers and Republic of Korea Air Force Combine Forces for Base Defense Exercise OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea – Soldiers with 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, were joined by a medical element from the Republic of Korea Air Force 10th Fighter Wing, during a Combined Base Defense Exercise held on Suwon Air Base, Feb. 18, 2016. The 6-52 ADA is forward-stationed...
22 February 2016 USS Ashland Completes Multinational Exercise Cobra Gold 16 SATTAHIP. Thailand- Amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) completed the multinational exercise Cobra Gold (CG) 16 Feb. 19.A Thai-U.S. co-sponsored multinational joint exercise, CG is designed to advance regional security by exercising a robust multinational force from nations sharing...