22 January 2016 Commander, US 7th Fleet Views Shipboard Repair Facilities POLARIS POINT, Guam (NNS) -- Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, met with Sailors and toured workspaces aboard submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), Jan. 21. Capt. Drew St. John, commanding officer of Frank Cable, welcomed aboard Aucoin and highlighted the ship's submarine and...
22 January 2016 Memorial Service for Fallen Hawaii Marines Scheduled for Friday MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - A memorial service honoring the lives of the 12 fallen Marines of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 will be held on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Jan. 22. The memorial service will be hosted by Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 and is intended to be a unit memorial...
22 January 2016 Soldiers, Marines Exercise Joint Capabilities Aboard Army Vessel JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (Jan. 19, 2016) -- Exercising their joint capabilities, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, or TSC, mariners partnered with 25th Infantry Division's Lightning Academy Soldiers and Heavy Marine Helicopter Squadron 463 pilots during inset and extract training off...
22 January 2016 'Thunder' Medics Conduct Medical Evacuation Training CAMP CASEY, South Korea (Jan. 21, 2016) -- The health care specialists, assigned to the 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division/Republic of Korea, or ROK,-U.S Combined Division, recently conducted a medical evacuation training at the helicopter pad near Troop Medical Clinic, at Camp...
21 January 2016 Carter Expresses Condolences for 12 Missing Marines WASHINGTON, January 21, 2016 — Defense Secretary Ash Carter provided the department’s condolences to the loved ones and families of 12 Marines who’ve gone missing since two Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters, each with six crew members aboard, are presumed to have crashed off Hawaii’s...
21 January 2016 Army Pacific's Brooks Continues Goodwill Tour in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – The Malaysian army welcomed Gen. Vincent K. Brooks Jan. 18, 2016, for his fourth visit since taking command of U.S. Army Pacific in July 2013. Lauding Malaysia’s contributions to security in South East Asia, Brooks said, “Malaysia is holding a strong line in countering...
21 January 2016 Air Force Implements Additional Security Measures WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- In response to tragic events that have taken place on and off installations over the past few years, Air Force commanders can take additional measures to secure personnel and property on their installations through three programs that allow service members to carry weapons. The...
21 January 2016 Deputy Secretary Blinken's Trip to China Deputy Secretary Blinken traveled to Beijing on January 21 for meetings with Chinese officials, including for the second round of the Interim Strategic Security Dialogue (ISSD). The dialogue, co-chaired by Deputy Secretary Blinken and Chinese Executive Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui, was...
21 January 2016 Low Altitude Air Defense Marines tour Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Komakado SHIZUOKA, Japan -- Marines toured Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 1st Anti-Aircraft Battalion facilities Jan. 13 on Camp Komakado, Shizuoka, Japan. The visit strengthened the relationship between Marines and members of the JGSDF by allowing the service members to explore static displays of...
21 January 2016 Secretary of Defense Ash Carter Statement on Marine Helicopter Tragedy WASHINTON - Our hearts go out to the loved ones and family members of 12 Marines missing since an apparent helicopter collision off the coast of Hawaii last week. While there is no way to comprehend the grief their families feel today, this we do know: these proud Marines died as they lived, in...
22 January 2016 Commander, US 7th Fleet Views Shipboard Repair Facilities POLARIS POINT, Guam (NNS) -- Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, met with Sailors and toured workspaces aboard submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), Jan. 21. Capt. Drew St. John, commanding officer of Frank Cable, welcomed aboard Aucoin and highlighted the ship's submarine and...
22 January 2016 Memorial Service for Fallen Hawaii Marines Scheduled for Friday MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - A memorial service honoring the lives of the 12 fallen Marines of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 will be held on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Jan. 22. The memorial service will be hosted by Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 and is intended to be a unit memorial...
22 January 2016 Soldiers, Marines Exercise Joint Capabilities Aboard Army Vessel JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (Jan. 19, 2016) -- Exercising their joint capabilities, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, or TSC, mariners partnered with 25th Infantry Division's Lightning Academy Soldiers and Heavy Marine Helicopter Squadron 463 pilots during inset and extract training off...
22 January 2016 'Thunder' Medics Conduct Medical Evacuation Training CAMP CASEY, South Korea (Jan. 21, 2016) -- The health care specialists, assigned to the 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division/Republic of Korea, or ROK,-U.S Combined Division, recently conducted a medical evacuation training at the helicopter pad near Troop Medical Clinic, at Camp...
21 January 2016 Carter Expresses Condolences for 12 Missing Marines WASHINGTON, January 21, 2016 — Defense Secretary Ash Carter provided the department’s condolences to the loved ones and families of 12 Marines who’ve gone missing since two Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters, each with six crew members aboard, are presumed to have crashed off Hawaii’s...
21 January 2016 Army Pacific's Brooks Continues Goodwill Tour in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – The Malaysian army welcomed Gen. Vincent K. Brooks Jan. 18, 2016, for his fourth visit since taking command of U.S. Army Pacific in July 2013. Lauding Malaysia’s contributions to security in South East Asia, Brooks said, “Malaysia is holding a strong line in countering...
21 January 2016 Air Force Implements Additional Security Measures WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- In response to tragic events that have taken place on and off installations over the past few years, Air Force commanders can take additional measures to secure personnel and property on their installations through three programs that allow service members to carry weapons. The...
21 January 2016 Deputy Secretary Blinken's Trip to China Deputy Secretary Blinken traveled to Beijing on January 21 for meetings with Chinese officials, including for the second round of the Interim Strategic Security Dialogue (ISSD). The dialogue, co-chaired by Deputy Secretary Blinken and Chinese Executive Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui, was...
21 January 2016 Low Altitude Air Defense Marines tour Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Komakado SHIZUOKA, Japan -- Marines toured Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 1st Anti-Aircraft Battalion facilities Jan. 13 on Camp Komakado, Shizuoka, Japan. The visit strengthened the relationship between Marines and members of the JGSDF by allowing the service members to explore static displays of...
21 January 2016 Secretary of Defense Ash Carter Statement on Marine Helicopter Tragedy WASHINTON - Our hearts go out to the loved ones and family members of 12 Marines missing since an apparent helicopter collision off the coast of Hawaii last week. While there is no way to comprehend the grief their families feel today, this we do know: these proud Marines died as they lived, in...