03 December 2015 U.S. Navy, Royal Malaysian Navy Submarine Leaders Participate in Guam Staff Talks POLARIS POINT, Guam (NNS) -- Key members of the U.S. Navy and Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) submarine forces met at Submarine Squadron 15 headquarters on Polaris Point, Guam, for the RMN and U.S. Navy Submarine Staff Talks 2015.The talks, presided over by Rear Adm. William Merz, commander, Submarine...
03 December 2015 Maintaining the Alliance: U.S./ROK Patriot Technical Experts Hold Summit OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea -- The 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade hosted the Republic of Korea Air Force's Air and Missile Defense Command Nov. 30 during the annual US/ROK Patriot Technical Exchange to share the latest tactics, techniques and procedures involving Patriot missile system...
03 December 2015 USS Ronald Reagan Completes 2015 Patrol YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, (CFAY) after completing its 2015 patrol, Dec. 3.Ronald Reagan became the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier after a hull swap with USS George...
03 December 2015 Army Surgeon General honored by Japanese Army FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS -- Japanese Army Surgeon General, Maj. Gen. Satoshi Suzuki, presented U.S. Army Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, with the Japanese Medal of Defense Cooperation (Legion of Merit equivalent) and a letter of appreciation on behalf of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense...
03 December 2015 Seabees Build Friendship with Washroom Facility in Marshall Islands KWAJALEIN, Marshall Islands - Marshallese construction workers and U.S. Navy Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, construct a washroom facility in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Nov. 20, 2015.The previous outdoor facility where local Marshallese bathed and washed up after...
02 December 2015 Battlefield Airmen Complete Direct Action Resource Center Training KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron completed Direct Action Resource Center training with a mobile training team on the Camp Hansen range Nov. 20.The training was held locally in order to reduce the costs that were once used to send entire STS teams back...
02 December 2015 Deputy Secretary, Japanese Defense Leader Reaffirm Alliance WASHINGTON, December 1, 2015 — Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work and Japan's State Minister of Defense Kenji Wakamiya reaffirmed the alliance between their nations during a meeting at the Pentagon today, a spokeswoman for Work said. In a statement summarizing the meeting, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Courtney...
02 December 2015 Where Friendship Takes Flight CAMP ZAMA, Japan - Soldiers from the Army Reserve Engagement Team-Japan coordinated with the U.S. Army Japan's (USARJ) Aviation Battalion to transport their Japan Ground Self-Defense Force partners via a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from Camp Takeyama, one of the country's largest joint training...
02 December 2015 National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office Conducts Maritime Information Sharing Exercise WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO) recently sponsored a three day Operational Value Added Assessment (OVAA) exercise with 13 participating and supporting organizations in the Chesapeake Bay. The OVAA focused on validating technical capabilities...
01 December 2015 Mongolian Soldier Blazes Trail for Fellow Military Women JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Throughout the years, more than four dozen foreign soldiers have attended the SFC Christopher R. Brevard Noncommissioned Officer Academy. However this year, one graduate is the first of her kind. “I am so thankful to the U.S. and Mongolian armies for...
03 December 2015 U.S. Navy, Royal Malaysian Navy Submarine Leaders Participate in Guam Staff Talks POLARIS POINT, Guam (NNS) -- Key members of the U.S. Navy and Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) submarine forces met at Submarine Squadron 15 headquarters on Polaris Point, Guam, for the RMN and U.S. Navy Submarine Staff Talks 2015.The talks, presided over by Rear Adm. William Merz, commander, Submarine...
03 December 2015 Maintaining the Alliance: U.S./ROK Patriot Technical Experts Hold Summit OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea -- The 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade hosted the Republic of Korea Air Force's Air and Missile Defense Command Nov. 30 during the annual US/ROK Patriot Technical Exchange to share the latest tactics, techniques and procedures involving Patriot missile system...
03 December 2015 USS Ronald Reagan Completes 2015 Patrol YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, (CFAY) after completing its 2015 patrol, Dec. 3.Ronald Reagan became the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier after a hull swap with USS George...
03 December 2015 Army Surgeon General honored by Japanese Army FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS -- Japanese Army Surgeon General, Maj. Gen. Satoshi Suzuki, presented U.S. Army Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, with the Japanese Medal of Defense Cooperation (Legion of Merit equivalent) and a letter of appreciation on behalf of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense...
03 December 2015 Seabees Build Friendship with Washroom Facility in Marshall Islands KWAJALEIN, Marshall Islands - Marshallese construction workers and U.S. Navy Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, construct a washroom facility in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Nov. 20, 2015.The previous outdoor facility where local Marshallese bathed and washed up after...
02 December 2015 Battlefield Airmen Complete Direct Action Resource Center Training KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron completed Direct Action Resource Center training with a mobile training team on the Camp Hansen range Nov. 20.The training was held locally in order to reduce the costs that were once used to send entire STS teams back...
02 December 2015 Deputy Secretary, Japanese Defense Leader Reaffirm Alliance WASHINGTON, December 1, 2015 — Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work and Japan's State Minister of Defense Kenji Wakamiya reaffirmed the alliance between their nations during a meeting at the Pentagon today, a spokeswoman for Work said. In a statement summarizing the meeting, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Courtney...
02 December 2015 Where Friendship Takes Flight CAMP ZAMA, Japan - Soldiers from the Army Reserve Engagement Team-Japan coordinated with the U.S. Army Japan's (USARJ) Aviation Battalion to transport their Japan Ground Self-Defense Force partners via a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from Camp Takeyama, one of the country's largest joint training...
02 December 2015 National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office Conducts Maritime Information Sharing Exercise WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO) recently sponsored a three day Operational Value Added Assessment (OVAA) exercise with 13 participating and supporting organizations in the Chesapeake Bay. The OVAA focused on validating technical capabilities...
01 December 2015 Mongolian Soldier Blazes Trail for Fellow Military Women JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Throughout the years, more than four dozen foreign soldiers have attended the SFC Christopher R. Brevard Noncommissioned Officer Academy. However this year, one graduate is the first of her kind. “I am so thankful to the U.S. and Mongolian armies for...