05 October 2015 Charlie Rock says goodbye to Task Force Talon as Dogs of War assume Guam Security Force Mission "Permission to assume the Defense of Guam Mission," echoed through the Coral Reef Fitness Center on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam as Capt. Joshua Geis, commander, Company D, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade, 25th Inf. Division accepted his new duty as commander of the...
02 October 2015 US Marines, Filipino Forces Begin Partnership Exercise TAGUIG CITY, Philippines – Filipino and U.S. service members gathered for the opening ceremony of Amphibious Landing Exercise 2015 at the Marine Barracks Rudiardo Brown, Taguig City, Philippines, Oct. 1.PHIBLEX is an annual, bilateral training exercise conducted by U.S. Marine and Navy forces...
02 October 2015 US Embassy Visitor Reinforces US Government Commitment to Help Yolanda Survivors Manila, Philippines – United States Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID) Chief Strategy Officer Carla Koppell will visit thePhilippines October 1-2, to reinforce the U.S. government’s commitment to helpTyphoon Yolanda survivors build back better. Ms. Koppell will visit Tacloban City on...
02 October 2015 Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Security Airmen Enhance Capabilities during Fly-Away Security Team Training JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - Airmen from the 647th Security Forces Squadron recently completed a five-day Air Force Fly-Away Security Team training, or FAST, on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Sept. 21 through 25.FAST provides forward-deploying Airmen the opportunity to enhance specific...
02 October 2015 Navy, Air Force Hone Skills in the Skies JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- From Sept. 14 to Sept. 25, Air Force F-22 Raptors from the 90th Fighter Squadron duked it out with Navy Strikefighter Squadron 15 F-18 Hornets from Naval Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia, each maneuvering to wrest as much training experience from...
02 October 2015 U.S.,ROK Marines Test Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Response during Gas Attack GUNHA-RHI, GIMPO, Republic of Korea -- Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, starts with a bang. Gas canisters explode, grenades go off, and gun fire cracks through the mountain path that U.S. and Republic of Korea Marines begin to patrol during a gas attack drill. The Marines promptly don their gas...
02 October 2015 U.S., ROK Marines Compete for Best Ranger at Korean Marine Exchange Program 15-12 GIMPO, Republic of Korea -- The U.S. and Republic of Korea flags lowered to half-mast, commemorating the 14th anniversary of the events on Sept. 11, 2001. After a moment of silence, Marines from both countries got ready for one last challenge here: a grueling obstacle course to cap off...
01 October 2015 USS Ronald Reagan Arrives in Japan to Support Security, Stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) arrived at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) for the first time as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, Oct. 1.Ronald Reagan's arrival to CFAY highlights her role as the fifth U.S...
01 October 2015 Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken Travel to Japan, the Republic of Korea, and China Washington, DC - Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel next week to Japan, the Republic of Korea, and China, October 5–10, to discuss key political, economic, and security issues with a wide range of government officials and non-governmental experts. This is his second trip to...
01 October 2015 U.S. Forces Japan Commander Reconnects with Japanese Service Members Who Saved His Life MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John L. Dolan, commander of U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force, headquartered at Yokota Air Base, set aside time to reconnect with the courageous Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force members who saved his life over two decades ago,...
05 October 2015 Charlie Rock says goodbye to Task Force Talon as Dogs of War assume Guam Security Force Mission "Permission to assume the Defense of Guam Mission," echoed through the Coral Reef Fitness Center on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam as Capt. Joshua Geis, commander, Company D, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade, 25th Inf. Division accepted his new duty as commander of the...
02 October 2015 US Marines, Filipino Forces Begin Partnership Exercise TAGUIG CITY, Philippines – Filipino and U.S. service members gathered for the opening ceremony of Amphibious Landing Exercise 2015 at the Marine Barracks Rudiardo Brown, Taguig City, Philippines, Oct. 1.PHIBLEX is an annual, bilateral training exercise conducted by U.S. Marine and Navy forces...
02 October 2015 US Embassy Visitor Reinforces US Government Commitment to Help Yolanda Survivors Manila, Philippines – United States Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID) Chief Strategy Officer Carla Koppell will visit thePhilippines October 1-2, to reinforce the U.S. government’s commitment to helpTyphoon Yolanda survivors build back better. Ms. Koppell will visit Tacloban City on...
02 October 2015 Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Security Airmen Enhance Capabilities during Fly-Away Security Team Training JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - Airmen from the 647th Security Forces Squadron recently completed a five-day Air Force Fly-Away Security Team training, or FAST, on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Sept. 21 through 25.FAST provides forward-deploying Airmen the opportunity to enhance specific...
02 October 2015 Navy, Air Force Hone Skills in the Skies JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- From Sept. 14 to Sept. 25, Air Force F-22 Raptors from the 90th Fighter Squadron duked it out with Navy Strikefighter Squadron 15 F-18 Hornets from Naval Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia, each maneuvering to wrest as much training experience from...
02 October 2015 U.S.,ROK Marines Test Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Response during Gas Attack GUNHA-RHI, GIMPO, Republic of Korea -- Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, starts with a bang. Gas canisters explode, grenades go off, and gun fire cracks through the mountain path that U.S. and Republic of Korea Marines begin to patrol during a gas attack drill. The Marines promptly don their gas...
02 October 2015 U.S., ROK Marines Compete for Best Ranger at Korean Marine Exchange Program 15-12 GIMPO, Republic of Korea -- The U.S. and Republic of Korea flags lowered to half-mast, commemorating the 14th anniversary of the events on Sept. 11, 2001. After a moment of silence, Marines from both countries got ready for one last challenge here: a grueling obstacle course to cap off...
01 October 2015 USS Ronald Reagan Arrives in Japan to Support Security, Stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) arrived at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) for the first time as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, Oct. 1.Ronald Reagan's arrival to CFAY highlights her role as the fifth U.S...
01 October 2015 Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken Travel to Japan, the Republic of Korea, and China Washington, DC - Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel next week to Japan, the Republic of Korea, and China, October 5–10, to discuss key political, economic, and security issues with a wide range of government officials and non-governmental experts. This is his second trip to...
01 October 2015 U.S. Forces Japan Commander Reconnects with Japanese Service Members Who Saved His Life MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John L. Dolan, commander of U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force, headquartered at Yokota Air Base, set aside time to reconnect with the courageous Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force members who saved his life over two decades ago,...