30 April 2015 Marines Rehearse Critical EOD, CBRN, Joint Training Sirens screech as two figures fully loaded with safety equipment breeze through the hazy, clouded air. With voices muffled behind gas masks, they shout instructions to each other as they entered the gas chamber, a simulated site of a leaking ordnance package. Marines performed leak, seal, package...
29 April 2015 PACOM Joint Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team Deployed to Nepal U.S. Pacific Command continues to workclosely with the U.S. Embassy in Nepal and U.S. Agency for InternationalDevelopment colleagues to determine how USPACOM forces and assets can assistthe Government of Nepal in the aftermath of this disaster. The U.S. military has transported members ofthe USAID...
29 April 2015 US Marines Share Communications Practices with Armed Forces of the Philippines U.S. Marines from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade based out of Camp Pendleton, California, spent the day sharing communications practices with Philippine Marines from 3rd Marine Brigade, Western Command today.Communications is a vital function of warfighting, and an absolute necessity for...
29 April 2015 Japanese and U.S. Submarine Forces Bolster Alliance in Guam Rear Adm. William R. Merz, commander, Submarine Group 7, and Vice Adm. Masakazu Kaji, commander, Fleet Submarine Force of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) visited Naval Base Guam April 26-28.Merz and Kaji toured Naval Base Guam, the JMSDF submarine JS Hakuryu (SS 503), and observed the...
29 April 2015 Carter Discusses Cooperation With Japanese Counterpart Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani met for an hour at the Pentagon yesterday to discuss implementation plans of the newly released guidelines for U.S.-Japan defense cooperation, regional situations, the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan and defense equipment...
29 April 2015 Misawa Air Base Celebrates 70 Years of Bilateral Cooperation This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and thebeginning of the strategic partnership between the United States and Japan. Incelebration, the theme of the 2015 Bilateral Enlisted Dining Out is "70 years offriendship."The local bilateral relationship began in the wake of...
29 April 2015 Joint Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team Deploys to Nepal from Kadena Air Base U.S. Pacific Command deployed a JointHumanitarian Assistance Survey Team to Nepal from Kadena Air Base early April29 in an effort to assist earthquake relief efforts.Kadena’s Airmen worked through the night toload the team’s 20-plus members and gear into a United States Marine CorpsC-130 for the...
28 April 2015 Nepal: U.S. Relief and Recovery Targeting Most Affected Populations Ambassador Peter W. Bodde welcomed the U.S. Disaster Assistance and ResponseTeam (DART) to Nepal today, April 28. The team is deployed to assist withrelief and recovery efforts in coordination with the Nepal Government, theinternational community, and relief agencies, after the April 25...
28 April 2015 US, ROK Navies Strengthen Partnerships through Anti-submarine Warfare Cooperation Senior leaders from the U.S. and Republic of Korea navies met at the headquarters of the Republic of Korea Fleet April 27, for a series of staff talks on anti-submarine warfare (ASW) cooperation. The bilateral ASW cooperation committee is designed to exchange knowledge and develop training scenarios...
28 April 2015 Leaders Discuss U.S.-Australia Defense Cooperation Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work met yesterday with Australian Assistant Minister for Defense Stuart Robert at the Pentagon to discuss the deep bilateral defense cooperation between the U.S. and Australia, according to a Defense Department news releaseDuring the 30-minute meeting, Work conveyed his...
30 April 2015 Marines Rehearse Critical EOD, CBRN, Joint Training Sirens screech as two figures fully loaded with safety equipment breeze through the hazy, clouded air. With voices muffled behind gas masks, they shout instructions to each other as they entered the gas chamber, a simulated site of a leaking ordnance package. Marines performed leak, seal, package...
29 April 2015 PACOM Joint Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team Deployed to Nepal U.S. Pacific Command continues to workclosely with the U.S. Embassy in Nepal and U.S. Agency for InternationalDevelopment colleagues to determine how USPACOM forces and assets can assistthe Government of Nepal in the aftermath of this disaster. The U.S. military has transported members ofthe USAID...
29 April 2015 US Marines Share Communications Practices with Armed Forces of the Philippines U.S. Marines from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade based out of Camp Pendleton, California, spent the day sharing communications practices with Philippine Marines from 3rd Marine Brigade, Western Command today.Communications is a vital function of warfighting, and an absolute necessity for...
29 April 2015 Japanese and U.S. Submarine Forces Bolster Alliance in Guam Rear Adm. William R. Merz, commander, Submarine Group 7, and Vice Adm. Masakazu Kaji, commander, Fleet Submarine Force of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) visited Naval Base Guam April 26-28.Merz and Kaji toured Naval Base Guam, the JMSDF submarine JS Hakuryu (SS 503), and observed the...
29 April 2015 Carter Discusses Cooperation With Japanese Counterpart Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani met for an hour at the Pentagon yesterday to discuss implementation plans of the newly released guidelines for U.S.-Japan defense cooperation, regional situations, the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan and defense equipment...
29 April 2015 Misawa Air Base Celebrates 70 Years of Bilateral Cooperation This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and thebeginning of the strategic partnership between the United States and Japan. Incelebration, the theme of the 2015 Bilateral Enlisted Dining Out is "70 years offriendship."The local bilateral relationship began in the wake of...
29 April 2015 Joint Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team Deploys to Nepal from Kadena Air Base U.S. Pacific Command deployed a JointHumanitarian Assistance Survey Team to Nepal from Kadena Air Base early April29 in an effort to assist earthquake relief efforts.Kadena’s Airmen worked through the night toload the team’s 20-plus members and gear into a United States Marine CorpsC-130 for the...
28 April 2015 Nepal: U.S. Relief and Recovery Targeting Most Affected Populations Ambassador Peter W. Bodde welcomed the U.S. Disaster Assistance and ResponseTeam (DART) to Nepal today, April 28. The team is deployed to assist withrelief and recovery efforts in coordination with the Nepal Government, theinternational community, and relief agencies, after the April 25...
28 April 2015 US, ROK Navies Strengthen Partnerships through Anti-submarine Warfare Cooperation Senior leaders from the U.S. and Republic of Korea navies met at the headquarters of the Republic of Korea Fleet April 27, for a series of staff talks on anti-submarine warfare (ASW) cooperation. The bilateral ASW cooperation committee is designed to exchange knowledge and develop training scenarios...
28 April 2015 Leaders Discuss U.S.-Australia Defense Cooperation Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work met yesterday with Australian Assistant Minister for Defense Stuart Robert at the Pentagon to discuss the deep bilateral defense cooperation between the U.S. and Australia, according to a Defense Department news releaseDuring the 30-minute meeting, Work conveyed his...