14 April 2015 Combined Philippine-US Force Continues Humanitarian Efforts in Panay The Combined-Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force, located on the island of Panay, completed a three-day cooperative health engagement with a train-the-trainer first responder medical course as part of exercise Balikatan, April 9. Over 100 Armed Forces of the Philippines Army soldiers from the...
14 April 2015 Kadena Air Base Conducts Joint Non-combatant Evacuation Operation Exercise with U.S. Navy and Army Members from the Air Force, Navy and Army processed 150 families whileparticipating in a joint Non-combatant Evacuation Operation exercise here April8.In an Okinawa-wide NEO, evacuees may have to go to the closest NEOpoint, which may not always be the military branch their family is with, so itis...
13 April 2015 ROK Army Surgeon General Visits 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion A UH-60 Black Hawk hovered above a placid lake at LZ Elbow, a field site, in South Korea. Strong wind from the propellers stirred the gentle lake violently. From the aircraft, a hoist was lowered down to the ground. Soldiers already on the ground rapidly strapped a 200 lb. dummy onto the hoist. The...
13 April 2015 Foreign Officer Shares Rewards of Academy Exchange In 2001, Japan Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Kazuto Ueda, then a cadet at Japan's National Defense Academy (NDA), visited the U.S. Air Force Academy for a week.Never in his wildest dreams did he think he'd return here 12 years later to teach Japanese history, military and culture to American...
13 April 2015 Vital Platoon Exercise Evaluation The smoke is still rising. You lay awkwardly where you thought you were when it happened. It’s dark with just a little bit starlight for you to see your hands. All you know is that everything hurts, and you want to get out of there. You have crash landed into enemy territory and have to take the...
13 April 2015 Future Is in Asia-Pacific Region, Carter Says Defense Secretary Ash Carter thanked U.S. troops at Osan Air Base, South Korea, for their service and spoke to them about the importance of the Asia-Pacific region.Traveling on his first official visit to the region as defense secretary, Carter held a troop talk yesterday and told a group of...
13 April 2015 War Hero Revisits Road to Healing It's been 20 years since Col. Cirilito Sobejana, the Armed Forces of thePhilippines (AFP) Philippine Army G3, visited Tripler Army Medical Center(TAMC).During his first visit, a then Capt. Sobejana, wondered ifdoctors here would be able to save his nearly severed right arm.Herecently got to shake...
10 April 2015 ASEAN Regional Forum Disaster Response Workshop in Malaysia APR 9-10 Humanitarian assistance and Disaster response was the focusas Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum (ARF) members metin Kuala Lumpur April 9-10. The workshopdiscussed how to enhance collaboration and efficiencies in disaster response exercises. In particular, participants...
10 April 2015 Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015) and the Singapore-U.S. Strategic Partnership Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, was an extraordinary strategic thinker whose counsel on foreign policy was sought by leaders around the world. Central to his strategic view was his admiration for the United States and his conviction that the future of Asia was best served by the...
10 April 2015 Carter, South Korea President Reaffirm Alliance Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with South Korea President Park Geun-hye in Seoul and reaffirmed the strength and importance of the enduring alliance between the United States and South Korea, according to a Defense Department statement issued today. Carter is on first trip to the Asia-Pacific...
14 April 2015 Combined Philippine-US Force Continues Humanitarian Efforts in Panay The Combined-Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force, located on the island of Panay, completed a three-day cooperative health engagement with a train-the-trainer first responder medical course as part of exercise Balikatan, April 9. Over 100 Armed Forces of the Philippines Army soldiers from the...
14 April 2015 Kadena Air Base Conducts Joint Non-combatant Evacuation Operation Exercise with U.S. Navy and Army Members from the Air Force, Navy and Army processed 150 families whileparticipating in a joint Non-combatant Evacuation Operation exercise here April8.In an Okinawa-wide NEO, evacuees may have to go to the closest NEOpoint, which may not always be the military branch their family is with, so itis...
13 April 2015 ROK Army Surgeon General Visits 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion A UH-60 Black Hawk hovered above a placid lake at LZ Elbow, a field site, in South Korea. Strong wind from the propellers stirred the gentle lake violently. From the aircraft, a hoist was lowered down to the ground. Soldiers already on the ground rapidly strapped a 200 lb. dummy onto the hoist. The...
13 April 2015 Foreign Officer Shares Rewards of Academy Exchange In 2001, Japan Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Kazuto Ueda, then a cadet at Japan's National Defense Academy (NDA), visited the U.S. Air Force Academy for a week.Never in his wildest dreams did he think he'd return here 12 years later to teach Japanese history, military and culture to American...
13 April 2015 Vital Platoon Exercise Evaluation The smoke is still rising. You lay awkwardly where you thought you were when it happened. It’s dark with just a little bit starlight for you to see your hands. All you know is that everything hurts, and you want to get out of there. You have crash landed into enemy territory and have to take the...
13 April 2015 Future Is in Asia-Pacific Region, Carter Says Defense Secretary Ash Carter thanked U.S. troops at Osan Air Base, South Korea, for their service and spoke to them about the importance of the Asia-Pacific region.Traveling on his first official visit to the region as defense secretary, Carter held a troop talk yesterday and told a group of...
13 April 2015 War Hero Revisits Road to Healing It's been 20 years since Col. Cirilito Sobejana, the Armed Forces of thePhilippines (AFP) Philippine Army G3, visited Tripler Army Medical Center(TAMC).During his first visit, a then Capt. Sobejana, wondered ifdoctors here would be able to save his nearly severed right arm.Herecently got to shake...
10 April 2015 ASEAN Regional Forum Disaster Response Workshop in Malaysia APR 9-10 Humanitarian assistance and Disaster response was the focusas Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum (ARF) members metin Kuala Lumpur April 9-10. The workshopdiscussed how to enhance collaboration and efficiencies in disaster response exercises. In particular, participants...
10 April 2015 Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015) and the Singapore-U.S. Strategic Partnership Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, was an extraordinary strategic thinker whose counsel on foreign policy was sought by leaders around the world. Central to his strategic view was his admiration for the United States and his conviction that the future of Asia was best served by the...
10 April 2015 Carter, South Korea President Reaffirm Alliance Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with South Korea President Park Geun-hye in Seoul and reaffirmed the strength and importance of the enduring alliance between the United States and South Korea, according to a Defense Department statement issued today. Carter is on first trip to the Asia-Pacific...