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...
28 April 2015 Carter: U.S, Japan Defense Guidelines ‘Break New Ground’ American and Japanese national security leaders unveiled the new guidelines for U.S.-Japan defense cooperation today, saying the new rules will promote peace and stability not only in the region, but worldwide.Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Ash Carter, Japanese Foreign Affairs...
28 April 2015 Soldiers Are Diplomats in Camo: Army Secretary Secretary of the Army John McHugh met with Soldiers of the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, here on Saturday, to discuss the important role Soldiers perform when partnering with our international allies. The meeting comes at the tail end of a three month, three country tour...
28 April 2015 2+2 Press Availability with Japan SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning, everybody. It’s a great pleasure to welcome our Japanese colleagues, Foreign Minister Kishida and Defense Minister Nakatani, here to New York. And we are especially delighted to be here for this occasion, and obviously I’m very, very pleased to be joined by my...
28 April 2015 Expeditionary Strike Group 7 completes Fleet Synthetic Training - Joint Exercise (FST-J) Expeditionary Strike Group 7 (ESG-7) completed their annual Fleet Synthetic Training – Joint Exercise (FST-J) 15-72 aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) April 20-24.FST-J brings together the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines into a computer-based synthetic training...
28 April 2015 Japan Honors America's Heroes His Excellency Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, laid a wreath at the Tomb ofthe Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery to honor America'sfallen.Abe was escorted during the Armed Forces Full Honor Wreath LayingCeremony by Maj. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, Joint Force...
27 April 2015 DoD Sends Aircraft to Support Disaster-Assistance Operations in Nepal The United States has sent an Air Force aircraft to Nepal to deliver personnel and cargo in support of disaster-relief operations, according to Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren.A magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the country yesterday, reportedly leaving almost 2,500 dead, about 6,000 injured...
27 April 2015 Hawaii Service Members Honor the ANZACS with Partner Nations Australian, New Zealand and U.S. service members from around Oahu gathered at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, April 25, 2015, to commemorate the Australian-New Zealand Army Corps forces that fought at the battle of Gallipoli in 1915 during World War I. This...
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...
28 April 2015 Carter: U.S, Japan Defense Guidelines ‘Break New Ground’ American and Japanese national security leaders unveiled the new guidelines for U.S.-Japan defense cooperation today, saying the new rules will promote peace and stability not only in the region, but worldwide.Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Ash Carter, Japanese Foreign Affairs...
28 April 2015 Soldiers Are Diplomats in Camo: Army Secretary Secretary of the Army John McHugh met with Soldiers of the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, here on Saturday, to discuss the important role Soldiers perform when partnering with our international allies. The meeting comes at the tail end of a three month, three country tour...
28 April 2015 2+2 Press Availability with Japan SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning, everybody. It’s a great pleasure to welcome our Japanese colleagues, Foreign Minister Kishida and Defense Minister Nakatani, here to New York. And we are especially delighted to be here for this occasion, and obviously I’m very, very pleased to be joined by my...
28 April 2015 Expeditionary Strike Group 7 completes Fleet Synthetic Training - Joint Exercise (FST-J) Expeditionary Strike Group 7 (ESG-7) completed their annual Fleet Synthetic Training – Joint Exercise (FST-J) 15-72 aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) April 20-24.FST-J brings together the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines into a computer-based synthetic training...
28 April 2015 Japan Honors America's Heroes His Excellency Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, laid a wreath at the Tomb ofthe Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery to honor America'sfallen.Abe was escorted during the Armed Forces Full Honor Wreath LayingCeremony by Maj. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, Joint Force...
27 April 2015 DoD Sends Aircraft to Support Disaster-Assistance Operations in Nepal The United States has sent an Air Force aircraft to Nepal to deliver personnel and cargo in support of disaster-relief operations, according to Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren.A magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the country yesterday, reportedly leaving almost 2,500 dead, about 6,000 injured...
27 April 2015 Hawaii Service Members Honor the ANZACS with Partner Nations Australian, New Zealand and U.S. service members from around Oahu gathered at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, April 25, 2015, to commemorate the Australian-New Zealand Army Corps forces that fought at the battle of Gallipoli in 1915 during World War I. This...