11 September 2014 Hagel: Nation Will Never Forget Lives Lost on 9/11 The men and women of the Defense Department will never forget the lives of 184 Americans lost, their families and the survivors of the act of terror when a hijacked airliner struck the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said today.Speaking during an observance at the Pentagon...
11 September 2014 I Corps partners with Japan Ground Self Defense Force for Rising Thunder 14 Japan Ground Self Defense Force troops trained alongside Soldiers of 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, here, Wednesday through Saturday, during the 2014 Rising Thunder Exercise, which is scheduled to end Sept. 23.The annual training partners Japanese military personnel with units from Joint...
11 September 2014 Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Negotiators Move Closer to Agreement Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) chief negotiators completed 10 days of intensive meetings September 10, making progress across a range of issues as they continued their drive toward a comprehensive, high-standard agreement.“We have committed to a focused work plan, which will allow us to boost...
11 September 2014 Lancer Soldiers March to Survive the Jungle Lancer Brigade Soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. are half-way around the world marching side-by-side with counterparts from the Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angatan-Darat (TNI-AD) in order to learn techniques of Jungle survival that have degraded amongst U.S. soldiers over the past 12...
11 September 2014 18th Munitions Squadron Keeps PACAF Armed, Ready At the base newcomer's brief, residents are shown how four separate Air Force bases from the Pacific can fit inside Kadena thanks to its expansive, 5,900-acre munitions storage area.Although most are aware that the largest conventional munitions storage area in the Air Force is attached to Kadena,...
11 September 2014 Joint Base Lewis-McChord Soldiers Learn Valuable Jungle Techniques U.S. and Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) Soldiers are preparing for a combined jungle exercise by teaching each other tactics, techniques, and procedures in bi-lateral academic training in a jungle environment.One hundred and twenty five Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd...
10 September 2014 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Arrives in 7th Fleet AOR The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) Sept. 9.The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, consists of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) with embarked Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 and Destroyer Squadron 1,...
10 September 2014 Joint Effort Widens Scope of Operation Pacific Unity 14-8 As Pacific Unity 14-8 wraps up this week, additional construction projects have begun at Togoba Secondary School in Papua New Guinea. Pacific Unity is a bilateral Engineering Civic Action Program conducted in the Asia-Pacific region in collaboration with host nation civil authorities and military...
10 September 2014 Remarks by Ambassador Blake at the Asia Regional Civil Society Experience Summit, Jakarta Minister Natalegawa, United Nations Resident Representative Douglas Broderick, ladies and gentlemen, Let me add my own warm words of welcome to the Asia Regional Civil Society Experience Summit, which the USG through USAID is very happy to co-sponsor with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the UNDP,...
10 September 2014 Airmen Host Shoe Drive during Pacific Unity 14-8 Though the official mission of Pacific Unity 14-8 is to construct two female dormitories for students at Togoba Secondary School in Papua New Guinea, Airmen deployed in support of the operation have found additional ways to give back to the community. The team hosted a shoe drive Sept. 6, 2014, to...
11 September 2014 Hagel: Nation Will Never Forget Lives Lost on 9/11 The men and women of the Defense Department will never forget the lives of 184 Americans lost, their families and the survivors of the act of terror when a hijacked airliner struck the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said today.Speaking during an observance at the Pentagon...
11 September 2014 I Corps partners with Japan Ground Self Defense Force for Rising Thunder 14 Japan Ground Self Defense Force troops trained alongside Soldiers of 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, here, Wednesday through Saturday, during the 2014 Rising Thunder Exercise, which is scheduled to end Sept. 23.The annual training partners Japanese military personnel with units from Joint...
11 September 2014 Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Negotiators Move Closer to Agreement Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) chief negotiators completed 10 days of intensive meetings September 10, making progress across a range of issues as they continued their drive toward a comprehensive, high-standard agreement.“We have committed to a focused work plan, which will allow us to boost...
11 September 2014 Lancer Soldiers March to Survive the Jungle Lancer Brigade Soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. are half-way around the world marching side-by-side with counterparts from the Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angatan-Darat (TNI-AD) in order to learn techniques of Jungle survival that have degraded amongst U.S. soldiers over the past 12...
11 September 2014 18th Munitions Squadron Keeps PACAF Armed, Ready At the base newcomer's brief, residents are shown how four separate Air Force bases from the Pacific can fit inside Kadena thanks to its expansive, 5,900-acre munitions storage area.Although most are aware that the largest conventional munitions storage area in the Air Force is attached to Kadena,...
11 September 2014 Joint Base Lewis-McChord Soldiers Learn Valuable Jungle Techniques U.S. and Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) Soldiers are preparing for a combined jungle exercise by teaching each other tactics, techniques, and procedures in bi-lateral academic training in a jungle environment.One hundred and twenty five Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd...
10 September 2014 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Arrives in 7th Fleet AOR The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) Sept. 9.The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, consists of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) with embarked Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 and Destroyer Squadron 1,...
10 September 2014 Joint Effort Widens Scope of Operation Pacific Unity 14-8 As Pacific Unity 14-8 wraps up this week, additional construction projects have begun at Togoba Secondary School in Papua New Guinea. Pacific Unity is a bilateral Engineering Civic Action Program conducted in the Asia-Pacific region in collaboration with host nation civil authorities and military...
10 September 2014 Remarks by Ambassador Blake at the Asia Regional Civil Society Experience Summit, Jakarta Minister Natalegawa, United Nations Resident Representative Douglas Broderick, ladies and gentlemen, Let me add my own warm words of welcome to the Asia Regional Civil Society Experience Summit, which the USG through USAID is very happy to co-sponsor with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the UNDP,...
10 September 2014 Airmen Host Shoe Drive during Pacific Unity 14-8 Though the official mission of Pacific Unity 14-8 is to construct two female dormitories for students at Togoba Secondary School in Papua New Guinea, Airmen deployed in support of the operation have found additional ways to give back to the community. The team hosted a shoe drive Sept. 6, 2014, to...