28 July 2014 U.S. Navy Ships Arrive at Changi Naval Base in Advance of CARAT Singapore 2014 USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and USS Halsey (DDG 97) are in port Singapore July 28 in advance of the 2014 Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)exercise with the Republic of Singapore Navy.Under the command of Destroyer Squadron 7, the two ships will participate in a number of in port...
28 July 2014 U.S. Ambassador Goldberg Visits Benguet to Promote Disaster Risk Reduction Activities U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Philip S. Goldberg visited Benguet Province from July 24 to July 25 to lead a series of activities that will further advance disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation measures in the region. Benguet is one of the most vulnerable provinces to...
28 July 2014 U.S. Military Delivers Medicals Supplies to Vietnamese Soldiers Critically Injured in Helicopter Crash The U.S. military delivered 200 jars of burn cream to Vietnamese soldiers critically injured in a helicopter crash near Hanoi, July 7. The MI-171 helicopter was on a parachute training flight near Hanoi when it went down with 21 crew and special forces soldiers, killing 16, three died later and two...
28 July 2014 USNS Mercy Holds Hospital Corpsmen Academy during RIMPAC Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) held a three-day hospital corpsmen academy during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014, July 24-26. The academy's purpose was to train non-clinically assigned hospital corpsmen in core skills so that they are better able to fulfill...
28 July 2014 Republic of Korea Marines Conduct Sea-Based Operation U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, teamed up with Republic of Korea Marines and attachments from the New Zealand Army to conduct a simulated assault on opposing forces provided by 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment at Kahuku Training Area, Hawaii, July 11, 2014 as...
28 July 2014 Coalition, Joint Diving Teams Complete Dives at USS Arizona Memorial The USS Arizona Memorial marks the site where 1,177 crewmen lost their lives during World War II as a result of the Dec. 7, 1941 attacks on Pearl Harbor. Of those who lost their lives, 1,102 still remain in the wreckage. The memorial is dedicated to and honors the memory of those lost and celebrates...
25 July 2014 George Washington Embarks FASTPAC Marines For ADIUTRIX SPEAR Twenty-two Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Pacific (FASTPAC) embarked the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) as part of ADIUTRIX SPEAR 14-2, July 23-25.George Washington acted as a short-term sea platform for the exercise and provided...
25 July 2014 Wolf Pack Airmen Take Part in Korean Armistice Agreement Ceremony Members of the 8th Fighter Wing took part in a Korean Armistice Agreement anniversary ceremony held at the Imsil National Ceremony in Jeonbuk, Korea, July 22.Having been invited by the Republic of Korea Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, the 8th FW sent representatives from each of its...
25 July 2014 U.S. Ambassador Goldberg Visits Benguet to Promote Disaster Risk Reduction Activities U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Philip S. Goldberg visited Benguet Province from July 24 to July 25 to lead a series of activities that will further advance disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation measures in the region. Benguet is one of the most vulnerable provinces to...
25 July 2014 Rotational Units Get First Taste of Multi-Purpose Range Complex The sun is blazing and the weather is heating up on the peninsula. On some days, the 90-degree temperature seems unforgiving. The good news is the Army trains its forces to defeat the enemy in all elements. Some units show off that ability as they train to maintain the winning strategy in a joint...
28 July 2014 U.S. Navy Ships Arrive at Changi Naval Base in Advance of CARAT Singapore 2014 USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and USS Halsey (DDG 97) are in port Singapore July 28 in advance of the 2014 Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)exercise with the Republic of Singapore Navy.Under the command of Destroyer Squadron 7, the two ships will participate in a number of in port...
28 July 2014 U.S. Ambassador Goldberg Visits Benguet to Promote Disaster Risk Reduction Activities U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Philip S. Goldberg visited Benguet Province from July 24 to July 25 to lead a series of activities that will further advance disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation measures in the region. Benguet is one of the most vulnerable provinces to...
28 July 2014 U.S. Military Delivers Medicals Supplies to Vietnamese Soldiers Critically Injured in Helicopter Crash The U.S. military delivered 200 jars of burn cream to Vietnamese soldiers critically injured in a helicopter crash near Hanoi, July 7. The MI-171 helicopter was on a parachute training flight near Hanoi when it went down with 21 crew and special forces soldiers, killing 16, three died later and two...
28 July 2014 USNS Mercy Holds Hospital Corpsmen Academy during RIMPAC Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) held a three-day hospital corpsmen academy during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014, July 24-26. The academy's purpose was to train non-clinically assigned hospital corpsmen in core skills so that they are better able to fulfill...
28 July 2014 Republic of Korea Marines Conduct Sea-Based Operation U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, teamed up with Republic of Korea Marines and attachments from the New Zealand Army to conduct a simulated assault on opposing forces provided by 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment at Kahuku Training Area, Hawaii, July 11, 2014 as...
28 July 2014 Coalition, Joint Diving Teams Complete Dives at USS Arizona Memorial The USS Arizona Memorial marks the site where 1,177 crewmen lost their lives during World War II as a result of the Dec. 7, 1941 attacks on Pearl Harbor. Of those who lost their lives, 1,102 still remain in the wreckage. The memorial is dedicated to and honors the memory of those lost and celebrates...
25 July 2014 George Washington Embarks FASTPAC Marines For ADIUTRIX SPEAR Twenty-two Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Pacific (FASTPAC) embarked the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) as part of ADIUTRIX SPEAR 14-2, July 23-25.George Washington acted as a short-term sea platform for the exercise and provided...
25 July 2014 Wolf Pack Airmen Take Part in Korean Armistice Agreement Ceremony Members of the 8th Fighter Wing took part in a Korean Armistice Agreement anniversary ceremony held at the Imsil National Ceremony in Jeonbuk, Korea, July 22.Having been invited by the Republic of Korea Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, the 8th FW sent representatives from each of its...
25 July 2014 U.S. Ambassador Goldberg Visits Benguet to Promote Disaster Risk Reduction Activities U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Philip S. Goldberg visited Benguet Province from July 24 to July 25 to lead a series of activities that will further advance disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation measures in the region. Benguet is one of the most vulnerable provinces to...
25 July 2014 Rotational Units Get First Taste of Multi-Purpose Range Complex The sun is blazing and the weather is heating up on the peninsula. On some days, the 90-degree temperature seems unforgiving. The good news is the Army trains its forces to defeat the enemy in all elements. Some units show off that ability as they train to maintain the winning strategy in a joint...