28 March 2018 Essex Amphibious Ready Group, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit Launch Integration Exercise PACIFIC OCEAN -- Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 1, and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) commenced PHIBRON-MEU Integration Exercise (PMINT), March 23.PHIBRON 1 is comprised of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS...
28 March 2018 Seabee Divers Uncover Cannon, Meet with Local School in Yap during Pacific Partnership 2018 YAP, Federated States of Micronesia -- U.S. Navy Seabee divers from Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2 uncovered a cannon and met with students at Yap Catholic High School ahead of Pacific Partnership 2018 in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, March 14-15.Capable of providing inshore and...
28 March 2018 Misawa Airman Earns Prestigious Japan America Air Force Goodwill Association Award MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Cheers fill the ballroom as Senior Master Sgt. Paul Riley, the 35th Maintenance Squadron armament flight chief, walks across the stage. He greets the Japanese leaders and presenters with a bow, instead of the typical handshake. Riley flashes a smile as he receives the...
28 March 2018 UK, Japan Medical Staff Saves Life in Yap during Pacific Partnership 2018 YAP, Federated States of Micronesia -- Two medical staff officers from the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force and a medical assistant petty officer from the British Army helped a Yapese patient who experienced a medical emergency during Pacific Partnership 2018 in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia,...
28 March 2018 Joint Statement on the 15th Meeting of the India-U.S. Working Group on Counterterrorism The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of India and the United States of America on the occasion of the 15th Meeting of the India-U.S. Working Group on Counterterrorism: Begin Text: The 15th meeting of the India-U.S. Counterterrorism Joint Working Group was held in New...
27 March 2018 Sterett Visits Hong Kong during 7th Fleet Deployment HONG KONG -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) arrived in Hong Kong for a port visit March 27 after a stretch of operations as part of a deployment in the Indo-Pacific.The visit is meant to allow the crew to experience the culture of Hong Kong, engage with the local community, and...
27 March 2018 Mattis Welcomes Indonesia's Foreign Minister to Pentagon WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis welcomed Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi to the Pentagon today, March 26, 2018, for a meeting to discuss areas of mutual interest to their nations.“I believe our two nations have an opportunity -- perhaps even a once-in-a-generation...
27 March 2018 Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group Returns to 7th Fleet INDIAN OCEAN -- The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG), led by Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, returned to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations (AOO) as part of its regularly scheduled deployment.At the direction of U.S. 7th Fleet, TRCSG will conduct a variety of operations, including...
27 March 2018 Chitose, Misawa Bilateral Exchange Airmen Reunite Year Later MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Ten Japan Air Self-Defense Force Airmen from the 2nd Fighter Wing at Chitose Air Base, Japan, took part in the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Career Training at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 21.Stemming back to 1995, the semi-annual exchange program strengthens bilateral ties by...
26 March 2018 Michael Murphy Begins Joint Patrols in Oceanic Region PACIFIC OCEAN -- USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) and the U.S. Coast Guard began joint maritime security patrols designed to reduce and eliminate illegal fishing in the Western Pacific, March 26.The guided-missile destroyer and embarked Coast Guard personnel began a mission called the Oceania Maritime...
28 March 2018 Essex Amphibious Ready Group, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit Launch Integration Exercise PACIFIC OCEAN -- Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 1, and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) commenced PHIBRON-MEU Integration Exercise (PMINT), March 23.PHIBRON 1 is comprised of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS...
28 March 2018 Seabee Divers Uncover Cannon, Meet with Local School in Yap during Pacific Partnership 2018 YAP, Federated States of Micronesia -- U.S. Navy Seabee divers from Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2 uncovered a cannon and met with students at Yap Catholic High School ahead of Pacific Partnership 2018 in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, March 14-15.Capable of providing inshore and...
28 March 2018 Misawa Airman Earns Prestigious Japan America Air Force Goodwill Association Award MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Cheers fill the ballroom as Senior Master Sgt. Paul Riley, the 35th Maintenance Squadron armament flight chief, walks across the stage. He greets the Japanese leaders and presenters with a bow, instead of the typical handshake. Riley flashes a smile as he receives the...
28 March 2018 UK, Japan Medical Staff Saves Life in Yap during Pacific Partnership 2018 YAP, Federated States of Micronesia -- Two medical staff officers from the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force and a medical assistant petty officer from the British Army helped a Yapese patient who experienced a medical emergency during Pacific Partnership 2018 in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia,...
28 March 2018 Joint Statement on the 15th Meeting of the India-U.S. Working Group on Counterterrorism The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of India and the United States of America on the occasion of the 15th Meeting of the India-U.S. Working Group on Counterterrorism: Begin Text: The 15th meeting of the India-U.S. Counterterrorism Joint Working Group was held in New...
27 March 2018 Sterett Visits Hong Kong during 7th Fleet Deployment HONG KONG -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) arrived in Hong Kong for a port visit March 27 after a stretch of operations as part of a deployment in the Indo-Pacific.The visit is meant to allow the crew to experience the culture of Hong Kong, engage with the local community, and...
27 March 2018 Mattis Welcomes Indonesia's Foreign Minister to Pentagon WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis welcomed Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi to the Pentagon today, March 26, 2018, for a meeting to discuss areas of mutual interest to their nations.“I believe our two nations have an opportunity -- perhaps even a once-in-a-generation...
27 March 2018 Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group Returns to 7th Fleet INDIAN OCEAN -- The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG), led by Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, returned to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations (AOO) as part of its regularly scheduled deployment.At the direction of U.S. 7th Fleet, TRCSG will conduct a variety of operations, including...
27 March 2018 Chitose, Misawa Bilateral Exchange Airmen Reunite Year Later MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Ten Japan Air Self-Defense Force Airmen from the 2nd Fighter Wing at Chitose Air Base, Japan, took part in the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Career Training at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 21.Stemming back to 1995, the semi-annual exchange program strengthens bilateral ties by...
26 March 2018 Michael Murphy Begins Joint Patrols in Oceanic Region PACIFIC OCEAN -- USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) and the U.S. Coast Guard began joint maritime security patrols designed to reduce and eliminate illegal fishing in the Western Pacific, March 26.The guided-missile destroyer and embarked Coast Guard personnel began a mission called the Oceania Maritime...