04 January 2017 Deputy Secretary Blinken Will Host Republic of Korea Deputy National Security Advisor Cho Washington, DC -- Deputy Secretary Antony Blinken will host First Deputy Director of the Republic of Korea (ROK) National Security Office Cho Tae-yong in Washington on January 6, 2017, for the fifth round of U.S.-ROK strategic consultations on North Korea policy.The two will discuss the...
04 January 2017 Always Faithful: World War II Marine Turns 100 OLATHE, Kansas -- With more than 16 million Americans who served in World War II, only a fraction of them still live today. Even fewer can claim to have reached the age of 100. John J. O’Leary, a retired Marine first lieutenant, is one of the lucky few.He celebrated his 100th birthday at the...
04 January 2017 Air Force Looks to Ensure Cyber Resiliency in Weapons Systems through New Office HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (AFNS) -- The Air Force, through its Life Cycle Management Center, has stood up the Cyber Resiliency Office for Weapons Systems (CROWS).Although the office's primary operating location and senior leadership will be at Hanscom Air Force Base, contributing staff will come...
03 January 2017 Trilateral Meeting with Japanese, South Korean Counterparts WASHINGTON, DC -- Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken will host a trilateral meeting with his counterparts, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama and Republic of Korea First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam January 5 in Washington.The meeting will be the sixth round of trilateral...
03 January 2017 Carl Vinson Strike Group Set for Deployment to Western Pacific SAN DIEGO -- Ships and units from the Carl Vinson Strike Group (CVNSG) will depart San Diego for a regularly-scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific, Jan. 5 and Jan. 6.The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, and embarked Destroyer Squadron (CDS) 1...
03 January 2017 U.S. and India Search for WWII American Airmen The U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recently completed a mission in India to locate the remains of servicemen missing since World War II. The DPAA team concentrated their efforts on sites where U.S. aircraft are believed to have crashed in the Himalayas with still unaccounted-for U.S...
03 January 2017 Fish for the Future: A ship, a Crew, the Sea and a $7 Billion Fishery HONOLULU , Hawaii -- The sea and sky are dark. One fades into the other. The bright deck lights of a foreign fishing boat are the only horizon reference. Roughly 70-feet in length, at two miles away, the boat appears as a dot. “Set LE Phase 1,” rings out over the 1MC, the ship’s on board intercom...
03 January 2017 PACOM Marks 70 Years of Protecting & Defending the U.S. CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii -- U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), America’s largest and oldest unified combatant command, turned 70 on Jan. 1, 2017.Since 1947, U.S. PACOM sailors, soldiers, Marines, airmen and Coast Guardsmen have stood watch across half the planet – from Hollywood to Bollywood to the Arctic...
03 January 2017 7th Fleet 2016 Wrap Up: A Year of Firsts YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Upgraded ships, new innovations and technologies, and partnerships were abound for U.S. 7th Fleet in 2016. Seventh Fleet teamed up with allies and partner nations in more than 110 exercises to exchange information, enhance capabilities and train together throughout 2016. Major...
29 December 2016 Last U.S. Ship Transferred to Republic of Korea Navy Decommissioned in Ceremony JINHAE, Republic of Korea (NNS) -- The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) decommissioned the ROKN ship Pyeongtaek (ATS-27), Dec. 28, closing the final chapter on the last U.S. ship transferred to the ROK Navy.USS Beaufort (ATS-2), an Edenton-class salvage and rescue ship, joined the U.S. fleet in 1972...
04 January 2017 Deputy Secretary Blinken Will Host Republic of Korea Deputy National Security Advisor Cho Washington, DC -- Deputy Secretary Antony Blinken will host First Deputy Director of the Republic of Korea (ROK) National Security Office Cho Tae-yong in Washington on January 6, 2017, for the fifth round of U.S.-ROK strategic consultations on North Korea policy.The two will discuss the...
04 January 2017 Always Faithful: World War II Marine Turns 100 OLATHE, Kansas -- With more than 16 million Americans who served in World War II, only a fraction of them still live today. Even fewer can claim to have reached the age of 100. John J. O’Leary, a retired Marine first lieutenant, is one of the lucky few.He celebrated his 100th birthday at the...
04 January 2017 Air Force Looks to Ensure Cyber Resiliency in Weapons Systems through New Office HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (AFNS) -- The Air Force, through its Life Cycle Management Center, has stood up the Cyber Resiliency Office for Weapons Systems (CROWS).Although the office's primary operating location and senior leadership will be at Hanscom Air Force Base, contributing staff will come...
03 January 2017 Trilateral Meeting with Japanese, South Korean Counterparts WASHINGTON, DC -- Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken will host a trilateral meeting with his counterparts, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama and Republic of Korea First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam January 5 in Washington.The meeting will be the sixth round of trilateral...
03 January 2017 Carl Vinson Strike Group Set for Deployment to Western Pacific SAN DIEGO -- Ships and units from the Carl Vinson Strike Group (CVNSG) will depart San Diego for a regularly-scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific, Jan. 5 and Jan. 6.The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, and embarked Destroyer Squadron (CDS) 1...
03 January 2017 U.S. and India Search for WWII American Airmen The U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recently completed a mission in India to locate the remains of servicemen missing since World War II. The DPAA team concentrated their efforts on sites where U.S. aircraft are believed to have crashed in the Himalayas with still unaccounted-for U.S...
03 January 2017 Fish for the Future: A ship, a Crew, the Sea and a $7 Billion Fishery HONOLULU , Hawaii -- The sea and sky are dark. One fades into the other. The bright deck lights of a foreign fishing boat are the only horizon reference. Roughly 70-feet in length, at two miles away, the boat appears as a dot. “Set LE Phase 1,” rings out over the 1MC, the ship’s on board intercom...
03 January 2017 PACOM Marks 70 Years of Protecting & Defending the U.S. CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii -- U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), America’s largest and oldest unified combatant command, turned 70 on Jan. 1, 2017.Since 1947, U.S. PACOM sailors, soldiers, Marines, airmen and Coast Guardsmen have stood watch across half the planet – from Hollywood to Bollywood to the Arctic...
03 January 2017 7th Fleet 2016 Wrap Up: A Year of Firsts YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Upgraded ships, new innovations and technologies, and partnerships were abound for U.S. 7th Fleet in 2016. Seventh Fleet teamed up with allies and partner nations in more than 110 exercises to exchange information, enhance capabilities and train together throughout 2016. Major...
29 December 2016 Last U.S. Ship Transferred to Republic of Korea Navy Decommissioned in Ceremony JINHAE, Republic of Korea (NNS) -- The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) decommissioned the ROKN ship Pyeongtaek (ATS-27), Dec. 28, closing the final chapter on the last U.S. ship transferred to the ROK Navy.USS Beaufort (ATS-2), an Edenton-class salvage and rescue ship, joined the U.S. fleet in 1972...