26 July 2016 Annual Traffic Safety Day Promotes Safe Driving, U.S.-Japan Partnership MISAWA CITY, Japan -- Dressed in service uniforms, more than 100 U.S. military and Japan Air Self-Defense Force personnel attended the 24th Annual Traffic Safety Day in the Misawa Civic Center, July 22. The summer event, which began in 1992 and lasts for 10 days each year, stressed the importance of...
26 July 2016 Rotational Soldiers begin 2ID's Historic Move to Humphreys HUMPHREYS, South Korea -- Pfc. Bryce Thomas day started at 4 a.m. to get his M1A2 Abrams main battle tank ready to be loaded onto the Korean railcar by 6 a.m. Some 15 hours later, he and his tank had arrived at their destination.While slowly maneuvering the 70-ton tank from the flatbed railcar,...
25 July 2016 USS New Orleans, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit Visit Sri Lanka COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - USS New Orleans (LPD 18) with embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka, for a port visit, July 24.The ship and embarked MEU are in Sri Lanka to increase bilateral ties with the Sri Lanka Navy and exchange best practices on humanitarian...
25 July 2016 Joint Statement of the Japan-United States-Australia Trilateral Strategic Dialogue The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Fumio Kishida, the Secretary of State of the United States, John Kerry, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, Julie Bishop, met in Vientiane, Laos, on 25 July 2016, for the sixth ministerial meeting of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue...
25 July 2016 US Navy Korea, Republic of Korea Fleet Co-Host Senior Enlisted Symposium BUSAN, Republic of Korea – Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea, (CNFK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) Fleet co-hosted a combined and joint senior enlisted leader symposium in Busan, July 22-23. Thirty-two U.S. and ROK Navy and Marine Corps leaders met to strengthen the U.S. and ROK partnership by...
25 July 2016 Boxer Amphibious Ready Group Enters US 7th Fleet INDIAN OCEAN (NNS) -- The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) entered the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations (AOO), July 23 after nearly four months supporting Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), maritime security operations and theater security cooperation...
25 July 2016 USS America Demonstrates HA/DR Capabilities during RIMPAC 2016 PACIFIC OCEAN – U.S. Navy ships are known for their operational capabilities at sea. Guided-missile destroyers have shot down falling satellites at sea with standard missile systems, aircraft carriers launch strike fighters off their flight decks and amphibious assault ships deploying Marine...
25 July 2016 Divers Train Together during Rim of the Pacific 2016 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Army Pacific divers with 7th Engineer Dive Detachment, 130th Theater Engineer Brigade, trained with Canadian Pacific Dive Team and Australian Clearance Dive Team 4 in using a side scan sonar system during RIMPAC at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam,...
25 July 2016 Rim of the Pacific Dive Decontamination: Bringing New Ideas to the Surface HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Those participating forces exercised a wide range of capabilities, ranging from complex war-fighting to maritime security operations and sea control to humanitarian aid and disaster relief. The realistic training syllabus included amphibious operations, gunnery, missile,...
22 July 2016 Commander, U.S. Pacific Command Meets With New Zealand Minister of Defence U.S. Pacific Command spokesperson Cmdr. Dave Benham provided the following readout:Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM), met today with New Zealand Minister of Defence Gerry Brownlee at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.After Adm. Harris welcomed Minister Brownlee with an honors...
26 July 2016 Annual Traffic Safety Day Promotes Safe Driving, U.S.-Japan Partnership MISAWA CITY, Japan -- Dressed in service uniforms, more than 100 U.S. military and Japan Air Self-Defense Force personnel attended the 24th Annual Traffic Safety Day in the Misawa Civic Center, July 22. The summer event, which began in 1992 and lasts for 10 days each year, stressed the importance of...
26 July 2016 Rotational Soldiers begin 2ID's Historic Move to Humphreys HUMPHREYS, South Korea -- Pfc. Bryce Thomas day started at 4 a.m. to get his M1A2 Abrams main battle tank ready to be loaded onto the Korean railcar by 6 a.m. Some 15 hours later, he and his tank had arrived at their destination.While slowly maneuvering the 70-ton tank from the flatbed railcar,...
25 July 2016 USS New Orleans, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit Visit Sri Lanka COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - USS New Orleans (LPD 18) with embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka, for a port visit, July 24.The ship and embarked MEU are in Sri Lanka to increase bilateral ties with the Sri Lanka Navy and exchange best practices on humanitarian...
25 July 2016 Joint Statement of the Japan-United States-Australia Trilateral Strategic Dialogue The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Fumio Kishida, the Secretary of State of the United States, John Kerry, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, Julie Bishop, met in Vientiane, Laos, on 25 July 2016, for the sixth ministerial meeting of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue...
25 July 2016 US Navy Korea, Republic of Korea Fleet Co-Host Senior Enlisted Symposium BUSAN, Republic of Korea – Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea, (CNFK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) Fleet co-hosted a combined and joint senior enlisted leader symposium in Busan, July 22-23. Thirty-two U.S. and ROK Navy and Marine Corps leaders met to strengthen the U.S. and ROK partnership by...
25 July 2016 Boxer Amphibious Ready Group Enters US 7th Fleet INDIAN OCEAN (NNS) -- The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) entered the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations (AOO), July 23 after nearly four months supporting Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), maritime security operations and theater security cooperation...
25 July 2016 USS America Demonstrates HA/DR Capabilities during RIMPAC 2016 PACIFIC OCEAN – U.S. Navy ships are known for their operational capabilities at sea. Guided-missile destroyers have shot down falling satellites at sea with standard missile systems, aircraft carriers launch strike fighters off their flight decks and amphibious assault ships deploying Marine...
25 July 2016 Divers Train Together during Rim of the Pacific 2016 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Army Pacific divers with 7th Engineer Dive Detachment, 130th Theater Engineer Brigade, trained with Canadian Pacific Dive Team and Australian Clearance Dive Team 4 in using a side scan sonar system during RIMPAC at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam,...
25 July 2016 Rim of the Pacific Dive Decontamination: Bringing New Ideas to the Surface HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Those participating forces exercised a wide range of capabilities, ranging from complex war-fighting to maritime security operations and sea control to humanitarian aid and disaster relief. The realistic training syllabus included amphibious operations, gunnery, missile,...
22 July 2016 Commander, U.S. Pacific Command Meets With New Zealand Minister of Defence U.S. Pacific Command spokesperson Cmdr. Dave Benham provided the following readout:Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM), met today with New Zealand Minister of Defence Gerry Brownlee at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.After Adm. Harris welcomed Minister Brownlee with an honors...