02 October 2014 George Washington Arrives in Guam for Goodwill Port Visit The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) arrived in Guam for a goodwill port visit, Oct. 2.This marks George Washington's third visit to Guam since relieving the now decommissioned USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) in 2008."It's an honor return to Guam," said Capt. Greg Fenton, George...
25 September 2014 PACAF Hosts Pacific Rim Air Power Symposium Pacific Air Forces hosted military leaders from 20 countries throughout the Pacific region during the annual Pacific Rim Air Power Symposium held here Sept. 22-25, 2014. The PACRIM Airpower Symposium, previously known as the PACAF Director of Operations Conference, builds and improves multilateral...
08 September 2014 Forward Deployed Aircraft Carrier, Air Wing Team Continues 7th Fleet Patrol The United States Navy's only forward deployed air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, flew aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) Sep. 5 to continue their 2014 patrol of U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations (AOR).CVW-5 is composed of nine squadrons with approximately...
27 August 2014 U.S. Pacific Command: Navy Tech, Legacy Fleet Must 'Bend' to Meet Future Threats Scientific innovators will need to “bend” elements of the Navy’s current technology to meet the force’s future needs, the commander of U.S. Pacific Command told a group of international scientists and defense engineers meeting Tuesday in Honolulu.“You don’t have the industrial base to build a whole...
20 August 2014 Deputy Defense Secretary Highlights Importance of U.S.-South Korea Alliance On the first day of Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work’s first official visit here with military and political leaders, talks focused on the North Korean threat, the importance of cooperation between the U.S., South Korea and Japan, and key capabilities needed for the U.S.-South Korea bilateral...
11 August 2014 Remarks to the Observer Research Foundation - New Delhi, India Director Joshi, thank you. I also want to thank Prime Minister Modi, National Security Adviser Doval, Minister Swaraj, and especially my host over the last two days here in India, Minister Jaitley, for productive meetings yesterday. We had the opportunity to speak on the phone a couple of months...
06 August 2014 Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Travels to India, Australia, the Solomon Islands, and Hawaii Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Puneet Talwar will travel to India with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and will accompany Secretary of State John Kerry to Australia, the Solomon Islands, and Hawaii from August 7-15.In New Delhi, Assistant Secretary Talwar will join...
06 July 2014 Navy Surgeon General Visits the Peace Ark The U.S. Navy Surgeon General and Chief of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan, embarked the People's Republic of China medical ship Peace Ark (T-AH 866) for a tour, while it is in port for the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014 in Pearl Harbor July 2.Not only is...
26 June 2014 George Washington Carrier Strike Group Arrived in Singapore for a Goodwill Port Visit The George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWCSG) arrived in Singapore for a goodwill port visit, June 26. This marks the fifth visit to the "Lion City" since USS George Washington (CVN 73) relieved the now-decommissioned USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier...
26 June 2014 The U.S.-Thai Relationship Mr. Chairman, last year, we commemorated 180 years of friendly relations with Thailand, one of our five treaty allies in Asia. We have enjoyed very close relations, and U.S.-Thai cooperation on regional and global law enforcement, non-proliferation, and security has been extremely good. Our...