11 December 2015 Yama Sakura 69 Enhances Relationship Between US and Japan CAMP Itami, Japan -- United States Forces led by I Corps, joined together with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Middle Army during Yama Sakura 69 to train the bilateral ability to defend Japan.The two nations came together for the 34th iteration of the exercise at Camp Itami, Japan, the fourth...
11 December 2015 Republic of Korea Marine Corps Commandant Visits Okinawa CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, Japan -- Key military leaders from the Republic of Korea and the United States met at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 11, 2015, to discuss regional security on the Korean peninsula and the future of the two nations’ alliance. Lt. Gen. Sang-Hoon Lee, commandant of...
11 December 2015 US-India Joint Statement on the visit of Minister of Defence Manohar Parrikar to the United States Minister of Defence of India Manohar Parrikar made an official visit to the United States at the invitation of U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter from Dec. 7-10 that included visits to multiple U.S. facilities including U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), the Pentagon, and a visit with Secretary Carter...
11 December 2015 Night Training Gets K-9 Out of 10 MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Military working dogs are trained in multiple abilities such as locating narcotics or explosives and conducting patrol work. The K-9s are also trained in the five phases of aggression, basic obedience and building searches which aid in a variety of...
11 December 2015 Assistant Secretary Russel Travel to Thailand, Laos and Japan Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel will travel to Bangkok, Vientiane and Tokyo December 13 – 21.In Bangkok, Assistant Secretary Russel will lead the U.S. delegation to the 5th US-Thai Strategic Dialogue on December 16, in addition to viewing an Ambassador’s...
11 December 2015 Republic of Korea/U.S. Air Force Airmen participate Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants Train Together KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Without a Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL) flight, it would be difficult to get aircraft off the ground. Kunsan Air Base Airmen conducted their first-ever POL bilateral training with the Republic of Korea Air Force Dec. 8. This training took place to build...
11 December 2015 6th Joint Leadership Walk Connects Japanese Community, Station Residents IWAKUNI CITY, Japan -- Lt. Col. Gary Thomason, executive officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Yoshihiko Fukuda, mayor of Iwakuni City, and other Japanese government officials participated in the 6th Joint Leadership Walk through the streets of Iwakuni Dec. 4, 2015.The Joint Leadership...
11 December 2015 Corporal Tibor Rubin, Medal of Honor Recipient, Dies at 86 WASHINGTON -- Holocaust survivor, Korean War hero and Medal of Honor recipient Tibor Rubin died Dec. 5 of natural causes. The Garden Grove, California, resident was 86 years old when he passed.Rubin, born in Pásztó, Hungary, in 1929, found himself in the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, at...
10 December 2015 Carter Calls U.S.-India Defense Partnership ‘Anchor of Global Security’ WASHINGTON, December 10, 2015 — The defense partnership between the United States and India will become an anchor of global security, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said today in a joint news conference with Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar.Following a meeting between the defense leaders,...
10 December 2015 U.S. Ambassador to Japan Tours Operations at Yama Sakura 69 CAMP ITAMI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy visited U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Force service members at Camp Itami, Japan, Dec. 9, 2015.Kennedy toured the base as operations were underway for Yama Sakura 69, the annual bilateral command post exercise between the U.S. and Japan...