03 December 2015 Seabees Build Friendship with Washroom Facility in Marshall Islands KWAJALEIN, Marshall Islands - Marshallese construction workers and U.S. Navy Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, construct a washroom facility in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Nov. 20, 2015.The previous outdoor facility where local Marshallese bathed and washed up after...
02 December 2015 Battlefield Airmen Complete Direct Action Resource Center Training KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron completed Direct Action Resource Center training with a mobile training team on the Camp Hansen range Nov. 20.The training was held locally in order to reduce the costs that were once used to send entire STS teams back...
02 December 2015 Deputy Secretary, Japanese Defense Leader Reaffirm Alliance WASHINGTON, December 1, 2015 — Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work and Japan's State Minister of Defense Kenji Wakamiya reaffirmed the alliance between their nations during a meeting at the Pentagon today, a spokeswoman for Work said. In a statement summarizing the meeting, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Courtney...
02 December 2015 Where Friendship Takes Flight CAMP ZAMA, Japan - Soldiers from the Army Reserve Engagement Team-Japan coordinated with the U.S. Army Japan's (USARJ) Aviation Battalion to transport their Japan Ground Self-Defense Force partners via a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from Camp Takeyama, one of the country's largest joint training...
02 December 2015 National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office Conducts Maritime Information Sharing Exercise WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO) recently sponsored a three day Operational Value Added Assessment (OVAA) exercise with 13 participating and supporting organizations in the Chesapeake Bay. The OVAA focused on validating technical capabilities...
01 December 2015 Mongolian Soldier Blazes Trail for Fellow Military Women JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Throughout the years, more than four dozen foreign soldiers have attended the SFC Christopher R. Brevard Noncommissioned Officer Academy. However this year, one graduate is the first of her kind. “I am so thankful to the U.S. and Mongolian armies for...
01 December 2015 Promoting the Long-Term Sustainability and Security of the Space Environment BEIJING, China -- Good morning. I am very pleased to be here today in Beijing to discuss space security in one of the most dynamic regions of the world. I would like to thank my fellow co-hosts, the Governments of China, Laos, and Russia, for all of their hard work and cooperation in organizing this...
01 December 2015 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Shallow Water Egress Training OKINAWA, Japan -- Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit took part in the Shallow Water Egress Training program Nov. 17, 2015 at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan.The SWET program is a one-day course that teaches Marines how to survive if a helicopter were to crash in water. SWET is just...
01 December 2015 Troops Qualify for Expert Field Medical Badge CAMP CASEY, South Korea - The annual Expert Field Medical Badge qualification course was recently conducted for Eighth Army medical personnel on the Korean Peninsula. The 12-day course was conducted to recognize Soldiers demonstrating the level of professional skill and proficiency necessary to...
01 December 2015 U.S.-Brunei High Level Officials' Meeting Washington, DC - A delegation of senior U.S. officials, including Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom Malinowski, Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam Craig Allen, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Scot Marciel, and Special Representative to...