27 July 2015 Coming Home TARAWA, Kiribati -- The 3rd Marine Division conducted a repatriation ceremony July 25, 2015 to honor the remains of at least 36 Marines in Tarawa, Kiribati, who fought and died during the Battle of Tarawa in World War II.The Battle of Tarawa, also known as the 76-hour battle, took place from...
27 July 2015 US Navy Increases Cooperation, Enhances Partnership with Timor Leste Defense Forces during CARAT DILI, Timor Leste (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy and Timor-Leste Defense Force (F-FDTL) will conduct the third Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise in Dili, Timor-Leste, and in the vicinity of Port Hera Naval Base, July 27-28. CARAT Timor-Leste is part of an annual bilateral exercise...
27 July 2015 USNS Mercy Crew Participate in Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Relief Seminar in Philippines ROXAS CITY, Philippines – Multinational crew members of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) wrapped up participation in a humanitarian assistance disaster relief (HADR) seminar July 24 hosted by Philippine government agencies at Capiz State University.Dozens of stakeholders representing a diverse...
27 July 2015 Japan Self Defense Force, Marines Train for Disasters CAMP NAHA, Japan - Marines with Marine Corps Installations Pacific and Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, worked alongside the Japan Self Defense Force and Okinawa emergency services in the Churashima Rescue Exercise July 23, aboard Camp...
27 July 2015 Fitzgerald Implements SECNAV's New Initiative During a Darwin Port Visit DARWIN, Australia (NNS) -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) implemented the Secretary of the Navy's (SECNAV) new initiative to pay husbanding service providers (HSP) during a port visit to Darwin, July 20-24 by using a new process, called Off-Ship Bill Pay...
27 July 2015 USS Lassen Completes Successful At-Sea Phase of CARAT Singapore 2015 SOUTH CHINA SEA (NNS) -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) successfully completed five days of combined, at-sea training events with the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), July 23, as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Singapore 2015.CARAT is...
24 July 2015 ASPEN Security Forum Remarks by Adm. Harris ASPEN Security Forum (23 July 2015) - Panel: “China Assertiveness in the South China Sea: Harbinger of Things to Come?”I’d like to thank the Aspen Institute for continuing these Security Forums. Events such as these offer a rare opportunity to have a robust dialogue on significant challenges and...
24 July 2015 Marines Sharpen Mountaineering Skills in Alaska From the snow-kissed mountains to the icy rumblings of melting glaciers, Marines from 2nd Platoon, Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Calif., along with instructors from U.S. Army Alaska's Northern Warfare Training Center conducted military alpine operations...
24 July 2015 Surgeon General Welcomes Superintendent of the Korean Armed Forces Nursing Academy Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho, Surgeon General of the Army, welcomed Brig. Gen. Kyung-Hye Choi, Superintendent of the Korean Armed Forces Nursing Academy, to the Office of the Surgeon General. Horoho presented Choi with the Order of Military Medical Merit, referred to as the O2M3. The O2M3 recognizes...
24 July 2015 Contingency Response Airmen Assist in Wake Island Storm Recovery WAKE ISLAND AIRFIELD - Airmen with the 36th Contingency Response Group at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, arrived on Wake Island July 20 to assist uniformed and civilian uniformed and civilian staff in critical storm recovery efforts.In anticipation of possible storm surges from Typhoon Halola, all...