The United States stands by its pledge to defend the Philippines, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told his Philippine counterpart during their meeting in Hawaii today, according to a DoD news release.During Carter's meeting with Philippine Secretary of National Defense Voltaire Gazmin, the two leaders...

Approximately 6,000 U.S. military personnel will participate in exercise Northern Edge 2015, a joint training exercise hosted by Alaskan Command scheduled for June 15-26, 2015, on and above central Alaska ranges and the Gulf of Alaska.NE15 is one in a series of U.S. Pacific Command exercises in 2015...

Natural disasters amplified by climate change, urbanization and the sheer vastness of the Asia-Pacific region are among many factors that have prompted leadership there to dub the area “the Ring of Fire,” the deputy commander of U.S. Army Pacific said in a recent interview here.Maj. Gen. James F...

More than 130 Soldiers from the 45th Sustainment Brigade deployed to Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island the week of April 27 through May 1 for a three week long tactical training exercise designed to prepare them for future missions in the Pacific region and overseas. The exercise involves...

Korean language students at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, got a taste of potential issues they could be dealing with in their future careers during a lecture May 20.Sook Kim, former Korean ambassador to the United Nations, spoke about the...

U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) and U.S. Pacific Fleet (USPACFLT) held a joint change of command ceremony onboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, May 27.Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter presided over the ceremony as Adm. Scott H. Swift assumed command of U.S. Pacific Fleet from Adm. Harry B...

The United States will continue to remain the principal security power in the Pacific region for decades to come, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in Hawaii today.The secretary also urged countries to work toward a peaceful resolution to territorial disputes in the South China Sea region.Change of...

Defense Secretary Ash Carter began a 10-day international trip yesterday that will take him to U.S. Pacific Command in Hawaii and on to Singapore, Vietnam and India, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren said.The trip will be Carter's second visit to the Asia-Pacific region since becoming...

Building on relations developedduring Exercise North Wind 2015, American and Japanese forces plan for a jointairborne training exercise during Red Flag 15-03 here.Paratroopers fromU.S. Army Alaska's 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th InfantryDivision and soldiers with the Japan Ground...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) and ships from the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) conducted separate one-day multilateral naval exercises with France and Turkey in the waters south of the Korean peninsula May 23 and 25.The exercises, conducted with French frigate...