One theme that has come out of this week's ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Bio-Preparedness Table-Top Exercise Workshop is that being prepared for an outbreak of an infectious disease is more than having enough doctors and medical staff to respond, its about communication, coordination and...

Six Airmen from the 36th Contingency Response Group (CRG) stationed at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam are assisting relief efforts in Saipan following Typhoon Soudelor.The aerial port team flew aboard a helicopter to the island on Aug. 9 and has been unloading Federal Emergency Management...

From August 12-14, 2015, the U.S. Embassy's Resident Legal Advisor GlennAlexander hosted a counter-narcotics seminar with prosecutors from the Office ofthe Prosecutor General at the Timor Plaza Hotel in Dili. The training sessioncovered all aspects of narcotics investigation and prosecution,...

Emergency Managers from the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron teamed up with Bioenvironmental Engineers from the 51st Aerospace Medicine Squadron August 3-7, to participate in a series of intense, integrated base emergency response capability training exercises.Alliance Solutions Group, a company that...

Over the past week the United States Coast Guard has been working with local crane operators and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assist in the cleanup efforts during disaster relief efforts in Saipan. This is just one example of the inter-agency coordination it takes to aid in a...

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii (August 12, 2015) -- In support of the Governor, local responders and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) personnel deployed in early August to support recovery efforts in the aftermath of Typhoon Soudelor in the Commonwealth of...

This is an historic moment as we mark the 20th anniversary of theestablishment of normal diplomatic relations between the United States and theSocialist Republic of Vietnam.When President Clinton announced America’s decision in 1995, he did so with aclear mission. Echoing the words of Scripture, he...

SAN FERNANDO CITY, Philippines – Pacific Partnership 2015 in San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines, held three ribbon cutting ceremonies Aug. 10 and 11 to celebrate the completion of three construction projects. Twelve personnel from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB 5), forward...

MAKATI City, Philippines – The Philippines and the U.S. will host a three-day table-top exercise (TTX) workshop made up of policy professionals. practitioners, security forces and health subject matter experts (SMEs) as part of the ASEAN Regional Forum's (ARF) Cross-Sectoral Workshop on Biological...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- RED FLAG-Alaska 15-3, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, Joint National Training Capability accredited exercise officially started here Aug. 6.Originally called COPE THUNDER, the exercise moved to Eielson in 1992 from Clark Air Base, Philippines, after the eruption of...