20 May 2015 Nepal Joint Task Force Begins Drawing Down Joint Task Force 505 is drawing down its earthquake relief operations as the Nepalese government and international aid agencies have postured for long-term recovery and reconstruction efforts.Nepal announced its transition from relief operations to the recovery phase of disaster response...
20 May 2015 US Vice Chief of Naval Operations Urges Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea Use The US Navy's vice chief of naval operations presented her views on regional maritime security issues today at the biennial International Maritime Defence Exhibition (IMDEX) held in Singapore.Adm. Michelle Howard told a small media roundtable that, as an effective crisis management tool between...
19 May 2015 Singapore Defence Leadership Visit U.S. Navy Ships During IMDEX 2015 Singapore'sMinister for Defence, Dr. Ng Eng Hen, visited guided-missile destroyer USSMustin (DDG 89), while Lieutenant-General Ng Chee Meng, Chief of Defence Force,visited the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) May 19 as part of theInternational Maritime Defence Exposition (IMDEX) 2015.U.S...
19 May 2015 U.S. Pacific Command Symposium Enhances Regional Stability The U.S. Pacific Command Amphibious Leaders Symposium, which includes more than 20 nations, will enhance stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, Defense Department spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren said today. Speaking to Pentagon reporters, the colonel said the inaugural symposium in Hawaii this...
19 May 2015 U.S. Military Helicopter Teams Up with Samaritan's Purse to Deliver Aid before Nepal Monsoons Deployed U.S. Military members and a North Carolina faith-based organization provided earthquake disaster relief supplies to Nepalese villagers in Dolakha District, May 16 and 17.Joint Task Force 505, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Samaritan’s Purse worked...
19 May 2015 Australian Air Force Pilot Flies First Partner F-35 Sortie A pilot with the Royal Australian Air Force made history May 14, by flying the first RAAF F-35A Lightning II sortie at Luke Air Force Base.RAAF Maj. Andrew Jackson, the squadron leader for the 61st Fighter Squadron and the first F-35 senior national representative at Luke, was the first Australian...
19 May 2015 Kadena Firefighters Facilitate Joint Training It's one thing to talk about what steps to take if a fire breaks out, and something else entirely to combat an out-of-control blaze. For U.S. Marines and sailors operating onboard a ship deployed to the middle of the ocean with no nearby aid, that distinction becomes even more important.To prepare...
19 May 2015 Operation Sahayogi Haat Cargo Download Passes 4 Million Pounds The Nepal army, in partnership with Airmen from the 36th Contingency Response Group supporting Operation Sahayogi Haat, has offloaded more than 4 million pounds of cargo from 80 aircraft since arriving at the Tribhuvan International Airport here May 5."Four million pounds of cargo is the most amount...
19 May 2015 Centurions, PJs Conduct Joint Casualty Exercise It was 2 p.m. April 30 as a four-vehicle Army convoy rolled out of its forward operating base to deliver a high value target to a secure location. Any convoy in a deployed environment can be a dicey affair, but this one in particular had personnel on high alert.From a hidden knoll in the distance, a...
18 May 2015 George Washington CSG Begins Patrol, Increases Maritime Security The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) departed Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, for its patrol of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region as the flagship for the George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWCSG), May 18.George Washington served as the U.S. Navy's forward deployed...