After three years in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, 1st Lt. Ryota Hasebe finally got his chance to work with the U.S. Marines.Hasebe, 28, joined the JGSDF in 2011 as an artillery officer, for two reasons.“I joined because my father is a former (Japan Ground Self-Defense) officer and I really,...

Seventeen members of the Japanese House of Councillors (JHC), equivalent to the U.S. Senate, toured the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) in Sasebo, Japan, March 2.The delegation included the Honorable Satsuki Katayama, chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.The tour was...

Five Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircrew personnel graduated from basic training at Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129, the U.S. Navy's EA-18G Growler Fleet Replacement Squadron, during a ceremony Feb. 27 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island. The graduation marked a milestone in the...

The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Hawaii (SSN 776) participated in the 2015 Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise (ASWEX) with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) as part of their Western Pacific deployment Feb. 8-16.ASWEX is an annual event hosted by the JMSDF that included four...

Civil engineer Airmen and combat engineer Marines participated in a jointairfield damage and repair contingency exercise held at Kadena Air Base on Feb.26, 2015.Joint forces from the 172nd and 171st Engineering Companies and18th Civil Engineering Squadron worked together to repair a damaged runway...

Sailors and civilian mariners assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) attended a community service event at the Sakuraga Oka Challenge Home (SOCH), March 3.The SOCH is a resident home dedicated to the support and well-being of challenged Japanese citizens and works closely with the...

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers practiced English with Sailors at Naval Air Facility Misawa Feb. 26.The soldiers participated in physical training and other activities while being verbally directed in English in an effort to strengthen their verbal communication skills.Naval Air Facility...

Senior officials from the United States, Australia and Indonesia paid their respects to the crews of USS Houston (CA 30) and HMAS Perth (D 29) during a wreath laying ceremony March 1, commemorating the 73rd anniversary of the Word War II Battle of Sunda Strait.In the early morning of March 1, 1942,...

Two CH-47 Chinook helicopters from the 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade picked up close to 60 refugees from a muddy field by Dillingham Airfield on the North Shore of Oahu Mar. 1, and evacuated them to the safety of a U.S. Navy ship at Pearl Harbor. The refugees,...

On a small military airfield about 20 miles south of the border that separates North and South Korea, Soldiers from South Korea's and America's armies have gathered in windy and cool conditions to test their ability to deal with a medical emergency caused by chemical munitions.The scenario is...