The secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) visited the Republic of Korea (ROK) Dec. 8-9 to meet with Sailors, Marines, and senior leaders to reaffirm the Department of the Navy's strong commitment to the U.S. and ROK alliance. During his visit, Secretary Ray Mabus met with Mark Lippert, the U.S. ambassador...

Sumo wrestling with children and pulverizing rice with a hammer are not your average community service projects – unless you’re in Japan.U.S. service members joined their Japanese counterparts Dec. 5 for a series of community service events during the run-up to Yama Sakura, an annual bi-lateral...

U.S. Marines participating in exercise Forest Light 15-1 visited with high school students here Dec. 5.A group of 11 Marines took time out of their bilateral training to speak with students at Kumamoto’s Kaishin and Chinzei high schools. The school visits centered on the sharing of cultures...

For the 34th time, U.S. and Japanese Soldiers stood side-by-side to kick off Japan's largest command post exercise here, today.Yama Sakura 67 officially started with a brief ceremony in which commanders from I Corps and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Eastern Army lauded the long-standing...

On behalf of the U.S. Government, the United StatesEmbassy Manila wishes to extend our deepest condolences for the loss of life anddevastation caused by Typhoon Ruby (international name Hagupit).The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Embassy Manila’s U.S. Agency forInternational Development (USAID),...

Veterans, service members, families and guests commemorated Pearl Harbor Day with multiple ceremonies at Ford Island and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Dec. 7.The theme of this year's historic commemorations, "Preserving the Memory," focused on keeping the story of the attacks on Oahu and the...

Three MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 landed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 6, 2014, to refuel and begin planning for support of Exercise Forest Light in Kumamoto Prefecture.Forest Light is a routine, semiannual training exercise that...

The U.S. Air Force will send a B-52 and KC-135, operatingfrom Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwinlater this week to take part in short term joint training with the RAAF. TheB-52 is assigned to Andersen AFB as part of U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. AirForce...

San Antonio class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) successfully completed recovery operations of the NASA Orion crew module, forward bay cover, and parachutes, Dec 5. The Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1) recovery is part of a U.S. government interagency effort to safely...

Typically, the 731st Air Mobility Squadron, operating out of Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, is responsible for the safe passage of thousands of passengers entering and exiting the ROK. However, the squadron has a dual mission that contributes to maintaining stability on the Korean peninsula...