Two guided-missile destroyers will arrive at their new homeport of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam this week, with USS Preble (DDG 88) expected Aug. 14 and USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) on Aug. 15.John Paul Jones is an exchange for guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70), which will depart Hawaii...

U.S. and Mongolia Armed Forces service members, with assistance from the governments of Nepal, Thailand and the Peoples Republic of China, kicked of humanitarian assistance operations in support of Pacific Angel 14-4, Aug. 11-16.The U.S. Air Force lead mission supports U.S. Pacific Command’s...

Secretary of State John Kerry has landed in the Solomon Islands, where he commemorated the nation’s cooperation with Allied forces in World War II.After flying into the capital, Honiara, on August 13, Kerry laid a wreath at a memorial to Solomon Islanders who assisted in the fight against Japanese...

After 46 years of service, USS Denver will hold its decommissioning ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam at 10 a.m., Aug. 14."It is with a great sense of pride that Denver will decommission as the oldest deployable warship in the Navy and as the last and longest serving Austin-class amphibious...

The new U.S.–Australia force posture agreement will broaden and deepen the alliance’s contributions to regional security and advance America’s ongoing strategic rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in Sydney yesterday.Hagel made his remarks during a news...

The 33rd Korean Service Corps (KSC) Company, Eighth Army, conducted a drill to test their ability to set up and run a mobilization station, at Daewang Elementary School July 29 to 31.This year, KSC members were tasked with establishing the station to exercise their ability to process and then...

AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER JULIE BISHOP: Ladies and gentlemen, today we have welcomed to Sydney and to AUSMIN, Secretaries John Kerry and Chuck Hagel. And this is the second AUSMIN meeting that the four principals here have participated in. The United States alliance is the most important security...

Approximately 200 Airmen and a dozen F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 8th Fighter Wing departed for RED FLAG-Alaska, a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise, taking place from Aug. 7 to Aug. 22.   Wolf Pack Airmen will actively take part in the PACAF exercise, which is focused on...

Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Thongloun Sisoulith met with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on Saturday to discuss how to consolidate their bilateral ties. The talk was held on the sideline of the 47th Asean Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-47)...

Australia and the United States will sign a 25-year deal allowing 2,500 US Marines and Air Force personnel to train Down Under, Defence Minister David Johnston said Monday, describing it as a “win-win situation.”The agreement will be inked Tuesday when US Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense...