27 February 2018 Exercise Cobra Gold Strengthens Interoperability, Regional Relationships WASHINGTON -- Some 5,800 U.S. service members, working in Thailand alongside forces from 29 partner nations, have wrapped up one of the largest security cooperation exercises in the Indo-Pacific region.Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Rob Manning told reporters today that Cobra Gold 18, which ended Feb...
27 February 2018 Raider Brigade Returns to the Republic of Korea CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea -- The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division (ID) assumed responsibility as the rotational armored brigade combat team in Korea during a transfer of authority (TOA) ceremony on Friday, 23 February.Soldiers from the "Raider" brigade began arriving here in...
27 February 2018 14th Aircraft Maintenance Unit Patches Up, Beds Down F-16s at COPE NORTH ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- What was previously a quarterly bilateral exercise held at Misawa Air Base, members of the 35th Fighter Wing are now currently in the midst of exercise COPE NORTH 2018 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. This two-week exercise is designed to enhance multilateral air...
27 February 2018 Two High-Ranking U.S. Congressional Delegations Visit Lao People's Democratic Republic VIENTIANE, Lao People's Democratic Republic – Two high-level delegations from the U.S. Congress visited the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) between February 21-25. The Members of Congress met with counterparts in the Lao government, and discuss progress on bilateral cooperation under the...
26 February 2018 UN Peacekeepers Open Exercise Shanti Doot 4 in Bangladesh The opening ceremony for Exercise Shanti Doot was held on Feb. 26, 2018, at the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training (BIPSOT), Rajendrapur Cantonment, Bangladesh. Shanti Doot 4 is a multinational United Nations peacekeeping exercise with more than 1,000 participants from more...
26 February 2018 Sailors on Guam Hold Joint Search and Rescue Exercise with U.S. Coast Guard The exercise integrated CRG-1 and CRS-4 into the SAR efforts that HSC-25 and USCG Sector Guam routinely support. A week prior to the event stakeholders from each command came to discuss the actions during a tabletop exercise. “Thank you to everyone here for providing the Coast Guard with your...
26 February 2018 HA/DR Exercise Concludes at Cope North 2018 The 5-day humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) portion of exercise COPE NORTH 18, which allowed U.S. Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and the Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) to practice HA/DR relief efforts, concluded Feb. 23, 2018.This year marks the 89th iteration of...
26 February 2018 U.S.-Japan Friendship Concert Showcases Harmony Between Two Nations Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni students united with local Japanese students for the eighth annual U.S.-Japan Friendship Concert at the Sinfonia Iwakuni Concert Hall in Iwakuni City, Japan, Feb. 24, 2018.The event allowed students from different cultures to come together to perform and have the...
23 February 2018 Cobra Gold 18: Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise CHACHOENGSAO, Thailand -- The Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise (HADR-X) is a part of Cobra Gold 2018, an annual exercise conducted in the Kingdom of Thailand held from Feb. 13-23 with seven full participating nations.Participants of the HADR-X included the Kingdom of Thailand,...
23 February 2018 Tri-lateral Aeromedical Personnel Train at COPE NORTH 18 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Personnel from multiple nations conducted aeromedical missions during the Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief (HA/DR) portion of exercise COPE NORTH 18 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Feb. 19,...