WASHINGTON -- The United States and Vietnam are "like-minded partners" that have a forward-looking relationship, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said yesterday as he concluded a visit to the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi.Mattis and Vietnamese Defense Minister Ngo Xuan Lich met yesterday to discuss...

KIN BLUE, OKINAWA, JAPAN -- Marines with Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division participated in a five-day exercise called Samurai, Jan. 22-26, 2018.During the exercise, the Marines learned the fundamentals of being a “Division Forward” by planning and constructing a command center while...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Each year the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) celebrates Biomedical Science Corps (BSC) Appreciation Week to honor the hard work, dedication and diversity of BSC Airmen all over the world.This year’s celebration, held Jan. 22-26, marks the 53rd anniversary of the...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Like spokes on a wheel, the 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron’s (LRS) Materiel Management Flight provides balance, strength and supply-chain support to help Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) accomplish the mission.The flight, often referred to as...

THAILAND -- The Royal Thai Armed Forces, United States Armed Forces, and other regional partner nations held a pillar raising ceremony in two separate locations in the Kingdom of Thailand to signal the beginning of engineering civic assistance projects for Cobra Gold 2018, Jan. 24.The ceremonies...

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis today said, Jan. 24, 2017, he wants to thank Vietnamese officials for their support on the North Korean issue. “They have been supporting the United Nations sanctions at some cost to them,” he said to reporters traveling with him from Jakarta,...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force officers from four different units spent the week at Kadena Air Base, Japan, with nine of their Japan Self-Defense Force (JASDF) counterparts exchanging their best practices and reinforcing lessons learned from previous exchanges.The main focus of the event...

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- On a frigid Osan afternoon, 51st Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) firefighters and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) personnel converged on the flightline to get lifesaving helicopter extraction and familiarity training.U.S. Army Maj. Laura Fryar and Capt. Rebecca...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- By plowing hundreds of inches of snow, keeping Misawa's buildings in top shape and ensuring emergency management programs ran smoothly, the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) won the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Outstanding Civil Engineer Unit (Large Unit) for the Year...

WASHINGTON -- Building alliances and partners are at the crux of Defense Secretary James N. Mattis’ trip to the Indo-Pacific region.Mattis spoke to reporters on his way to Jakarta, Indonesia, where he will meet with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu.“We probably...