10 July 2017 Bangladesh Increases its Capacity to Train UN Peacekeepers DHAKA, Bangladesh – U.S. Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr., the Commander of United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) attended the dedication ceremony, July 8, 2017, for the new multi-purpose training facility as part of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training (BIPSOT) in Gazipur and...
10 July 2017 USS Ronald Reagan Begins Exercise Talisman Saber 2017 CORAL SEA -- The Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) began participating in exercise Talisman Saber 2017 (TS 17) off the coast of Australia July 8.TS 17 is a joint exercise sponsored by the U.S. Pacific Command and Australian Defence Force Headquarters Joint...
10 July 2017 Yokosuka Fleet Supports US Navy Visit to the People's Republic of China YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center (NAVSUP FLC) Yokosuka provided logistics and contract support to the guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) during a port call in Zhanjiang, China, June 12-16.Sterett is the first U.S. Navy ship to visit China in...
10 July 2017 Nurses, Logisticians from U.S., Mongolia, Share Knowledge in Medical Exchange ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia -- Nursing and medical logisticians from the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force met with counterparts form the Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF) June 5 to 9 at the Military Medical Center in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to share knowledge and conduct hands-on training during a Nursing and...
10 July 2017 PACOM Commander Visits Bangladesh DHAKA, BANGLADESH (July 9, 2017) -- Adm. Harry Harris, Commander United States Pacific Command, visited Bangladesh to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and military service chiefs for discussions on cooperation, regional security initiatives and to learn more about Bangladesh’s role in peacekeeping...
08 July 2017 U.S. B-1B Lancer Flights Demonstrate Ironclad Commitment to South Korea, Japan JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- As part of the continuing demonstration of the ironclad U.S. commitment to our allies against the growing threat from North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs, two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam conducted a...
07 July 2017 First for U.S., Japan Air Forces Nighttime Training Over East China Sea JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) units sharpened their combat skills during a bilateral mission over the East China Sea July 6.Using Andersen Air Force Base, Guam as a power projection platform, two B-1B Lancers assigned to the 9th...
07 July 2017 Military Sealift Command Ships Conduct Multi-Ship Replenishment-At-Sea during Talisman Saber 17 CORAL SEA (July 6, 2017) -- Ships from a combined U.S.–Australia-New Zealand expeditionary strike group conducted a multi-ship replenishment-at-sea (RAS) and vertical replenishment (VERP) during Talisman Saber 17.The strike group was undergoing a series of scenarios that will increase naval...
07 July 2017 643rd 'Wolfpack' Engineers Go to the Range but Build Instead of Shoot CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea -- Nearly every unit in Korea spends time at the Multi-purpose Range Complex. While for most units that time means qualifying on their weapons, for the Vertical Platoon of the 643rd Engineer Support Company their two weeks at the range meant construction.Recently...
07 July 2017 Bringing Lightning to the Fight KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- KADENA AIR BASE, Japan – U.S. Marines and Airmen conducted the first ever joint forward area refueling point exercise involving the F-35B Lighting II June 26, at Kadena Air Base, Japan.The two-day exercise enabled the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps to improve...