30 May 2017 Pacific Partners Conduct Joint Rescue of Six Fishermen on Heels of Regional Search and Rescue Conference HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Six Tongan fishermen are safe today following a joint rescue effort between the U.S. Coast Guard, Maritime New Zealand and the Tongan navy.The men arrived safely to Tongatapu aboard a Tongan naval patrol boat after they were initially located by a U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules...
26 May 2017 Land Forces Pacific 2017 Ends; Brown Declares It "Best One Ever" HONOLULU – The 2017 Land Forces Pacific (LANPAC) Symposium and Exhibition concluded a three-day conference May 25 in Honolulu with representatives from more than three-quarters of the U.S. partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, including many chiefs of armies, in attendance.“What a tremendous...
26 May 2017 USS John S. McCain Passes Inspection and Survey Assessment YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The forward-deployed Areligh Burke guided-missile cruiser USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), aka ‘Big Bad John,’ passed all readiness requirements for a materiel assessment conducted by the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV), May 25.INSURV was established by Congress to...
26 May 2017 VMM-265 ‘Dragons’ Join the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWAK, Japan -- Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 replaced VMM-262 as the aviation combat element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) May 26, 2017.“Having VMM-265 reunited with the 31st MEU will benefit all of the Marines greatly,” said Sgt. Maj. Jim Lanham, sergeant major...
26 May 2017 U.S. Ambassador Osius Visits Khanh Hoa Province for Pacific Partnership 17 HANOI, Vietnam -- Ambassador Osius visited Khanh Hoa province from May 23 to 24 to highlight Pacific Partnership 17’s (PP17) collaboration with the province. During the two-day visit, Ambassador Osius met with Khanh Hoa People’s Committee Chairman Le Duc Vinh, visited PP17 personnel from the United...
26 May 2017 Naval War College Examines Freedom Of Navigation In Indian, Pacific Oceans NEWPORT, R.I. -- Freedom of navigation in some of the world's most uneasy waters was the focus of a conference, May 24, hosted by the Stockton Center for the Study of International Law, U.S. Naval War College (NWC), and attended by legal experts from around the globe.The two-day conference,...
25 May 2017 USS Ronald Reagan Earns Japan's Zenkokai Award WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN -- The Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and its Sailors received the Zenkokai Associaton Award for work in the local community, during a ceremony at the Meiji-Jingu Shrine in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, May 20.Three Ronald Reagan Sailors attended the...
25 May 2017 75th Anniversary of Aleutian Islands Campaign JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- June 3 marks the 75th anniversary of the Aleutian Islands Campaign during World War II – a campaign which claimed 1,481 allied lives.With extensive intelligence gathered prior to the beginning of WWII, the Japanese believed Alaska was key to not only...
25 May 2017 Eighth Army Enjoys a Festival with Third Republic of Korea Army YONGIN, South Korea -- The Eighth Army and the Third Republic of Korea Army (TROKA) staged a joint spring festival in Yongin, May 19, 2017. The festival, hosted by TROKA, gave the Eighth Army, TROKA senior leaders and their spouses the opportunity to enjoy the day and cement the friendship between...
25 May 2017 United States Transfers Six Coastal Patrol Boats to Vietnam Coast Guard HANOI, Vietnam -- On May 22, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius officially handed over six 45-foot Metal Shark patrol boats to the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) in Quang Nam, Region II, marking another important step in the expanding security cooperation between the United States and the Socialist...