MANILA, Philppines -- USS Germantown (LSD 42) with embarked Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit will visit Manila, Philippines, to provide the crew and Marines an opportunity to experience the rich culture of the Philippines. The Germantown and embarked 31st MEU, part of the Bonhomme...

CAMP CASEY, South Korea - Soldiers of the 210th Field Artillery Brigade conducted a Loading Exercise (LOADEX) at Camp Casey, Sept 20. "The purpose of the LOADEX is to ensure that the brigade is ready and prepared to "Fight Tonight"," said Maj. Williams, a San Antonio, Texas native, 210th FA Bde...

KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Members of the Nepalese Army, U.S. Army Pacific, and more than nine other nations participated in the closing ceremony of the Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (DREE) Sept. 23 in Kathmandu, Nepal. During the four-day exercise from Sept. 20-23,...

HONG KONG (NNS) -- Amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) and amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20, both with embarked Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, arrived in Hong Kong for a port visit, Sept. 29.The visit affords Sailors and Marines of both ships the...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Many premier warfighting squadrons call Kadena home, and they remain mission ready to respond at a moment’s notice to preserve assets and interests of the U.S. and its allies within the Indo-Asia Pacific region. However, who protects the protectors of the Pacific?Armed and...

Introduction: Chairman Gardner, Ranking Member Cardin, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to testify about the U.S. response to the threat from North Korea.The Challenge Posed by a Belligerent North KoreaThe continued development of North...

WASHINGTON -- About 88 veterans of the Korean War arrived in the nation's capital this week for a visit to the Korean War Memorial Saturday, Sept. 24. The veterans, who came to Washington, D.C., courtesy of Blue Ridge Honor Flight out of Ashville, North Carolina, laid a wreath at the memorial and...

SECRETARY KERRY: Jane, thank you for a wonderful introduction. I hugely appreciate your support, your counsel. And obviously, we are living in complicated times. I want to thank you for many, many years of remarkable service to our country. Jane was reminding me as we were walking up here that...

DA NANG, Vietnam (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam People's navy (VPN) kicked off the 7th annual Naval Engagement Activity (NEA) Vietnam with a welcome ceremony at Tien Sa Port in Da Nang, Sept. 28. NEA Vietnam has evolved from annual port visits to Da Nang by U.S. Navy ships, which began more...

YAKIMA, Wash. (Army News Service) -- American and Japanese Soldiers here held a ceremony Friday to close out the three-week-long bilateral "Rising Thunder" exercise, which was held to enhance interoperability between the two nations' armies and to increase their readiness. Rising Thunder kicked off...