Humanitarian assistance and Disaster response was the focusas Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum (ARF) members metin Kuala Lumpur April 9-10.  The workshopdiscussed how to enhance collaboration and efficiencies in disaster response exercises.   In particular, participants...

Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with South Korea President Park Geun-hye in Seoul and reaffirmed the strength and importance of the enduring alliance between the United States and South Korea, according to a Defense Department statement issued today. Carter is on first trip to the Asia-Pacific...

The U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) navies conducted a successful mine countermeasures exercise March 30 - April 11 as part of Foal Eagle 2015.The bilateral training is designed to increase readiness and interoperability in mine countermeasures operations and enhance theater security cooperation...

Scout sniper platoon with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, conducted high angle live fire training April 8-9, 2015, on top of Ulupau Crater at Range 10 aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii. The platoon, mixed with scout snipers and scout sniper hopefuls, climbed the north side of the...

Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with South Korea’s National Security Advisor Director Kim Kwan-jin in Seoul to reaffirm the U.S.-South Korea alliance, according to a Defense Department statement issued today. Carter is on his first trip to the Asia-Pacific region as defense secretary. Carter and...

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter visited Team Osan April 9, 2015, at Osan AirBase, Republic of Korea.During the visit, Carter held a troop call inhangar 1732 where he briefly spoke about the importance of the United States'role in Asia before taking questions from the crowd and then coining,...

Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus visited Sailors participating in the sixth annual Naval Engagement Activity (NEA) Vietnam 2015, April 9.Mabus addressed the crews of the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), as...

Representatives of various U.S. government agencies at the United States Embassyin Manila came together to urge local government executives to intensify theircampaign against human trafficking and protect their communities from this formof modern-day slavery during a two-day anti-trafficking summit...

In the future, the Air Force’s core missions will probably not change, but the way they are carried out will, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III said today. Welsh, speaking to the Defense Writers Group, said the Air Force’s missions include air and space superiority, intelligence,...

On the initial overseas stop of his first Asia-Pacific trip as defense secretary, Ash Carter met today in Tokyo with Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani to discuss the alliance and mutual world interests. As the U.S. military rebalances its focus in that part of the world, Carter told reporters...