19 December 2014 Papua New Guinea Defense Force Receives Medical Supplies and Equipment from the U.S. Withsupport from the Government of the United States of America, Project C.U.R.E.(Commission on Urgent Relief and Equipment), an American NGO, sent medicalsupplies and equipment to the PNG Defense Forces. U.S. Ambassador to Papua NewGuinea, Walter North, presented these materials to the PNG Defense...
17 December 2014 Operation Christmas Drop supplies islands with bundles of joy ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AFNS) -- The men and women from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam and Yokota Air Base, Japan, dropped its last bundle of joy Dec. 13, to the Micronesian Islands as Operation Christmas Drop came to an end just in time for the holiday season.What started as a small crew...
17 December 2014 U.S., Japan students make music The Marine Memorial Chapel hosted a holiday concert for Matthew C. Perry Schools and Higashi Junior High School students aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 15, 2014.This event is the first time the Japanese and American children performed together. “Initially, this event was...
17 December 2014 Coast Guard provides SAR planning support to Republic of Korea Coast Guard search and rescue crews were relieved by Republic of Korea assets on Saturday in their search for 26 crewmembers from the fishing vessel 501 Oryong that capsized Nov. 30, 2014, near Chukotka, Russia, in the Bering Sea. The Coast Guardcompleted more than 24 searches covering more than...
17 December 2014 Marines, JGSDF rapidly respond to simulated contaminations (Dec. 2, 2014) A field and an abandoned structure sustain an unknown, potentially dangerous, contamination leak. U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members hastily suit up in Mission Oriented Protective Posture gear in preparation for their mission. They rushed off to the...
16 December 2014 US Marines, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Look to Sky for Forest Light's Culminating Event U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force troops simulated a movement to contact and assault on an objective Dec. 9-10 while participating in Forest Light 15-1 at the Oyanohara Training Area in Yamato, Japan.Forest Light is a routine, semi-annual exercise designed to enhance the U.S. and...
16 December 2014 Visit of USAID Official to Reinforce U.S. Commitment to Partnership for Growth The U.S. Embassy in Manila will host a top official from the United StatesAgency for International Development (USAID) next week. Eric G. Postel, USAID’sAssistant Administrator and Partnership for Growth (PFG) Coordinator, will visitthe Philippines on December 15-16 to reinforce the U.S...
12 December 2014 1st Air Support Operations Group Supports Yama Sakura 67 When fighting a simulated war, sometimes a planner needs simulated air support. The planners at Yama Sakura 67 have one man to turn to between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. – Tech. Sgt. Casey Svehla.Svehla represents the 1st Air Support Operations Group in the Joint Operations Center during this...
12 December 2014 US, Japanese Sergeants Major Discuss Leadership at Yama Sakura Forum Among dozens of cultural encounters during this year’s Yama Sakura was an ongoing exchange between the most senior noncommissioned officers participating in the exercise at Camp Asaka, Japan Dec. 10.It’s an exchange that I Corps Command Sgt. Maj. James Norman helped start last year with the...
12 December 2014 Navy Tests New Unmanned Underwater Vehicle at JEBLC-FS The U.S. Navy completed tests on the GhostSwimmer unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story (JEBLC-FS), Dec. 11.GhostSwimmer is the latest in a series of science-fiction-turned-reality projects developed by the chief of naval operations' Rapid Innovation...