02 July 2015 Australia, US Alliance on Display for Talisman Sabre 2015 More than 33,000 U.S. and Australian personnel will participate in the biennial military training exercise Talisman Sabre 2015 in Australia July 5-21.Talisman Sabre, jointly sponsored by the U.S. Pacific Command and Australian Defence Force Headquarters Joint Operations Command, will incorporate...
02 July 2015 Kadena, Marine Units Integrate for Large Force Exercise KADENA AIR BASE, Japan - Flying squadrons from Kadena were a part of a joint service exercise with units from the U.S. Marine Corps to practice air-to-air superiority while protecting ground troops June 30 at Kadena Air Base.For this large force exercise, the Kadena's own 44th and 67th Fighter...
02 July 2015 623rd Air Control Flight Partners with Japan Air Self-Defense Force The 623rd Air Control Flight "Lightsword" combined with their Japan Air Self-Defense Force counterparts during a temporary deployment to Iruma Air Base, Japan, to strengthen bilateral relations June 22-26.The ACF's main mission is to integrate bilateral air and missile defense operations through...
01 July 2015 I Corps Participates in Combined Exercise Talisman Sabre 2015 Several hundred I Corps Soldiers will participate in the sixth iteration of the combined, biennial exercise Talisman Sabre, July 4 through 19, in Australia. Talisman Sabre is a combined training exercise that will certify I Corps' combat readiness as a Combined Force Land Component Command (CFLCC)...
01 July 2015 Exercise Khaan Quest 2015 Closing Closing ceremonies commenced today at the Five Hills Training Area in Tavantolgoi, Mongolia, marking the official end to Exercise Khaan Quest 2015. For the past two weeks, Mongolian Armed Forces hosted over 20 nations in this 13th iteration of the exercise. Khaan Quest is an annual multinational...
01 July 2015 Patients Returned After Receiving Critical Care on USNS Mercy The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) returned six patients to Arawa July 1, including an 18-month-old infant, whom the ship’s helicopter rescue team retrieved the previous day from a small land mass off the coast of Carteret Island in Papua New Guinea.Mercy Helicopter Squadron Command 21, the...
01 July 2015 United States Supports One Health Symposium The fourth annual One Health Symposium was held June 29-30 in Champasack province. This year, the primary objectives of the meeting were to strengthen coordination and collaboration between multi-disciplinary sectors, improve International Health Regulation (IHR) Core Capacity, and facilitate...
30 June 2015 USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) Transports Six Injured from Bougainville to Ship for Critical Care The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) sent an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter on a critical care patient transport mission today to retrieve six injured people, including an 18-month old infant, from Han Island, a small land mass off the coast of Carteret Island in Papua New Guinea.Mercy received all six...
30 June 2015 Combined Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore Exercise Begins Combined Forces Command and Republic of Korea forces will conduct a Combined Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore exercise from June 29 through July 9, 2015 at the Anmyeon Beach on the west coast of the Republic of Korea. This exercise will train the ROK-US service members on how to accomplish vital...
30 June 2015 U.S. – Laos Confer on ASEAN Chairmanship Preparations U.S. Ambassador to ASEAN Nina Hachigian arrived in Vientiane on June 25 for two days of meetings to explore the Lao PDR’s plans and priorities for ASEAN, while reinforcing U.S. support for Laos’ 2016 ASEAN chairmanship preparations. This is Ambassador Hachigian’s first visit to Laos, and it offers...