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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

DAEGU, Republic of Korea --The 2017 KATUSA United States Soldier Friendship Week began May 16, hosted by United States Army Garrison Daegu. This three-day festival featured cultural events and various sports games. It kicked off with an opening ceremony at Camp Walker Kelly Field."It is a time to...

HONOLULU -- Representatives from 27 of 36 nations from throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region - to include nine chiefs of armies - gathered in Hawaii to kick off the 5th annual Land Forces of the Pacific (LANPAC) Symposium & Exposition May 23."I'm very encouraged by the fact that 27 nations are...

YOKOHAMA NORTH DOCK, Japan -- A small transportation battalion on the edge of Yokohama has been moving military and sustainment cargo into and out of Japan since 1946."The 836th Transportation Battalion is responsible for all port operation and strategic moves into and out of Japan less Okinawa,"...