HONG KONG (NNS) -- U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrived in Hong Kong for a port visit during its 2016 patrol season, April 29.The Blue Ridge team, consisting of more than 900 members including embarked 7th Fleet staff, Marines from Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Pacific...

Republic of Korea - the summer of 2015, the 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC) partnered with the Republic of Korea (ROK) Army's 2nd Operational Command (2OC) for a combined exercise. The exercise focused on validating the units' ability to perform intratheater reception, staging, and...

SASEBO, Japan (NNS) -- Expeditionary Strike Group 7 and Tactical Training Group Pacific successfully completed another annual Fleet Synthetic Training-Joint Exercise (FST-J) April 29. This year was unique in that ESG 7 held the training aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS...

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2016 — Defense Secretary Ash Carter today honored six individuals from across the military as sexual assault response coordinators of the year, saying they promoted a climate of trust in which sexual assault is not tolerated or ignored.The six reinforced a culture of...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Members of the 8th Fighter Wing “Wolf Pack” at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, tested their tactical air combat capabilities alongside joint and bilateral partners in the region the last two weeks for Exercise Max Thunder 16, which wraps up today.Exercise...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – Throughout its 108-year history, the U.S. Army Reserve has actively engaged with international communities, civilian organizations and local authorities to accomplish complex missions on land, air and sea. From liberated French towns on the Western Front to beleaguered Afghan...

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2016 — Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced today a sexual assault retaliation prevention and response strategy, saying both sexual assault and retaliation against those who report it are attacks against the values of the military."Wherever sexual assault occurs -- whether...

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy transferred ownership of Research Vessel (R/V) Melville to the Philippine Navy, during a ceremony April 27 at Naval Base San Diego.The ship was transferred under the U.S. Department of Defense's excess defense articles program to help augment the Republic of the...

CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan -- If an artillery round explodes but no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? The Marines of 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment hope to test that question as accurately as possible over the course of a quarterly exercise in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, next...

SEOUL, Republic of Korea (NNS) -- The U.S. 7th Fleet Band joined the Republic of Korea Navy Band for a combined concert in Seoul, April 28. The band, composed of more than 40 U.S. and ROK musicians played a range of genres ranging from classical to pop and rock. "This is my fourth time performing...