WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- “Defense of the homeland is a sacred responsibility and the No. 1 mission of the Department of Defense,” Gen. Lori J. Robinson told a Senate panel April 21 during her nomination hearing to become commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense...

CAMP CAPINPIN, Philippines -- Balikatan means shoulder-to-shoulder in the Philippines. That is the goal, the theme, and the point of a series of annual exercises that where held during April in the Philippines. Balikatan is a series of preparedness exercises that are staged through-out the country...

YOKOHAMA NORTH DOCK, Japan (April 21, 2016)- Forty-nine students from the Japanese Joint Staff College participated in an annual tour of the Watercraft Equipment Base - Yokohama North Dock March 28, led by Lt. Col. Christopher Noe, assigned to the Army Field Support Battalion-Northeast...

CHINHAE, Republic of Korea (NNS) -- U.S. Navy and Republic of Korea navy diving and salvage experts wrapped up two weeks of advanced training during Salvage Exercise (SALVEX) Korea 2016, April 21.Building on 30 years of partnership since SALVEX Korea began in 1985, U.S. and ROK navy personnel...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Soldiers from 8th Theater Sustainment Command and its subordinate units 8th Military Police Brigade and 130th Engineer Brigade, conducted intelligence exercise Perspicuous Provider April 18-22 at Mission Training Complex -- Hawaii here.Approximately 55 Soldiers...

Typhoons cause havoc throughout the Pacific region during their annual appearances with their destructive winds and heavy rainfall. They not only threaten the safety of people in their path, but also disrupt the regular operations of military installations.In preparation for the annual typhoon...

SEOUL, South Korea -- In the largest exercise of its kind in more than a decade, U.S. and South Korea Soldiers worked together, April 8, in a river crossing exercise involving both air and beach assaults, sectional pontoon bridges, helicopters, tanks, boats and many others, to cross the Imjin...

ATSUGI, Japan - The "Dambusters" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195 concluded their weeklong interoperability training with members of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) 302nd and 305th Tactical Fighter Squadrons (TFS) Benkyoukai Partnership Week on April 15.The week-long exercise with the...

WHEELER ARMY AIR FIELD, Hawaii -- The Soldiers of 2-6th Cavalry Squadron, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, received their AH-64D Apache Longbow Attack Helicopters this week from National Guard units across the country. The airframes are being transferred from the National Guard to the active duty...

OKINAWA, Japan - Two MV-22B Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit completed the third day of disaster relief operations in support of Joint Task Force Chinzei, led by the Japan Self Defense Force, after the island of Kyushu was hit by a series...