NEWPORT, R.I. (NNS) -- Sixty former South Vietnamese naval officers who graduated from the Newport Officer Candidate School Program from 1970-1971 and later returned to their homeland to serve in the joint American-South Vietnamese 'brown water navy' visited Naval Station Newport, April 11. All...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron worked with U.S. Marines from the 4th Marine regiment, 3rd Marine division, for a joint inspection April 7. This joint inspection of cargo was in support of Marine forces in Australia as part of Marine Regiment...

MACTAN-BENITO EBUEN AIR BASE, Philippines -- Awkward silences and blank stares are usually attributed to teaching in a foreign land. However, this was not the case for members of the U.S. Air Force 36th Airlift Squadron as they passed down airlifting knowledge to Philippine Air Force (PAF) C-130...

WASHINGTON, April 13, 2016 — Defense Secretary Ash Carter participated this morning in a repatriation ceremony in New Delhi, India, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said in a statement. The ceremony marked the return of possible remains of U.S service members lost in World War II, Cook said...

CROW VALLEY, Philippines – U.S. Sailor, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Jose G. Esguerra left Malolos Bulacan, Philippines, at the age of 20. Esguerra came to the United States to join the Navy and become a dentist. “Ever since I joined back in 1998, I have been inspired to come back to my country and...

WASHINGTON, April 12, 2016 — Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s visit to India this week -- his fourth meeting with Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar within a year -- demonstrates the regular ministerial-level oversight of the robust and deepening bilateral defense relationship between the two...

PADANG, Indonesia (NNS) -- The multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo 2016 kicked off in Padang, Indonesia, April 12, with an opening ceremony and arrival of navy ships from 35 nations in the city's harbor for an international fleet review. The multilateral focused Komodo exercise emphasizes readiness...

GOA, India (NNS) -- Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter visited the 7th Fleet flagship, USS Blue Ridge, Apr. 11, meeting with Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin and Indian Minister of Defence Manohar Parrikar, during the ship's port visit to Goa, India. The three, along with staff...

MACTAN-BENITO EBUEN AIR BASE, Philippines -- U.S. and Philippine Air Force C-130 Hercules pilots and loadmasters exchanged operational knowledge during joint training as part of Exercise Balikatan 2016 April 8, 2016. Balikatan, a Filipino term that meaning “shoulder-to-shoulder," is an annual...

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia - United States Army Pacific soldiers joined an international team to conduct an earthquake-readiness exercise in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia April 4-8. Exercise Gobi Wolf 2016 was a civil-military disaster preparedness and response initiative focused on regional readiness in...