23 February 2015 Bonhomme Richard Arrives in Malaysia The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) and the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Malaysia's sub-district of Sepanggar for a scheduled port visit in Kota Kinabalu, Feb 23. During the visit, Bonhomme Richard Sailors and Marines will be involved...
23 February 2015 Dempsey Discusses Pacific Rebalance During Australia Visit The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is slated to meet with his Australian counterpart here tomorrow, as he focuses on the importance of the U.S. military rebalance to the Pacific. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey and the Australian chief of the Defense Force, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, will...
23 February 2015 Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Train Together to Improve Regional Security The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) hosted an Air Defense Syndicate along with U.S. Air Force and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) personnel, Feb. 19.Held quarterly, these ongoing interactions between Antietam and the JMSDF are designed to help maintain...
23 February 2015 Marine Corps Iwakuni Chapel’s Dedication to Japanese Community Station residents visited Midoro Hoikuen in Iwakuni City, Japan, during a community relations preschool event coordinated by the Marine Memorial Chapel aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 19, 2015.Volunteers began the morning with popular American dance-songs and games such as...
23 February 2015 Groundbreaking Represents Start of Construction Phase for Space Fence Officials broke ground Feb. 10 here to kick off a 36-month construction effort to build the Space Fence radar system. The Space Fence, an S-band radar, will be located on the U.S. Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll, but the Space Fence Operations Center will be co-located at Reagan Test Site Operation...
23 February 2015 Local Hospital Gives Back to Garrison Korean Nationals The Soon Cheon Hyang Hospital and U.S. Army Garrison-Yongsan strengthened their relationship with a committment of medical support to Korean personnel operating in the garrison. "This is an excellent opportunity for our local Korean National personnel in the post to recieve quality medical care from...
22 February 2015 Dempsey Visits Strategic, Remote Kwajalein Atoll Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, paid a visit here today to highlight Kwajalein’s importance to the U.S. missile defense and space programs. The atoll, located more than 2,000 miles southwest of Honolulu, is home to the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll/Ronald Reagan...
20 February 2015 Cobra Gold 2015: Thai Communities Celebrate New School Buildings As Exercise Cobra Gold 2015 comes to an end, several communities across Thailand received new school buildings as part of the Engineer Civil/Humanitarian Assistance Program portion of the exercise.CG 15 is a combined-forces exercise taking place in numerous locations throughout Thailand from Feb...
20 February 2015 Carter Greets Workforce, Outlines Priorities at All-hands Meeting During a standing-room-only all-hands gathering in the Pentagon’s auditorium today, Defense Secretary Ash Carter enthusiastically greeted those he will lead and discussed his priorities as the 25th secretary.Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work introduced Carter, citing the defense secretary’s “deep...
20 February 2015 Six Nations Partner during Cope North 15 Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise More than 300 military members from six different countries joined together toconduct the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief portion of Exercise CopeNorth 15 here and throughout the region of the Commonwealth of the NorthernMariana Islands Feb. 15 through 18."The Pacific theater and...