10 April 2015 Hawaii Snipers Train in High Angle Shooting Scout sniper platoon with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, conducted high angle live fire training April 8-9, 2015, on top of Ulupau Crater at Range 10 aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii. The platoon, mixed with scout snipers and scout sniper hopefuls, climbed the north side of the...
10 April 2015 Leaders Discuss U.S.-South Korea Relations Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with South Korea’s National Security Advisor Director Kim Kwan-jin in Seoul to reaffirm the U.S.-South Korea alliance, according to a Defense Department statement issued today. Carter is on his first trip to the Asia-Pacific region as defense secretary. Carter and...
10 April 2015 Secretary of Defense Visits, Talks to Team Osan Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter visited Team Osan April 9, 2015, at Osan AirBase, Republic of Korea.During the visit, Carter held a troop call inhangar 1732 where he briefly spoke about the importance of the United States'role in Asia before taking questions from the crowd and then coining,...
09 April 2015 Secretary of the Navy Visits Sailors during Naval Engagement Activity Vietnam Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus visited Sailors participating in the sixth annual Naval Engagement Activity (NEA) Vietnam 2015, April 9.Mabus addressed the crews of the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), as...
09 April 2015 US Government Supports Summit Against Human Trafficking Representatives of various U.S. government agencies at the United States Embassyin Manila came together to urge local government executives to intensify theircampaign against human trafficking and protect their communities from this formof modern-day slavery during a two-day anti-trafficking summit...
09 April 2015 Air Force Chief of Staff Describes Air Force of the Future In the future, the Air Force’s core missions will probably not change, but the way they are carried out will, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III said today. Welsh, speaking to the Defense Writers Group, said the Air Force’s missions include air and space superiority, intelligence,...
09 April 2015 Carter, Japan's Defense Minister Conduct Alliance Talks On the initial overseas stop of his first Asia-Pacific trip as defense secretary, Ash Carter met today in Tokyo with Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani to discuss the alliance and mutual world interests. As the U.S. military rebalances its focus in that part of the world, Carter told reporters...
09 April 2015 Gen. Dunford: III Marine Expeditionary Force is the Rebalance to the Pacific The Marine Corps’ new commandant came to Okinawa, Japan, March 24-26 to talk with Marines across the island.Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, the commandant of the Marine Corps, wanted to make sure the Marines here know what his expectations are for the present and future of the Corps. “My priorities are to...
08 April 2015 Carter, Japanese Prime Minister Discuss Issues in Tokyo Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe today in Tokyo in advance of the prime minister's visit to Washington later this month, according to a Defense Department statement issued today. The two leaders reaffirmed the strength of the U.S.-Japan alliance and the...
08 April 2015 Marine Corps Gives Land Back to Gov't of Japan The Marine Corps marked its return of 124 acres of land to the Government of Japan during a ceremony April 4, in Ginowan City, Okinawa, Japan.The West Futenma Housing Area, formerly home to military families, has been vacant since 2008 and was officially turned over to the GoJ March 31.The turn-over...