16 December 2014 Visit of USAID Official to Reinforce U.S. Commitment to Partnership for Growth The U.S. Embassy in Manila will host a top official from the United StatesAgency for International Development (USAID) next week. Eric G. Postel, USAID’sAssistant Administrator and Partnership for Growth (PFG) Coordinator, will visitthe Philippines on December 15-16 to reinforce the U.S...
12 December 2014 1st Air Support Operations Group Supports Yama Sakura 67 When fighting a simulated war, sometimes a planner needs simulated air support. The planners at Yama Sakura 67 have one man to turn to between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. – Tech. Sgt. Casey Svehla.Svehla represents the 1st Air Support Operations Group in the Joint Operations Center during this...
12 December 2014 US, Japanese Sergeants Major Discuss Leadership at Yama Sakura Forum Among dozens of cultural encounters during this year’s Yama Sakura was an ongoing exchange between the most senior noncommissioned officers participating in the exercise at Camp Asaka, Japan Dec. 10.It’s an exchange that I Corps Command Sgt. Maj. James Norman helped start last year with the...
12 December 2014 Navy Tests New Unmanned Underwater Vehicle at JEBLC-FS The U.S. Navy completed tests on the GhostSwimmer unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story (JEBLC-FS), Dec. 11.GhostSwimmer is the latest in a series of science-fiction-turned-reality projects developed by the chief of naval operations' Rapid Innovation...
12 December 2014 7th Fleet Builds Maritime Relationships in Sri Lanka, Maldives Senior leaders from U.S. 7th Fleet visited Colombo, Sri Lanka and Male, Maldives and attended the Galle Dialogues international Maritime Conference Dec. 1-6, building relationships to improve maritime security in the Indo-Asia Pacific.While in Sri Lanka, 7th Fleet leaders met with officials from the...
12 December 2014 Wolf Pack Charges through Beverly Bulldog 15-1 The sound of snow plows filled the streets of Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Dec. 3, as operational readiness exercise Beverly Bulldog 15-1 kicked off.For the past week, the Wolf Pack has been participating in an operational readiness exercise alongside other 7 Air Force units and ROKAF 38th...
11 December 2014 Sustainment Proves Crucial in Exercise The Army isn't quite known for its fleet of watercraft, but during a computer-simulated exercise like Yama Sakura that occurs in a country comprised of thousands of islands, leaders say they are invaluable. The boats aren't real, but they're part of a scenario that is designed to be as realistic as...
11 December 2014 Close Bilateral Cooperation Before, During and After Typhoon Ruby/Hagupit Enables Faster U.S. Government Emergency Response The United States Embassy in Manila commends the Government of the Philippineson its extensive preparations leading up to Typhoon Ruby/Hagupit and itssuccessful response in the wake of the storm. The United States also offers itscondolences for the lives that were lost during the storm. Our thoughts...
11 December 2014 USS Fort Worth Refuels in Guam En Route to Southeast Asia Littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) stopped in Guam to refuel before continuing on to Southeast Asia, Dec. 11.Fort Worth is on her maiden 16-month rotational deployment in support of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Building on USS Freedom's (LCS 1) inaugural 10-month deployment from March to...
11 December 2014 USS Bonhomme Richard: Warfighting first, Part 2 - Sailors That Are Getting Her Ready to Take to the Seas In the second part of our series, we turn our attention from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) to the Sailors that are getting her ready to take to the seas. One of the first steps of that process is completed by a group of Sailors with a tremendous...