17 December 2014 Coast Guard provides SAR planning support to Republic of Korea Coast Guard search and rescue crews were relieved by Republic of Korea assets on Saturday in their search for 26 crewmembers from the fishing vessel 501 Oryong that capsized Nov. 30, 2014, near Chukotka, Russia, in the Bering Sea. The Coast Guardcompleted more than 24 searches covering more than...
17 December 2014 Marines, JGSDF rapidly respond to simulated contaminations (Dec. 2, 2014) A field and an abandoned structure sustain an unknown, potentially dangerous, contamination leak. U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members hastily suit up in Mission Oriented Protective Posture gear in preparation for their mission. They rushed off to the...
16 December 2014 US Marines, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Look to Sky for Forest Light's Culminating Event U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force troops simulated a movement to contact and assault on an objective Dec. 9-10 while participating in Forest Light 15-1 at the Oyanohara Training Area in Yamato, Japan.Forest Light is a routine, semi-annual exercise designed to enhance the U.S. and...
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...
16 December 2014 Load Out and Fly away; Validation Exercise Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division and airmen from the 535th Airlift Squadron, 15th Wing conduct a load out and fly away validation exercise Dec. 10 on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam using two M1126 Strykers and a C-17...
16 December 2014 Naval Leaders Discuss Bilateral Logistics Partnership between US, Japan Naval logistics leaders from the United States and Japan met Dec. 4 at the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Maritime Staff Office (MSO) in Tokyo for the 7th annual N4-N4 Talks to discuss logistics in action and their bilateral relationship.Taking care of ships and ensuring parts and...
15 December 2014 US-UK Navies Build Alliance in the 7th Fleet The U.S. 7th Fleet welcomed the United Kingdom's first Royal Navy Personnel Exchange Program officer Dec. 15, joining 7th Fleet in fiscal year 2015 to strengthen the alliance between the two countries' maritime forces in the Indo-Asia-Pacific.Cmdr. Simon Staley, originally from Portsmouth, England,...
15 December 2014 U.S. Government Launches 2nd Grant Cycle of Phil-Am Fund in Manila U.S. Embassy Manila’s United States Agency for International Development (USAID)today launched the 2nd Grant Cycle of the Philippine-American (Phil-Am) Fund atthe InterContinental Hotel in Makati City.Representatives of Luzon-based civil society organizations, corporations,business chambers,...
15 December 2014 613th Air and Space Operations Center Provides Command and Control for Yama Sakura 67 U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army members from the 613th Air and Space Operations Center collaborated with members from the Japan Air Self Defense Force here Dec. 8 through 13 on exercise Yama Sakura 67, the largest U.S. Army annual bilateral exercise in Asia-Pacific region.Yama Sakura's primary focus is...
15 December 2014 Soldiers Building Valuable Relationships with Japan during Training "The trust you build here is important because in times of crisis you can't surge trust," said Lt. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza, referring to Yama Sakura 67, the joint, bi-lateral exercise with Japan that began Monday, and runs through Sunday.Lanza, who is the commander of I Corps, headquartered at Joint...