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...
20 February 2015 Participants Endure Frigid Cold at Alaska Training Event Participants and instructors braved sub-zero temperatures in the Cold Regions Military Mountaineering Collaborative Event held Feb. 9-12 in Black Rapids, Alaska.Military officers from 12 nations sought to develop best practices at the Northern Warfare Training Center, where they compared warfare and...
19 February 2015 U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys Prove Capable to Support any Operation Around the Globe Five MV-22 Ospreys flew over 2,200 nautical miles to participate in exercise Cobra Gold 2015 Feb. 7-21, and in the process, marked the first time the Osprey has been refueled by the U.S. Air Force KC-10 aircraft in-flight. The Ospreys traveled from Clark Air Base, the Philippines to Utapao Royal...
19 February 2015 Green Bay Arrives in Sasebo, Joins Bonhomme Richard ARG USS Green Bay (LPD 20) arrived in Sasebo Feb. 19, bringing the Navy’s latest technology to its largest numbered fleet after transiting the Pacific Ocean from its former homeport of San Diego.“The crew has worked hard to prepare Green Bay for forward deployment and I could not be prouder of their...
19 February 2015 U.S., Thai Militaries Host open House for Local Schools The Royal Thai Air Force along with U.S. Marines and Navy personnel held Friendship Day, Feb. 13, to allow school children the opportunity to see some of the training the two nations have been engaged in here during Exercise Cobra Gold 2015.Children from four local schools were welcomed to the...
19 February 2015 The Ebola Virus, Dengue Fever, Malaria: U.S., Asian Military Medics Collaborate on Crises at Cobra Gold 2015 Approximately 125 military and civilian medical professionals from eight different nations attended an Exercise Cobra Gold 2015 sponsored medical symposium at the Lop Buri Inn Resort, Mueang Lop Buri District, Lop Buri Province, Thailand, from Feb. 16-17, 2015.Representatives from the different...
19 February 2015 Japan, U.S. Conduct Bilateral Training at Torii Station Emergency response personnel from Kadena Air Base, Torii Station and variousdepartments of the Okinawa Prefecture conducted an annual bilateral aircraftmishap exercise Feb. 17 at Torii Station, Japan.The exercise was held tocreate a realistic emergency-response scenario in order to improve...
13 February 2015 Alaska Training Event Unites Nations, Hones Best Practices Some eight months of planning culminated in the international Cold Regions Military Mountaineering Collaborative Event held at the Northern Warfare Training Center in Black Rapids, Alaska, where 12 nations strengthened cooperation and improved capabilities in frigid and mountainous regions,...
13 February 2015 U.S., Thai, Korean Marines Get Schooled in Jungle Survival U.S., Thai and Korean Marines conducted jungle survival training Feb. 12, 2015, for exercise Cobra Gold 2015 at Camp Lotawin, Kingdom of Thailand.Thai military instructors showed the class various edible plants and alternate places to find water in the jungle. The Marines also learned how to make...