11 February 2015 Korean War Heroics Commemorated during Annual Ceremony Hundreds of Korean War veterans, U.S. Forces Korea servicemembers, and supporters of the Alliance between the Republic of Korea and the U.S., paid homage Feb. 6 at Osan Air Base to the Soldiers of "Easy" Company, 27th Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, Eighth U.S. Army during an annual commemoration...
11 February 2015 Maritime Prepositioning Force Responds to Cobra Gold 15 The maritime prepositioning ship, U.S. Naval Ship Pililaau, sails across the pacific ocean February 6 with equipment and supplies for exercise Cobra Gold 2015 in Thailand.The Pililaau is one of many ships which make up the Marine Corps' Maritime Prepositioning Force. The MPF provides the Marine...
11 February 2015 Signal Brigade Conducts Combined Decontamination Exercise with South Korean Army Soldiers of 293rd Signal Company conducted a decontamination exercise, combined with the 50th Infantry Division of Republic of Korea, or R.O.K., army, Feb. 5.Soldiers, leaders, and South Korean Augmentees to the U.S. Army gathered in full chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear explosives,...
10 February 2015 U.S. Mission and Nepal Armed Police Force Complete Well Project The U.S. Mission to Nepal, in partnership with the Nepal Armed Police Force,has constructed seven deep tube wells in the Kathmandu Valley to provide anemergency water supply in the event of a catastrophic earthquake. With this$1.3 million project, each of the seven wells can provide up to 10,000...
10 February 2015 USS Fort Worth Arrives at Navy Region Singapore for Crew Swap The littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) arrived at Navy Region Singapore Feb. 10 to conduct a crew swap over the next week. Crew 104 will turn over with Crew 103 after operating Fort Worth for the first four months of her 16-month rotational deployment to U.S. 7th Fleet in support of...
10 February 2015 Rappel, Climb, Patrol, Repeat: ROK, U.S. Marines Train for Mountain Warfare Republic of Korea and U.S. Marines train for mountain warfare during Korean Marine Exchange Program 15-17 Feb. 8 at the Minam-ri Mountain Warfare Training Facility, Pohang Republic of Korea.U.S. Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment,...
10 February 2015 Cleaning Hazardous Waste Under Arctic Conditions Hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst, members of the 611th CivilEngineer Squadron, along with five other state and federal agencies, practicedtechniques to deal with an oil or hazardous waste spill under cold weatherconditions during an exercise here Feb. 3 through 5.As the lone CES...
10 February 2015 ROK, U.S. Marines Exchange Combat Maneuver Tactics Republic of Korea and U.S. Marines exchanged combat maneuvers and tactics during Korean Marine Exchange Program 15-4 at the Pyeongchang Winter Training Facility, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea.KMEP is a regularly scheduled, bilateral, small-unit training exercise, which enhances the combat readiness...
10 February 2015 USS Green Bay Enters U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Operations USS Green Bay (LPD 20) arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations Feb. 10, bringing the Navy’s latest technology to its largest numbered Fleet.Green Bay, the forward deployed San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, is en route to Sasebo, Japan, to replace the decommissioned...
09 February 2015 3rd Brigade Combat Team Gunnery Ensures Readiness, Builds Cohesion A cold wind swept across the land in the early morning as a Bradley made its way into position. Inside the 27 tons of steel, a crew scanned for targets in the area while another Bradley moved up nearby. Suddenly, a deafening and repeating boom was heard as one of the Bradley's opened fire with its...