The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) will hold its annual meeting of the Operational Experts Group (OEG) in Ottawa, Canada May 26-28.  PSI is a global cooperative effort to stop trafficking in weapons of mass destruction (WMD).The coming Ottawa meeting will discuss current proliferation...

Senior leaders from the U.S. and Republic of Korea navies met at the headquarters of the Republic of Korea Fleet April 27, for a series of staff talks on anti-submarine warfare (ASW) cooperation. The bilateral ASW cooperation committee is designed to exchange knowledge and develop training scenarios...

U.S. service members of the Army, Air Force, Marines and Navy team with the Australian Army, Philippine Air Force, and the local community as they continue construction efforts during exercise Balikatan 2015 at the Engineering Civil Action Project (ENCAP) 1, Santa Lourdes National High School, April...

The Defense Department’s ongoing rebalance to the thriving Asia-Pacific region comes with many opportunities and a few pressing requirements: to upgrade security relationships, maintain specific military capabilities and redouble efforts to boost U.S. technological superiority, defense officials...

The Combined-Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force, located on the island of Panay, completed a three-day cooperative health engagement with a train-the-trainer first responder medical course as part of exercise Balikatan, April 9. Over 100 Armed Forces of the Philippines Army soldiers from the...

U.S. re-emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region makes sense regionally and globally, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said at Arizona State University today.The secretary spoke at the John McCain Institute in Tempe, Arizona, as the first part of a trip that takes him to Japan, South Korea and Hawaii. The...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan (March 17, 2015) --The 4th annual earthquake functional exercise was conducted March 12 by U.S. Army Garrison Japan's Directorate of Emergency Services. The exercise was held in the Emergency Operations Center on the Camp Zama installation. Ransom Bush, emergency manager for USAG...

There is a 95-degree temperature difference between Hawaii and Interior Alaska.It was a brisk -25 degrees when Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, U.S. ArmyPacific, or USAPAC's, commanding general, stepped off his aircraft in Fairbanks,Alaska, the nation's last frontier, March 10. The reason for the visit is...

Attacks, counter-attacks, bombs, rescues, evacuations and logistics are all elements of conflict.For the participants of Key Resolve 2015 (KR15), these actions and other important elements of combat come through a buzzing hard drive rather than from a physical foe.The South Korean Air Force...

(This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series on AF.mil. These stories focus on a single Airman, highlighting their Air Force story.)An Airman assigned to the 15th Operations Support Squadron here, is tapping into a unique set of skills to support the U.S. Pacific Command's priority of...