31 December 2015 Into Thin Air: Liquid Oxygen Keeps Pilots Flying ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- As an aircraft reaches a higher altitude, the air pressure decreases, sometimes leaving aircrews little air to breathe. When this happens, pilots and crew members are able to utilize the liquid oxygen provided by Airmen from the 36th Maintenance Squadron, thus...
29 December 2015 U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command-Pacific Collaboration Efforts throughout the Asia-Pacific Region U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command scientists and engineers are stationed around the globe to explore international collaboration opportunities in scientific research and technology development, opportunities that will potentially close capability gaps for the U.S. Army. Three...
29 December 2015 Hawaii Governor Ige Thanks Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard During Tour PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Hawaii's Governor David Ige visited Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility Dec. 21 to learn more about the historic shipyard's national security mission and role as the state's largest industrial employer. During a tour of the shipyard's huge Inside...
24 December 2015 Republic of Korea - U.S. Alliance Continue Progress through Transformation and Force Relocation USAG Humphreys, Republic of Korea – Lt. Gen. Bernard S. Champoux, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, United States Forces Korea chief of staff and commander Eighth U.S. Army, held a bilateral press conference with Director General Kim Kie Soo, Director General of the Korean Ministry of...
23 December 2015 Adaptability of Coast Guard Divers Increases Recovery and Salvage Operations Efficiency HAWAII -- Imagine being 40 feet below the water’s surface working with something as cumbersome as a hammer and pliers. Now, imagine you have zero visibility.As a diver, sometimes hearing is a more necessary sense than sight. Prodding the sand with a steel rod, Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholi Zapara...
11 December 2015 Republic of Korea Marine Corps Commandant Visits Okinawa CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, Japan -- Key military leaders from the Republic of Korea and the United States met at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 11, 2015, to discuss regional security on the Korean peninsula and the future of the two nations’ alliance. Lt. Gen. Sang-Hoon Lee, commandant of...
11 December 2015 US-India Joint Statement on the visit of Minister of Defence Manohar Parrikar to the United States Minister of Defence of India Manohar Parrikar made an official visit to the United States at the invitation of U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter from Dec. 7-10 that included visits to multiple U.S. facilities including U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), the Pentagon, and a visit with Secretary Carter...
11 December 2015 6th Joint Leadership Walk Connects Japanese Community, Station Residents IWAKUNI CITY, Japan -- Lt. Col. Gary Thomason, executive officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Yoshihiko Fukuda, mayor of Iwakuni City, and other Japanese government officials participated in the 6th Joint Leadership Walk through the streets of Iwakuni Dec. 4, 2015.The Joint Leadership...
10 December 2015 Carter Calls U.S.-India Defense Partnership ‘Anchor of Global Security’ WASHINGTON, December 10, 2015 — The defense partnership between the United States and India will become an anchor of global security, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said today in a joint news conference with Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar.Following a meeting between the defense leaders,...
10 December 2015 Army Fields Streamlined Network Initialization Tool to Korea ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (December 9, 2015) -- Before the Army's mission command and networked tools can be put to work, these advanced capabilities must first be able to communicate with each other.This important step, known as initialization, is getting easier with the new Initialization Tool...