24 November 2015 Motor Transportation Marines Maintain Combat Mindset CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore - USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) surpassed the one-year mark on her scheduled 16-month rotational deployment to Singapore in support of the Indo-Asia-Pacific rebalance Nov. 17.As part of an initiative to deploy up to four LCS to the region on a rotational basis, Fort Worth...
24 November 2015 USS Fort Worth Passes One-Year Mark on Maiden Deployment CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore - USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) surpassed the one-year mark on her scheduled 16-month rotational deployment to Singapore in support of the Indo-Asia-Pacific rebalance Nov. 17.As part of an initiative to deploy up to four LCS to the region on a rotational basis, Fort Worth...
24 November 2015 Hari'i Hamutuk Exercise 2015 Officially Closes HERA, Timor-Leste (NNS) – Seabees, from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, marked the end of construction for Exercise Hari’i Hamutuk with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Hera Naval Base and Hera Health Post, Nov. 5.Representatives from Timor-Leste, Australia, Japan, and the U.S., attended...
23 November 2015 Relief Assistance JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Units from across Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, welcomed the Peoples Republic of China’s People’s Liberation Army as it played host to the 11th iteration of the Disaster Management Exchange from Nov. 18-21.The DME is a bilateral training exchange between the...
23 November 2015 Stethem Joins with People's Liberation Army-Navy PLA(N) to Conduct Exercise EAST CHINA SEA (NNS) -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) joined with People's Liberation Army-Navy PLA(N) guided-missile frigate Xuzhou (FFG 530) to practice the Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea (CUES) and conduct a search-and-rescue (SAR) exercise, Nov...
23 November 2015 Republic of Korea/U.S. Militaries Honor Top Missile Defenders OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea -- U.S. and Republic of Korea air defenders from across the Korean peninsula culminated the fourth annual Korean Peninsula Missile Defender of the Year competition with a banquet at U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan's Dragon Hill Lodge Nov. 20 to honor top performers. The PMDOY...
23 November 2015 U.S. Engagement With the Asia Pacific Press Conference by President Obama Ritz Carlton Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2:34 P.M. MYT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody. Let me begin by once again thanking the government and the people of Malaysia for hosting us at the U.S.-ASEAN and East Asia Summits. These gatherings are enormous...
23 November 2015 U.S. Marines, Malaysian Soldiers Complete Malaysia-United States Amphibious Exercise 2015 TANDUO. Malaysia -- Darkness fills the confined space. The aroma of exhaust and burning fuel is in the air. Some rest their eyes while others bow their heads mentally preparing. Suddenly the sound of metallic tracks making contact with the beach catches everyone’s attention. “We’re on the...
23 November 2015 Readout of Pacific Fleet Commander's Meeting with PLA Navy Commander in Beijing PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Adm. Scott Swift, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, met with the commander of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, Adm. Wu Shengli, Nov. 19, at Wu's headquarters in Beijing.Swift reiterated the intentions expressed by President Obama, Secretary of Defense Carter and...
23 November 2015 Vigilant Ace 16: New Kind of Exercise OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Nov. 1 through 7 marked the planning and participation of a first of its kind exercise for 7th Air Force, Vigilant Ace 16. For a unit that already plans and/or participates in over 30 unique training events on average yearly, this was no easy task. So with that...