23 November 2015 Pacific Air Forces Commander Attends Defense Writer’s Group Breakfast WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Pacific Air Forces Commander Gen. Lori Robinson fielded questions from the Defense Writer’s Group during a breakfast at the Fairmont Washington Hotel Nov. 18.The DWG is an assembly of national security reporters from major publications across the nation that convenes for...
23 November 2015 USS Chancellorsville, Teruzuki Form Surface Action Group for ANNUALEX 16 WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN -- Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Akizuki-class destroyer JS Teruzuki (DD 116) joined forces for a bilateral surface action group (SAG) training during Annual Exercise (AE) 16, Nov. 16.The...
20 November 2015 Air Defenders Break Down Language Barriers, Build up Core Competency during Exercise OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea – Soldiers of 6-52 Air Defense Artillery Battalion partnered with Republic of Korea airmen of 177th Air Defense Artillery to conduct a combined ADA training event Nov. 17-18 at Suwon Air Base.The 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade initiated Combined Interoperability...
20 November 2015 Final Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Exercise Of 2015 Concludes In Cambodia SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (NNS) -- The 6th annual exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Cambodia concluded with a closing ceremony at the Royal Cambodian Ream Navy Base, Nov. 20.CARAT is a bilateral exercise series between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of nine partner...
20 November 2015 Remarks by the President at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Chief Executive Officer Summit Makati Shangri-LaManila, Philippines 10:20 A.M. PHT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you! (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. Everybody, please have a seat. Well, good morning. AUDIENCE: Good morning. PRESIDENT OBAMA: I understand that Jack set the place on fire this morning already with his...
20 November 2015 Newest Defenders, Republic of Korea Air Force Team Up in Combat Readiness Course OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Ever since the 1950s, the U.S. and ROK alliance has been prevalent in sustaining the country's freedom. The 51st Security Forces Squadron defenders and the Republic of Korea air force will be among the first to protect and defend the base in the event of an attack...
20 November 2015 Breach and Clear: Military Polices Train in Combat Town CENTRAL TRAINING CENTER, OKINAWA, Japan - “Did gunny or the lieutenant kill you?” a group of Marines casually asks each other after clearing a house at Snipe Mount, Central Training Area. Red and blue chalk dots speckle the Marines’ uniforms; evidence of the recent simulated gunfight.Fire teams of...
19 November 2015 Stethem Sailors Reach Out in Shanghai SHANGHAI, China (NNS) -- Crew members assigned to the forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) joined with members of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLA N) in visiting the Shanghai School for the Blind, Nov. 18."It is an honor to host and share a little...
19 November 2015 Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 Marines Act Swiftly, Train Against Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Attacks MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 executed an operational decontamination exercise at their motor transportation wash rack at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 18, 2015.As reconnaissance, surveillance and decontamination trained...
19 November 2015 Without Weapons, It's Just Another Airline OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Inside an ordinary building near the flightline a select group of Airmen are assigned the task of maintaining weapon systems, which when used inside combat aircraft have a devastating effect on the enemy.These maintainers from the 51st Munitions Squadron armament...