WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Ash Carter said his Force of the Future program is necessary to ensure the Defense Department continues to attract the best people America has to offer.The secretary told students at George Washington University’s Elliot School of International Affairs today that one...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii--Soldiers of the 524th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 25th Sustainment Brigade, stood in formation Nov. 17 during a casing of the colors ceremony on Watts Field. The battalion will deploy to Kuwait in support of Operation Spartan Shield at the end of November."Since...

SEPANGGAR, Malaysia (NNS) -- Sailors from the guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726) gave a tour to Sailors of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) and Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), while in Sepanggar, Malaysia, Nov. 17.The purpose of the tour was to give Malaysian sailors a look...

Manila -- United States PresidentBarack Obama attended a maritime security event yesterday aboard the BRPGregory del Pilar at Pier 13 near the National Coast Watch Center in ManilaHarbor. This first event of President Obama’s visit included a tour of the shipfrom Commanding Officer Captain Vincent...

PHILIPPINE SEA— The order to open fire is called and a steady staccato pounds the ears. The acrid smell of gunpowder fills the nose and before long, left standing in a field of spent brass are the ship’s steadfast defenders.Gunner’s mates (GM) from Weapons Department is G-2 division stand by and are...

BALI, Indonesia (NNS) -- The amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47), along with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived in Bali Nov. 16, for a scheduled port visit.From integrated amphibious operations with the Indonesian navy during exercise Rim of the Pacific...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea  --   As critical as the mission is for the Wolf Pack to maintain air superiority, it's also important for the 8th Maintenance Squadron's Aerospace Ground Equipment flight to ensure equipment is ready to support daily maintenance operations that keep aircraft...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The U.S. Air Force Band of the Pacific performed at the 2015 Japan Self-Defense Force Marching Festival at the Nippon Budokan Arena in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 13-15.The three-day festival featured performances from 13 different bands, representing three different nations - the...

PHILIPPINE SEA – Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) and the embarked ‘Wolf Pack’ of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 75 supported an early morning helicopter medical evacuation of a crew member of USNS Able (T-AGOS), Nov. 16.Chancellorsville sped more than...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (Nov. 16, 2015) -- Soldiers, assigned to the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command's, or AAMDC's, Sea Dragons conducted an air and missile defense planning control system, or AMDPCS, training exercise at Helemano Military Reservation, Hawaii, Nov. 2 -...