BAUCAU, Timor-Leste --  A small schoolhouse close to town center and overlooking the coast, with windows letting in a cool ocean breeze during East Timor’s endless summer, sounds like a nice location to learn. For students of the University of Peace public health school classroom and dorm annex...

WASHINGTON - Deputy Secretary of Defense Spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. Courtney Hillson provided the following: Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work met with Japan Vice Minister of Defense Masanori Nishi in the Pentagon today.  Work thanked Nishi for his continued support of the U.S.-Japan Alliance.  The...

IPOH, Malaysia – U.S. and Malaysian soldiers stood together for the opening ceremony of Keris Strike 2015 at the Parade Square in the 2nd Royal Ranger Camp, here, on Sept. 9, 2015.Keris Strike is an annual, bilateral exercise sponsored by U.S. Army Pacific and hosted by the Malaysian Armed Forces...

DA NANG, VIETNAM - The first AsiaPacific Military Health Exchange (APMHE) opened in Da Nang, Vietnam onSeptember 14, 2015.  Over 400participants from 23 countries braved the tropical storms ravaging the countryto learn more about infectious diseases, the role of the medicalnon-commissioned officer,...

INCHEON, Republic of Korea (NNS) -- Sailors assigned to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Korea (CNFK), received a heroes welcome at the beginning of the 65th annual Incheon Amphibious Landing Operations Commemoration Ceremony, Sept. 12.An estimated 200 Republic of Korea nationals including former...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan  -- Airmen with the 623rd Air Control Flight completed training at Fukuoko, Japan's Kasuga Direction Center while taking part in an Aviation Training Relocation exercise at Tsuiki Air Base, Japan.More than 30 Japan Air Self-Defense Force airmen supported operations from the...

SINGAPORE (NNS) -- Chief petty officer (selects) assigned to Navy Region Singapore attended the 70th anniversary marking the end of World War II held at the Kranji War Cemetery, Sept. 12. The ceremony commemorated the end of Japanese occupation in Singapore and the conclusion of WWII - the...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued three people in Cook Inlet this morning who were stranded on a sandbar in the mud flats about six miles southeast of Fire Island.The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center...

INCHEON, Republic of Korea – U.S. and Republic of Korea naval forces joined together on Tuesday, Sept. 15, during the Incheon amphibious landing operations commemoration ceremony.The ceremony is an annual event that brings ROK citizens and its military forces together over the course of four days...

WASHINGTON -- For the first time in its11-year history, Exercise Yudh Abhyas came to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, or JBLM,Washington, bringing with it 150 soldiers from the Indian army.Theannual, bilateral exercise, which kicked off Sept. 9 and runs through Sept. 23,focuses on combined U.S. and Indian...