KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- More than 250 Air National Guard Airmen deployed here from Joe Foss Field, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, May 15, in support of a Theater Security Package to the Republic of Korea and will depart Sept 15.As a TSP, guardsmen from the 175th Expeditionary Fighter...

YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. -- A clear blue sky and warm temperaturescovered the valleys of the Yakima Training Center in the early morning. Amorning so clear that one could see for many miles into the distance, makingtargets easy to identify and making for a good first day of Rising...

1.      On this importantday, we pause to remember the events of fourteen years ago when nineteen menturned four commercial aircraft into guided missiles loaded with over 11,000gallons of fuel.  These terrorists defeated all of our aviation securitylayers to attack our homeland and killed nearly...

WASHINGTON, September 11, 2015 — The family members who return to the Pentagon each year to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks set an example of strength and resilience for others, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said today at the Pentagon Memorial’s Patriot Day ceremony to honor all those who...

Washington, DC -- September 11 is a date seared into the minds of all of us at the U.S. Department of State and of citizens across America.  Together, we honor the memory of the men, women, and children murdered in 2001.  And we will never forget those who died three years ago in Libya: Ambassador...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Soldiers with the 7th Infantry Division, ICorps and the 6th Battalion of the Kumaon Regiment, Indian Army, joined togetherto kick off exercise Yudh Abhyas 15, Sept. 9. The annual exercise is in its 11thyear and is a bilateral, theater security cooperation exercise...

BAUCAU, Timor-Leste -- Scant clouds hang scattered in the sky over parched, arid grassland surrounding a small, neglected airport. Only a handful of aircraft land or take off from the airfield during the year. A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules with the North Carolina Air National Guard broke the...

BUSAN, Republic of Korea (NNS) -- Rear Adm. Bill Byrne, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea, and senior Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy representatives, visited the oceanographic survey ship USNS Henson (T-AGS 63) to further foster the enduring U.S. and ROK partnership Wednesday, Sept. 9.During the...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- For nearly 30 days, Airmen from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, showcased the capabilities and mission effectiveness of the B-2 Spirit while deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. From Aug. 7 to Aug. 28, approximately 225 Airmen from the 509th Bomb Wing...

CAMP IMAZU, Japan -- Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members arrived from different parts of Japan to start Forest Light 16-1 which begins Sept. 6 and concludes on Sept.18, 2015 at Camp Imazu, Takashima, Japan. Forest Light is a semi-annual, bilateral exercise consisting of...