10 September 2015 President to Spend 9/11 at Fort Meade for Worldwide Troop Talk WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is slated to visit Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, for an unprecedented, live, worldwide televised troop talk with service members on the 14th anniversary of 9/11, Pentagon Spokesman Peter Cook said today.The president, Cook said, will open with words of...
10 September 2015 Asia-Pacific Partners Establish Strong Satellite Networks as Exercise Pacific Partnership 2015 Wraps Up MANILA, Philippines - Military representatives from 21 different pacific nations are taking part in SatCom Endeavor, a smaller part of Exercise Pacific Endeavor 2015, a Philippine hosted and U.S. Pacific Command sponsored communications integration platform on Sept. 10, 2015.These pacific partners...
10 September 2015 Pacific Angel 15-2 Underway in Timor-Leste BAUCAU, Timor-Leste -- Members of the U.S. Air Force and Navy, Falintil-Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL), and New Zealand army began humanitarian assistance operations as part of Pacific Angel 15-2 Sept. 7. During the joint humanitarian and civic-military exercise, the PACANGEL team — made...
10 September 2015 USS Houston Visits Sasebo during Western Pacific Deployment SASEBO, Japan (NNS) -- The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Houston (SSN 713) arrived in Sasebo, Japan, for a visit as part of its deployment to the Western Pacific, Sept. 10. The visit strengthens the already positive alliance between the U.S. and Japan through the crews' interaction...
10 September 2015 Training Builds Partnership, Trust during Rising Thunder YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. – Soldiers were moving quickly through hallways giving hand signals, shouting commands, and communicating and working as a team. Each movement was important to the successful clearing of rooms and knowing the person next to you was trained and ready was...
10 September 2015 U.S. Government Supports Expansion of Internet in Laos Rural Areas ASEAN realize the benefit of internet connectivity through smartphonetechnology, expanding broadband access to greater number of rural people becomesincreasingly important to the region. In support of this trend, the U.S.government on September 7 and 8 sponsored a two-day conference on rural...
09 September 2015 Rising Thunder Kicks Off with Ceremony at Yakima Training Center YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. -- An opening ceremony for Rising Thunder 2015 was held at Yakima Training Center in Yakima, Washington, Sept. 8, 2015. The ceremony marked the beginning of the 22nd annual bilateral training exercise between the United States Army and the Japanese Ground Self-Defense...
09 September 2015 Mongolia Consultations Focus on Lasting Partnerships The Annual Bilateral Consultations (ABCs) between the Governments of Mongoliaand the United States were held September 8 at the Mongolian Ministry of ForeignAffairs in Ulaanbaatar. Daniel R. Russel, Assistant Secretary for East Asian andPacific Affairs, led the U.S delegation, which also included...
09 September 2015 Navy Announces General Military Training Program Changes and Updates WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy's General Military Training (GMT) plan for fiscal year 2016 outlines reduced annual requirements and a redesigned program as detailed in Naval Administrative Message (NAVADMIN) 213/15 released Sept. 8. GMT is now in two categories, Standardized Core Training (SCT),...
09 September 2015 US Marines Awarded for Work in Australia NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia - U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment and Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin attended the unveiling of a conservation and awareness display for threatened giant clams Sept. 7 at the Territory Wildlife Park in Berry...