ATSUGI, Japan (NNS) -- Each year since the Great East Japan earthquake of 2011, the government of Japan and the U.S. military have participated in disaster preparedness and emergency response drills to ensure a swifter and stronger response to future natural disasters. During the Big Kanagawa Rescue...

WAHIAWA, Hawaii – Combat engineers of the 65th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade, 25th Infantry Division; Company C, 3rd Battalion, 25th Combat Aviation Regiment, 25th ID; and engineers assigned to the Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment participated in the Pfc. Gaviola Expert...

ANGAUR, Palau-- After completing 60 construction projects and more than 100community relations events within six months, a team of 13 Army engineersreturned to Hawaii from a humanitarian assistance operation in the Republic ofPalau, Aug. 24.This mission was part of a joint, rotational...

NORHTERN TERRITORY, Australia -- Exercise Talisman Sabre is a biennial, multinational, exercise designed to enhance bilateral collaboration in support of future combined operations, natural disasters and humanitarian emergency response. This year, the exercise featured approximately 33,000...

SANTA RITA, Guam (NNS) -- The Department of the Navy (DON) Aug. 29 released the Record of Decision (ROD) for relocating U.S. Marine Corps forces to Guam."The Department of the Navy has selected the preferred alternatives as described in the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS),...

SAIPAN, North Mariana Islands -- In support of the disasterrelief efforts in Saipan, a Hawaii dive detachment partnered with the CoastGuard's 14th District for a required port assessment and certification ofTanapag Harbor, the port of Saipan, which remains partially non-mission capable,Aug...

Washington, DC - From September 3-5, Assistant Secretary Russel will travel to Naypyidaw and Rangoon, Burma to meet with senior Burmese government officials, Aung San Suu Kyi, and civil society. While there, he will discuss preparations for the general elections that will be held on November 8,...

TSUIKI AIR BASE, Japan -- More than 150 U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 18th Wing and 12 F-15 Eagles from the 44th Fighter Squadron deployed here for a two-week Aviation Training Relocation beginning Aug. 21.The ATR gave the Airmen the opportunity to train and interact with Japan Air Self-Defense...

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- After nine years of calling Naval Air Station North Island its homeport, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) departed San Diego for Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, Aug. 31. Ronald Reagan replaced the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) as the...

DARWIN, Australia - The Australian Defence Force, along with an elder from the Larrakia Aboriginal Nation, formally welcomed the participants of Exercise Kowari 15 in an opening ceremony Aug. 29 at Larrakeyah Barracks, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Kowari 15 will be held from Aug. 29 to...