YOKOSUKA, Japan - The U.S. Navy has announced that the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), which is capable of operating the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, will become part of the U.S. 7th Fleet Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) in the fall of 2017.As part of the rebalance strategy to increase...

CAMP CASEY, South Korea -- The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, hosted a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear training course for incoming rotational Soldiers on Camp Casey Oct. 16.The course, nicknamed the CBRN Academy, was a two-day course designed to teach...

SANTA RITA, Guam (NNS) -- Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Key West (SSN 722) returned to its homeport of Apra Harbor, Guam, Oct. 25, following a 4 1/2-month, forward-operating period to the Western Pacific.Key West, under the command of Cmdr. David Coe, is returning from the U.S. 7th Fleet...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Many gathered around in anticipation as F-16 Fighting Falcons soared into the sky during a Range Day event at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 21, 2016. Range day is a yearly event coordinated by the 35th Operations Support Squadron, allowing Misawa personnel and families to...

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The 25th and 36th Fighter Squadrons trained in RED FLAG-Alaska 17-1 at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, Eielson Air Force Base and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska from Oct. 6-21.RF-A 17-1 is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise that...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, IWAKUNI, Japan -- Japan Aviation Self-Defense Force cadets with the 12th Flight Training Wing, visited Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, as part of the Japanese Officer Engagement Program Oct. 19, 2016.Held multiple times throughout the year, the engagement program...

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) was awarded the fiscal year 2016 Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Energy and Water Management Award for large amphibious ship, Oct. 19, for superior energy efficiency management.Nearly 110 Navy and Marine Corps commands were recognized as...

WASHINGTON -- The rapidly evolving security environment, including the persistent North Korean threat and maritime issues in the East and South China Seas, highlighted a meeting at the Pentagon today between Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work and Tetsuro Kuroe, Japan’s administrative vice defense...

WASHINGTON -- American and South Korean military leaders met at the Pentagon today to discuss the alliance between the two countries and ways to make the alliance even stronger.Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stressed to his counterpart, South Korean Army Gen...

SANTA ANA, PHILIPPINES -- PHIBLEX is an annual U.S.-Philippine military bilateral exercise that combines amphibious capabilities and live-fire training with humanitarian civic assistance efforts to strengthen interoperability and working relationships.“I was originally scheduled to go to South Korea...