CAMP CASEY, South Korea - Improved combat capabilities andgreater operational understanding in the joint environment are two of the mostimportant outcomes of combined training among Republic of Korea, or ROK, andU.S. Soldiers. As a result, Soldiers, from Company B, 1st Battalion,38th Field Artillery...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Pararescuemen and survival, evasion, resistance and escape (SERE) specialists from the 353rd Combat Training Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, joined up with the Alaska National Guard's 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons to hold multiple exercises to safely...

TOWNSVILLE, Australia - As American and Australian Flags flewtogether throughout the weekend; veterans of the Second World War took part incommemorations at Townsville, Aug 15 to 16, marking the end of the war andvictory in the Pacific 70 years ago.  The veterans, more than one hundred Australian...

YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea -- The 20th CBRNE Command(Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives) is participating inExercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian in South Korea, Aug. 17 - 28.Soldiersfrom the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland-based command are training withU.S.-Republic of Korea...

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced Aug. 18 that the next Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship will be named USS Oakland (LCS 24).The ship will be named to honor the long-standing history its namesake city has had with the Navy.The future USS Oakland will be the third...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- A C-130 Hercules with the 36th Airlift Squadron became the first U.S. Aircraft to drop Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members on U.S. soil, Aug. 12, 2015, during RED FLAG-Alaska.The JGSDF company, with the 3rd Battalion, 1st Airborne Brigade, alongside the...

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Airmen from the 51st Fighter Wing received some additional exercise inputs during the Beverly Midnight 15-03 readiness exercise here Aug. 17 through 20."Our ability to perform well as a wing relies on our collective ability to expertly execute tactical operations...

CAMP FOSTER, Japan - The first line of defense for personnel threats aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler is the Japanese security guards who stand watch at the gates. The job this security team performs requires them to be well-trained, alert and ready for anything at any time.New JSGs...

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea  -- More than 50 Airmen along with Wing Inspection Team members here quietly started the readiness exercise Beverly Midnight 15-03 Aug. 18, 2015.Airmen practiced processing through a collective protection system dormitory after being moved thru stations where they...

Philippine Air Force and United StatesMarine Corps are scheduled to participate in Bilateral Tactical Exercise fromAugust 20-31. The exercise, involving six F-18 USMC aircraft, is designed toimprove bi-lateral procedures and practices for air-to-air and air-to groundoperations and build upon...