KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Two boats race through the water to a designated landing zone and begin to circle, the crew’s eyes search the sky, while their ears listen and wait for all too familiar sound. First a rumble can be heard and the an MC-130J Commando emerges on the horizon and tracks a steady...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2016 — Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore affirmed the long-standing security partnership between their countries and discussed issues related to mutual security interests during a meeting at the Pentagon yesterday, Pentagon Press...

SURABAYA, INDONESIA -- The U.S. and Indonesian navies will come together for the 22nd Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia bilateral exercise and exchange, Aug 3-8.The exercise will take place on the ground in Surabaya and in the waters and airspace of the Java and Bali...

KUANTAN, Malaysia (NNS) -- Pacific Partnership arrived in Kuantan Aug. 1, embarked aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), marking the first time Pacific Partnership has visited Malaysia, although Malaysia has provided teams to support the mission since 2006.Malaysian civilian and military...

OAHU, HAWAII – Rim of the Pacific 2016 participants from eight nations showcased their amphibious landing and beach assault capabilities at Pyramid Rock Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii and Bellows Beach, Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, July 30.Part of the “free play” phase of RIMPAC 2016,...

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni -- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 ordnance Marines built, inspected and loaded high explosive ordnance during Exercise Southern Frontier at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, July 28, 2016. This...

MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, Hawaii -- Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning visited the Pacific Manned-Unmanned Initiative training site Tuesday, July 26, as part of his trip to U.S. Pacific Command.During the training initiative, which lasted more than two weeks, Soldiers of the 25th Infantry...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- What began as another calm and quiet summer day on a small island in the Pacific instantly turned into a vortex of dust and a thunderous bedlam of Osprey engines. Marine Corps riflemen stormed the area, neutralized multiple hostiles, and captured a landing strip for...

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII -- U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members teamed up for an amphibious beach landing exercise at Pyramid Rock today during the final phase Rim of Pacific 2016.The beach landing included close air support from FA-18 Hornets, followed by three waves of...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- An awaiting crew huddled along the deck of a ship as the whirring blades of an MH-53E Sea Dragon displaced the seawater below and landed on the helicopter pad of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel JS Uraga.This afternoon excursion between the U.S. Navy Helicopter...