02 December 2014 Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Puneet Talwar Travels to India Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Puneet Talwarwill travel to India December 1-4 to co-chair a political-military dialogue withsenior officials from India’s External Affairs and Defense ministries. Thedialogue will focus on regional and maritime security, defense trade, and...
02 December 2014 Expeditionary Force Marines Expand Integrated Training Opportunities at Convention Marines from various units throughout III Marine Expeditionary Force gathered for the III MEF Exercise and Training Convention Nov. 26 at Camp Hansen.The convention focused on evolving unit-level training integration and training exercises between different units in III MEF.“I’m convinced that...
02 December 2014 US Army Labs Test DARPA's Load-Lightening Exosuits The futuristic exosuits being tested by US Army researchers won't helpsoldiers outrun locomotives, and it'll still take more than a single bound toclear a tall building.But a final prototype of the device, which could cut a wearer's exertionlevel by 25 percent when carrying a 100-pound load and...
01 December 2014 Japan's Forces Going Amphibious, but No Decision on the Vehicles Yet Japan plans to buy 52 amphibious vehicles through 2018 but hasn’t yet decided on a model, a Defense Ministry official said Monday. Japan is working on assembling a Marines-like unit within its Self-Defense Forces, amid concerns over Chinese claims of the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the...
01 December 2014 Program Turns Old Fighters Into Unmanned Targets Not a lot of people crash three planes in a day and call it a job well done.Air Force Lt. Col. Matthew Garrison does.Garrison heads up the only squadron in the Air Force that takes retired planes from the bone yard — essentially a junkyard for planes — and resurrects them as aerial targets used for...
01 December 2014 Hawaii Cavalry Soldiers Prepares for Korea Deployment The Soldiers assigned to 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, vigorously trained day and night here, in a brigade-wide field training exercise to validate 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, as they prepare for an operational deployment to Korea. The focus of this combined training...
01 December 2014 Fort Sill Soldiers, Singaporean Armed Forces Train Together Throughout the past two weeks, Fort Sill has been alive with the sounds of helicopters and artillery as battalions from the 214th Fires Brigade and 75th Field Artillery Brigade hosted the Singapore armed forces, during Operation Daring Warrior. Over 300 Singaporean soldiers and airmen trained...
01 December 2014 CTF-75 Receives New Riverine Command Boats Sailors assigned to Commander, Navy Expeditionary Forces Command Pacific (CTF-75), Coastal Riverine Squadron 3 and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 aided in off-loading two Riverine Command Boats (RCBs) from USNS Soderman (T-AKR 317) and transported to Naval Base Guam, Nov 24.The new boats...
26 November 2014 Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Army, Air Force Leaders Enrich Joint Partnership Arctic paratroopers jumped from a C-17 Globemaster III piloted by a U.S. Air Force crew onto Malemute Drop Zone, Nov. 18, 2014. While this occurrence is not unusual, on this day there was also an Air Force presence on the ground. The 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry...
26 November 2014 U.S. and Korean Submariners Deepen Understanding during 40th SWCM Commander, Submarine Group (COMSUBGRU) 7 conducted bilateral talks with the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) Nov. 24-26 at Chinhae, Republic of Korea (ROK).The 40th Submarine Warfare Committee Meeting (SWCM) brought together representatives from the U.S. and ROK navies. SWCM is a semi-annual flag...