The US Army Stryker brigade set to begin exercises in Japan next week as part of its third stop in the Army’s Pacific Pathways rotation brought its own aviation assets to the venerable exercise for the first time.The Japanese and US military will train with four AH-64 Apaches, four UH-60 Black Hawks...

Two Army officers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, recently became the latest ambassadors across the Pacific. The mission was to train with partnering nations and joint forces on mountain warfare operations in the Himalayan Mountain Range in Nepal.First...

The 30th Naval Construction Regiment (30th NCR) hosted Navy Seabees from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) during a bilateral exchange between the two naval construction forces Oct. 13-22. Key Philippine Seabee leaders in attendance included AFP's Naval Construction Brigade commander,...

Soldiers, Leaders, and Korean Augmentees to the United States Army gathered to participate in sling load training that was conducted by Soldiers of the 304th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 1st Signal Brigade at taxiway D, here on Oct. 16.The Training was designed to enhance overall military...

 The progressive adaptations and breakthroughs made in the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance arena have changed the way wars are fought, and the way commanders think about the battlespace.“Whether we have Airmen exploiting full motion video data or serving downrange in the (Central...

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, meets in the Pentagon with People’s Republic of China State Councilor Yang Jiechi, second from left, on October 20.In a statement summarizing the meeting, Pentagon press secretary Navy Rear Admiral John Kirby said the two discussed the importance of...

On October 21, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Todd C. Chapman met with senior civilian and military officials in Canberra, Australia for the U.S.-Australia Political-Military Talks.Building on the success of this year’s Australia-United States...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with Indonesia’s seventh president, Joko Widodo, after his inauguration at Parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 20.The secretary headed a high-level U.S. delegation that State Department officials said reflected the tremendous importance of...

Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 participated in a humanitarian aid and disaster relief drill using MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft during exercise Wakayama Alert Oct. 19 in Wakayama prefecture.Wakayama Alert is a bilateral HADR exercise that demonstrates the capability of the...

As part of the commemoration of the liberation of the Philippines during WWII, U.S. Ambassador Philip S. Goldberg participated in the Government of Leyte's annual remembrance ceremony of U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur’s October 20, 1944 Leyte Gulf Landing, marking the 70th anniversary of that...