ASSISTANT SECRETARY RUSSEL: Hello everyone. As I said earlier, I’m very pleased to be here in Seoul with my good friend and my new colleague as the Assistant Secretary of Defense Dave Shear. Assistant Secretary Shear and I have just had very good, very substantive discussions in the Foreign...

Traveling to locations only accessible by plane or boat, Alaskan Command leadership was able to gain insight on the life and challenges of Alaska Native Tribes as well as build relationships during a trip to several remote villages Oct. 1 to 2.Lt. Gen. Russ Handy, Alaskan Command commander, Col...

Philippine and U.S. Marines conducted an amphibious mechanized assault as part of Amphibious Landing Exercise 15 here, Oct. 5.A section of U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicles departed from the USS Germantown (LSD-42) to storm the beach. Once on land, Philippine Marines disembarked the U.S. AAVs...

The Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP) held the 2014 Naval Hospital Guam (NHG) Blood Donor Drive aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during the ship's goodwill port visit to Guam, Oct. 3-5. The ASBP provides quality blood products for service members, veterans...

There are many challenges when operating in the Asia-Pacific region. Whether it is the destructive powers of nature or the effects of human conflict, thankfully there are forces in the region equipped to help stop the chaos.The Philippine Air Force joined alongside U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine...

On October 2, Secretary of State John Kerry delivered remarks at the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council 30th Anniversary reception. The U.S.-ASEAN Business Council helps represent major segments of the U.S. private sector in promoting mutually beneficial trade and investment relationships between the...

U.S. Soldiers are required to retrain and qualify on their assigned weapon every year. This ensures that the perishable skill of marksmanship is never lost and troops are always trained and ready to "Fight Tonight."While working together during a peninsula-wide exercise called Ulchi Freedom...

Sailors from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) volunteered for a community relations (COMREL) project at Guam Memorial Hospital during the ship's goodwill port visit, Oct. 4.COMRELs allow George Washington Sailors an opportunity to give back to local communities and to...

Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel will travel to Seoul, Tokyo, and Naypyidaw October 4 - 11 to hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts and, in Naypyidaw, lead the U.S. delegation to the East Asia Summit (EAS) Senior Officials Meeting.On October 6 in...

Sailors from aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) spent time with students at George Washington High School in Mangilao, Guam. The Sailors played a variety of sports with the students as well as talking with them about having a career in the Navy. "We're not just here to just go out there...