13 November 2014 2nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations - U.S. Summit Today, President Obama met with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders and foreign ministers and the ASEAN Secretariat's Secretary-General at the 2nd ASEAN-U.S. Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. President Obama reaffirmed the importance of U.S.-ASEAN ties as a crucial element of the...
13 November 2014 U.S., Japan Conducts Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Training For the first time, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s 102nd Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit, Marine Aircraft Group 12 and the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Fire Station collaborated to conduct interoperability training while executing Chemical Biological Radiological...
13 November 2014 APEC Efforts to Support Emergency and Disaster Preparedness, Recovery, and Resilience In recent years, the Asia-Pacific region has endured a series of devastating natural disasters–including the China Yunnan Earthquake, Typhoon Haiyan, the 2011 Southeast Asia floods, the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the 2010 Chile Earthquake, to name a few. APEC’s 21 member economies account for...
13 November 2014 Komatsu Supports 35 FW during Aviation Training Relocation More than 120 Airmen from Misawa Air Base, Japan, and pilots from the 35th Fighter Wing's 14th Fighter Squadron arrived here Nov. 7-9 to conduct training with the Japanese Air Self Defense Force as part of the Aviation Training Relocation Program.Implemented in 2006, the ATR program allows U.S. and...
12 November 2014 USSTRATCOM Commander Travels to Strengthen Asia-Pacific Partnerships Adm. Cecil D. Haney, U.S. Strategic Command commander, traveled throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Nov. 4-8, 2014.The trip provided opportunities to discuss bilateral cooperation with Australian defense counterparts, observe global strike and space operations, and meet with service members in Guam...
12 November 2014 Exercise Keen Sword Aims to Improve U.S., Japan Combat Readiness, Interoperability The George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWCSG) will be operating alongside their Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) counterparts during a bilateral field training exercise, Keen Sword 15, Nov. 11.Keen Sword is the latest in a series of joint/bilateral field training exercises since 1986...
12 November 2014 US, China Agree on Military Protocols China and the U.S. struck new climate, military, trade and visa agreements during two days of talks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, as presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping made significant strides in improving an often-tense relationship.Xi and Obama reached two agreements...
12 November 2014 Face of Defense: CARAT Exercises Continue in Brunei The Brunei portion of the annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2014 exercises commenced Nov. 10 at Maura Naval Base here.Royal Brunei Armed Forces have participated in the CARAT exercise since it began in 1995. CARAT Brunei marks the final phase of this year’s series of exercises, which...
12 November 2014 Distinguished Visitors from Okinawa Visit USS George Washington on Veterans Day Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) welcomed guests from Okinawa, Japan, during a distinguished visitor embark, Nov. 11.Leaders from the U.S. Air Force spent Veterans Day learning about aircraft and ship operations aboard a forward-deployed aircraft carrier."This was a great...
12 November 2014 Korean Service Corps Battalion Conducts Republic of Korea Drill The Korean Service Corps (KSC) Battalion conducted a Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) Drill at K-16 Air Field, Nov. 6. The ultimate goal of the drill was to provide attendees with a better understanding of the KSC, its employees, mission, and the synchronization of the mobilization process."They go to war...