16 December 2014 Visit of USAID Official to Reinforce U.S. Commitment to Partnership for Growth The U.S. Embassy in Manila will host a top official from the United StatesAgency for International Development (USAID) next week. Eric G. Postel, USAID’sAssistant Administrator and Partnership for Growth (PFG) Coordinator, will visitthe Philippines on December 15-16 to reinforce the U.S...
16 December 2014 Load Out and Fly away; Validation Exercise Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division and airmen from the 535th Airlift Squadron, 15th Wing conduct a load out and fly away validation exercise Dec. 10 on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam using two M1126 Strykers and a C-17...
16 December 2014 Naval Leaders Discuss Bilateral Logistics Partnership between US, Japan Naval logistics leaders from the United States and Japan met Dec. 4 at the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Maritime Staff Office (MSO) in Tokyo for the 7th annual N4-N4 Talks to discuss logistics in action and their bilateral relationship.Taking care of ships and ensuring parts and...
15 December 2014 US-UK Navies Build Alliance in the 7th Fleet The U.S. 7th Fleet welcomed the United Kingdom's first Royal Navy Personnel Exchange Program officer Dec. 15, joining 7th Fleet in fiscal year 2015 to strengthen the alliance between the two countries' maritime forces in the Indo-Asia-Pacific.Cmdr. Simon Staley, originally from Portsmouth, England,...
15 December 2014 U.S. Government Launches 2nd Grant Cycle of Phil-Am Fund in Manila U.S. Embassy Manila’s United States Agency for International Development (USAID)today launched the 2nd Grant Cycle of the Philippine-American (Phil-Am) Fund atthe InterContinental Hotel in Makati City.Representatives of Luzon-based civil society organizations, corporations,business chambers,...
15 December 2014 613th Air and Space Operations Center Provides Command and Control for Yama Sakura 67 U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army members from the 613th Air and Space Operations Center collaborated with members from the Japan Air Self Defense Force here Dec. 8 through 13 on exercise Yama Sakura 67, the largest U.S. Army annual bilateral exercise in Asia-Pacific region.Yama Sakura's primary focus is...
15 December 2014 Soldiers Building Valuable Relationships with Japan during Training "The trust you build here is important because in times of crisis you can't surge trust," said Lt. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza, referring to Yama Sakura 67, the joint, bi-lateral exercise with Japan that began Monday, and runs through Sunday.Lanza, who is the commander of I Corps, headquartered at Joint...
15 December 2014 Naval Leaders Discuss Bilateral Logistics Partnership between US, Japan Naval logistics leaders from the United States and Japan met Dec. 4 at the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Maritime Staff Office (MSO) in Tokyo for the 7th annual N4-N4 Talks to discuss logistics in action and their bilateral relationship.Taking care of ships and ensuring parts and...
12 December 2014 1st Air Support Operations Group Supports Yama Sakura 67 When fighting a simulated war, sometimes a planner needs simulated air support. The planners at Yama Sakura 67 have one man to turn to between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. – Tech. Sgt. Casey Svehla.Svehla represents the 1st Air Support Operations Group in the Joint Operations Center during this...
12 December 2014 US, Japanese Sergeants Major Discuss Leadership at Yama Sakura Forum Among dozens of cultural encounters during this year’s Yama Sakura was an ongoing exchange between the most senior noncommissioned officers participating in the exercise at Camp Asaka, Japan Dec. 10.It’s an exchange that I Corps Command Sgt. Maj. James Norman helped start last year with the...