12 December 2014 Navy Tests New Unmanned Underwater Vehicle at JEBLC-FS The U.S. Navy completed tests on the GhostSwimmer unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story (JEBLC-FS), Dec. 11.GhostSwimmer is the latest in a series of science-fiction-turned-reality projects developed by the chief of naval operations' Rapid Innovation...
12 December 2014 7th Fleet Builds Maritime Relationships in Sri Lanka, Maldives Senior leaders from U.S. 7th Fleet visited Colombo, Sri Lanka and Male, Maldives and attended the Galle Dialogues international Maritime Conference Dec. 1-6, building relationships to improve maritime security in the Indo-Asia Pacific.While in Sri Lanka, 7th Fleet leaders met with officials from the...
12 December 2014 Wolf Pack Charges through Beverly Bulldog 15-1 The sound of snow plows filled the streets of Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Dec. 3, as operational readiness exercise Beverly Bulldog 15-1 kicked off.For the past week, the Wolf Pack has been participating in an operational readiness exercise alongside other 7 Air Force units and ROKAF 38th...
11 December 2014 Sustainment Proves Crucial in Exercise The Army isn't quite known for its fleet of watercraft, but during a computer-simulated exercise like Yama Sakura that occurs in a country comprised of thousands of islands, leaders say they are invaluable. The boats aren't real, but they're part of a scenario that is designed to be as realistic as...
11 December 2014 Close Bilateral Cooperation Before, During and After Typhoon Ruby/Hagupit Enables Faster U.S. Government Emergency Response The United States Embassy in Manila commends the Government of the Philippineson its extensive preparations leading up to Typhoon Ruby/Hagupit and itssuccessful response in the wake of the storm. The United States also offers itscondolences for the lives that were lost during the storm. Our thoughts...
11 December 2014 USS Fort Worth Refuels in Guam En Route to Southeast Asia Littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) stopped in Guam to refuel before continuing on to Southeast Asia, Dec. 11.Fort Worth is on her maiden 16-month rotational deployment in support of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Building on USS Freedom's (LCS 1) inaugural 10-month deployment from March to...
11 December 2014 USS Bonhomme Richard: Warfighting first, Part 2 - Sailors That Are Getting Her Ready to Take to the Seas In the second part of our series, we turn our attention from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) to the Sailors that are getting her ready to take to the seas. One of the first steps of that process is completed by a group of Sailors with a tremendous...
11 December 2014 Yama Sakura 67 Blossoms, Strengthens Bilateral Readiness A myriad of service members spanning multiple branches of military service and nationalities gathered in areas around Tokyo, Japan with one common goal in mind: to defend Japan from simulated contingencies.The event was Yama Sakura 67, the largest U.S. Army annual bilateral exercise in Asia-Pacific...
11 December 2014 Marines, 7th Singapore Infantry Brigade Team Up for Exercise Valiant Mark 14.2 Over a dozen U.S. Marines and Singapore soldiers stood outside the walls of a combat simulation town and devised a reaction strategy in case of Improvised Explosive Device attacks. Inside the compound, instructors placed simulation IEDs under rocks and around debris, while the unsuspecting troops...
10 December 2014 Holiday Cheer En-route to an Island Micronesian Area of the Pacific Military personnel, civic leaders and leadership throughout the Micronesian area of the Pacific gathered here to officially perform a push ceremony for the 63rd annual Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 9.The push ceremony marks the beginning of the annual humanitarian airlift mission that supplies...