11 April 2014 Task Force Bayonet Holds Training Exercise in Korea RODRIGUEZ LIVE FIRE COMPLEX, South Korea - Task Force Bayonet conducted a combined live-fire exercise at this training range near the world's most heavily guarded border April 11.Commanded by Lt. Col. Jonathan White, Task Force Bayonet is made up of American and South Korean troops from the 25th...
09 April 2014 Kadena Joins Military Installations in Signing Emergency Evacuation Plans KADENA AIR BASE, Japan - Officials from the United States Air Force and Chatan City signed an agreement April 3 which allows local Okinawans access to Kadena Air Base in the event of a tsunami or other natural disasters.Effective immediately, and lasting four years after the signing, the agreement...
09 April 2014 New PACDIM Ship Repair Facility Ensures Navy, Fleet Mission on Guam SANTA RITA, Guam - TO maintain mission readiness of the Navy and fleet assets, a ceremony was held to launch the Pacific Dry-Dock and Integrated Maintenance (PACDIM) Ship Repair Facility on U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG) April 8. PACDIM's acquisition of the facility fulfills the Navy's principle...
08 April 2014 58th Military Police Prepare for Joint Mission BELLOWS AIR FORCE STATION, Hawaii - Through the billowing smoke of a downed aircraft, Soldiers of the 58th Military Police Company drag the bodies of casualties to a collection point to be evaluated and evacuated. Over the chaos, the sound of orders being shouted is heard and the sequential...
08 April 2014 Champoux: Alliance Serves as 'Insurance Policy' SEOUL, South Korea -The top U.S. Army commander in South Korea said the Republic of Korea-U.S. Alliance serves as an "insurance policy" for the global economy by maintaining stability in Northeast Asia.During a keynote address to the Defense Analysis Exchange in Seoul, April 8, Eighth Army...
07 April 2014 U.S.-Japan Military Leaders Meet at Fort McNair MCNAIR, DC - General Shigeru Iwasaki, Chief of Staff, Joint Staff, Japan Self-Defense Forces was officially greeted upon his arrival in the United States by Gen. Martin Dempsey, the U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at an arrival ceremony held at Fort Lesley J. McNair, April 3,...
07 April 2014 U.S., Vietnam Navies Build Confidence During Naval Engagement Activity DA NANG, Vietnam - The U.S. Navy and Vietnam People's Navy began the annual Naval Engagement Activity (NEA) April 7 with a welcoming ceremony for USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) and USNS Safeguard (T-ARS-50) at the port of Da Nang.During the welcoming ceremony, Vietnamese officials from the Ministry of...