16 September 2015 25th Air Support Operations Squadron Hosts 2nd Annual Cascade Challenge SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HAWAII -- Airmen and Soldiers from across the globe recently converged on the island of Oahu to participate in the second-annual Cascade Challenge, held Sept. 9 - 11 at Schofield Barracks.The Cascade Challenge pitted nine teams of two service members in a competition to test...
16 September 2015 PACANGEL 15-2 Engineers Revive Medical University Annex, Outpost in East Timor BAUCAU, Timor-Leste -- A small schoolhouse close to town center and overlooking the coast, with windows letting in a cool ocean breeze during East Timor’s endless summer, sounds like a nice location to learn. For students of the University of Peace public health school classroom and dorm annex...
16 September 2015 Readout of Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work's Meeting with Japan Vice Minister of Defense Masanori Nishi WASHINGTON - Deputy Secretary of Defense Spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. Courtney Hillson provided the following: Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work met with Japan Vice Minister of Defense Masanori Nishi in the Pentagon today. Work thanked Nishi for his continued support of the U.S.-Japan Alliance. The...
16 September 2015 Opening Ceremony Marks Beginning of Keris Strike 2015 IPOH, Malaysia – U.S. and Malaysian soldiers stood together for the opening ceremony of Keris Strike 2015 at the Parade Square in the 2nd Royal Ranger Camp, here, on Sept. 9, 2015.Keris Strike is an annual, bilateral exercise sponsored by U.S. Army Pacific and hosted by the Malaysian Armed Forces...
15 September 2015 Vietnam Welcomes First Asia Pacific Military Health Exchange DA NANG, VIETNAM - The first AsiaPacific Military Health Exchange (APMHE) opened in Da Nang, Vietnam onSeptember 14, 2015. Over 400participants from 23 countries braved the tropical storms ravaging the countryto learn more about infectious diseases, the role of the medicalnon-commissioned officer,...
15 September 2015 US Navy and Korea Sailors Strengthen Relationship with Incheon Community INCHEON, Republic of Korea (NNS) -- Sailors assigned to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Korea (CNFK), received a heroes welcome at the beginning of the 65th annual Incheon Amphibious Landing Operations Commemoration Ceremony, Sept. 12.An estimated 200 Republic of Korea nationals including former...
15 September 2015 Kadena, Japan Air Self-Defense Force Airmen Strengthen Bilateral Ties through Aviation Training Relocation KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen with the 623rd Air Control Flight completed training at Fukuoko, Japan's Kasuga Direction Center while taking part in an Aviation Training Relocation exercise at Tsuiki Air Base, Japan.More than 30 Japan Air Self-Defense Force airmen supported operations from the...
15 September 2015 Singapore Chief Selects Honor 70th Anniversary Marking End of WWII SINGAPORE (NNS) -- Chief petty officer (selects) assigned to Navy Region Singapore attended the 70th anniversary marking the end of World War II held at the Kranji War Cemetery, Sept. 12. The ceremony commemorated the end of Japanese occupation in Singapore and the conclusion of WWII - the...
15 September 2015 Silent over Watch: Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Marines Fire Snipers at Forest Light 16-1 CAMP IMAZU, TAKASHIMA, Japan -- Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members and U.S. Marines fired sniper rifles and practiced stalking techniques during Forest Light 16-1 at Camp Imazu, Takashima, Japan, Sept. 9-11, 2015.Forest Light is a semiannual, bilateral exercise consisting of a command...
15 September 2015 Alaska Air Guardsmen Rescue Three from Sinking Boat in Cook Inlet, Alaska JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued three people in Cook Inlet this morning who were stranded on a sandbar in the mud flats about six miles southeast of Fire Island.The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center...