08 June 2015 Iwakuni City Mayor Shows Appreciation Towards Air Station Service Members Representatives from Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and Marine Aerial Transport Refueler Squadron 152 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, reported to the mayor of Iwakuni at city hall June 3, 2015, after receiving awards from the Japan Good Deeds Association during their 65th...
08 June 2015 US 7th Fleet Ships Exercise First Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System Concept in the Pacific Medical personnel aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) participated in the first Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) during a surgical drill June 4-5. A team of medical officers and hospital corpsmen...
08 June 2015 The U.S. – Vietnam Military to Military Relationship after Twenty Years of Diplomatic Relations “The United States and Vietnam are committed to deepening their defense relationship”, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter during his June 1, 2015 visit to Vietnam.U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter’s visit to Vietnam on June 1, 2015 was another element in the ever stronger relationship between...
05 June 2015 Pacific Angels Build Better Relationships and Better Lives in Papua New Guinea The Pacific Angels treated more than 2000 patients in their first three days of service here.Doctors, dentists and pharmacists from the U.S., Papua New Guinea and the Australian, New Zealand, Indonesian and Philippine militaries, along with 32 volunteers from the provincial hospital and local...
05 June 2015 USS Essex Drops Anchor in Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong The amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) anchored in Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong, for a scheduled port visit June 5.More than 3,000 Sailors and Marines embarked on Essex will represent the U.S. Navy as ambassadors, as they create friendships and goodwill with the people of Hong Kong."The Sailors...
05 June 2015 Shoot, Move and Communicate: U.S., Republic of Korea Soldiers Participate in Squad Exercise Evaluation It was dark and the air was thick in the Republic of Korea. The grass had grown as tall as the Soldiers standing in it as they pushed forward through the trees and wildlife. "Contact, contact!" one of the Soldiers said. Immediately the squad dropped down and began suppressing fire. Directions were...
05 June 2015 USS Shiloh Sailors Strengthen Bonds with Philippines The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) departed Subic Bay, June 2, after a four-day liberty port visit.This was Shiloh's second visit to the Philippines in fifteen months, the first being a port visit in Cebu early 2014.During the visit, Shiloh Sailors participated in...
05 June 2015 599th Trans Discharges Pathways Cargo after Five-month Trip The 599th Transportation Brigade, stationed at Wheeler Army Airfield, conducted port operations on the USNS Pfc. Eugene A. Obregon, here, May 24-26.The brigade and a four-person deployment and distribution management team from the 836th Transportation Battalion and the Guam Detachment, teamed up...
05 June 2015 New U.S. – Japan Defense Guidelines bring National Defense Closer, Improve Regional Security On April 27, the stately Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City was the venue for a historic event. Here, the U.S. and Japan put forward a revised set of Guidelines to enhance the future of the alliance.The product of almost two years of collaboration, the newly revised Guidelines for U.S.-Japan...
04 June 2015 U.S., India Sign 10-Year Defense Framework Agreement In India, Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar signed a 10-year defense framework agreement yesterday, highlighting the growth of defense cooperation between the two countries.Carter is on a 10-day trip focused on the U.S. rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region.The...