02 June 2015 Carter Meets with Vietnamese Leaders, Signs Vision Statement Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with President Truong Tan Sang, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Defense Minister Gen. Phung Quang Thanh in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi yesterday, Pentagon officials reported.In a statement summarizing the secretary’s interaction with the Vietnamese...
02 June 2015 U.S. Provides Radio Equipment and Training to Nepalese Army The U.S. Embassy’s Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) delivered $1.4 million of disaster response communications equipment to the Nepalese Army on May 27, 2015. The equipment included 120 tactical radio sets for the Disaster Management Directorate of the Nepalese Army. In addition to the...
02 June 2015 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron Conducts Joint 'Jump Week' with 1 Geronimo Troops Two doors on the aircraft flew open with a bang and the wind pulled and tugged, trying to grab whatever or whoever it could.The jumpmaster yelled "Go! Go! Go!" as the Airmen and paratroopers fell like a hail of arrows.Kodiak Solstice jump week is hosted by the Air Force 3rd Air Support Operations...
02 June 2015 Pegasus in the Sky: HMH-463 Conducts Transportation U.S. Marines with Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, conducted refueling and transport operations with two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters May 22 at Mount Bundy Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia.The CH-53E’s picked up and transported approximately 140...
02 June 2015 45th Sustainment Brigade Soldiers Participate in Joint Convoy Live Fire Exercise More than 130 Soldiers from the 45th Sustainment Brigade participated in a Joint Convoy Live Fire exercise with the Marines that pulled together all of their tactical training skills they have honed since arriving at Pohakualoa Training Area on the Big Island at the end of April. The troops had to...
02 June 2015 Carter: U.S., Vietnam Committed to Defense Relationship The United States and Vietnam are committed to deepening their defense relationship, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said yesterday in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi during a news conference with Defense Minister Gen. Phung Quang Thanh.Carter also met with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and...
02 June 2015 Face of Defense: Airman, Wife Help People in Philippine Villages Thousands of miles away in remote Philippine villages, families lack access to medication and basic health care. The medical needs of the people in the Philippines are tremendous, especially in the rural areas, where many suffer from treatable ailments.Every January for the past five years, Air...
01 June 2015 USNS Millinocket Arrives in 7th Fleet for Pacific Partnership The Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations May 31 in support of Pacific Partnership 2015 (PP15).Millinocket and embarked Task Force Forager, led by an expeditionary command element from the Navy's 30th Naval...
01 June 2015 New US-Vietnam Agreement Shows Growth, Challenges The US and Vietnam signed a defense agreement Monday, a document which officials hope will grow the military relationship between the two nations and will eventually lead to co-production of military equipment.The Joint Vision Statement on Defense Relations was signed at a ceremony by US Secretary...
01 June 2015 Team Carl Vinson Assists Distressed Mariner USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) crew and embarked Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 15 "Red Lions" rendered assistance to a mariner, who had been alone at sea for more than 30 days aboard his 35-foot sailboat, in the Pacific Ocean more than 400 nautical miles off the coast of Honolulu, May 31.The...