Navy Reserve and active-duty Sailors assigned to the U.S. 7th Fleet and U.S. Naval Forces Korea spent a day building relationships at the Aikwangwon Social Welfare Foundation and school on Koje Island, March 7, as part of an on-going partnership with the residents and staff of the facility.The visit...

Marines with Bravo Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, joined members of the Underwater Demolition Group with Singapore’s Naval Diving Unit, to exchange dive tactics and training Feb. 27, 2015 in one of the School of Infantry-West classrooms in building 223 aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii. The...

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) graduated its first five aviators from the training pipeline of the EA-18G Growler during a ceremony at the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) Officers' Club, Feb. 27.Australia currently flies F/A-18 Hornets and F/A-18E Super Hornets so joint cooperation...

Navy Reservists from the Military Sealift Command's (MSC) Expeditionary Port Unit 112 conducted a community relations project at the Wat Koh Khwang Elementry School in Chanthaburi, Thailand, March 3.This is the second community relations event MSC EPU 112 has conducted while on annual training in...

The giant voice loudly blares the Mission Oriented Protective Posture conditionas Airmen working at the Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Fitness and SportsComplex scramble to put on gas masks.The 51st Fighter Wing isparticipating in Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight 15-1,...

Paratroopers with U.S. Army Alaska's 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team(Airborne), 25th Infantry Division performed the largest U.S. airborne missionnorth of the Arctic Circle in more than a decade Feb. 24 during Spartan Pegasus15.The exercise demonstrated their unique ability to rapidly mass poweron...

KURE, Japan – Arleigh-burke class guided missile destroyer USS Lassen(DDG 82) visited Kure to strengthen their close ties with the Japan MaritimeSelf-Defense Force (JMSDF) and collaborate on tactical doctrine and warfightingconcepts, Feb. 26-28.During the visit, Lassen and JMSDF JS Ise (DDH 182)...

Manila — As part of the continuing partnership between the United States andthe Philippines to secure maritime borders and facilitate trade, U.S. EmbassyManila coordinated a program between the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and thePhilippines Coast Guard (PCG). Personnel from the USCG conducted training...

WASHINGTON, March 4, 2015 – National security interests face heightened threats and demands as budget woes grow more challenging and complex, but the Navy and Marines Corps remain the best value to advance global security and presence, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus told a Senate panel today.The...

YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea -- The U.S. Defense Department's only command that combats global chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats is participating Key Resolve in South Korea March 2 - 13.Soldiers from the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland-based 20th CBRNE Command...