18 March 2015 Security Advisor Rice’s Meeting with Japanese Official Statement by NSC Spokesperson Bernadette Meehan on National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice’s Meeting with Shotaro Yachi, Secretary General of Japan’s National Security SecretariatNational Security Advisor Susan E. Rice met today with Shotaro Yachi, Secretary General of Japan’s National Security...
18 March 2015 KATUSA Program Key to Enduring Partnership between U.S. and Republic of Korea Later this year in June, the U.S. and the Republic of Korea (ROK) willcommemorate 65 years of partnership since both nations first amalgamated in June1950 as the US-ROK Alliance (the Alliance) to repel the invasion by theDemocratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). It didn't take long forthe...
18 March 2015 Forward Together We Go Forward together we go, or in Hindi, Chalein Saath Saath!! The U.S. Army Pacificand I Corps welcomed the Indian army to the 19th India-U.S. Land ForcesExecutive Steering Group at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, March11-13.Lt. Gen. P.R. Kumar, director of General Military Operations,Indian...
18 March 2015 MC-130Js Visit Kunsan Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group visited Kunsan Air Base in supportof the Special Operations Command Korea Exercise Gryphon Knife from Feb. 23 toMarch 3, 2015.Exercise Gryphon Knife is a habitual training exercisedesigned to integrate partners from the ROK Special Warfare Command and...
18 March 2015 VFA-27 Improves Readiness with Japan Air Self-Defense Force The “Royal Maces” of Strike Fighter Squadron 27, an FA-18E Super Hornet squadron forward-deployed to Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, concluded a Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT) detachment in cooperation with the Okinawa-based Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) 204th Fighter Squadron,...
17 March 2015 PACOM Joint Intelligence Operations Center Honors Fallen Marine Family and service members of Joint IntelligenceOperations Center (JIOC), U.S. Pacific Command, gathered at the U.S. PacificFleet complex March 12 for a memorial service to honor the life and sacrificeof a fallen Marine.Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Allan Borchers was killed March12, 1990, while on sentry duty...
17 March 2015 USAF, U.S. Army Host 15th Annual NCO Exchange for Japan Air Self-Defense Force KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force and Army service members hosted an NCO exchange here March 3, giving seven Japan Air Self-Defense Force members a chance to work with their U.S. counterparts.The JASDF Airmen were each paired with Kadena Airmen or Soldiers in their respective jobs for almost...
17 March 2015 U.S. Army Garrison Japan Hosts 4th Annual Earthquake Functional Exercise CAMP ZAMA, Japan (March 17, 2015) --The 4th annual earthquake functional exercise was conducted March 12 by U.S. Army Garrison Japan's Directorate of Emergency Services. The exercise was held in the Emergency Operations Center on the Camp Zama installation. Ransom Bush, emergency manager for USAG...
17 March 2015 Asistant Secretary Remarks on U.S.-Republic of Korea Relations ASSISTANT SECRETARY RUSSEL: Thank you. Well I’ve had some very good meetings today and I want to begin by saying that the best meeting I had, I had last night with my good friend, Ambassador Mark Lippert. I’m very proud to call him a friend and a colleague. We think that his bravery under fire, his...
16 March 2015 Marine Analyst Visits Spartan Brigade to Build Exchange Program JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- What seemed to be a normal week at the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, turned out to be a little different as green, beige and black camouflage contrasted sharply with the Army Combat Uniform normally seen around the...