This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and thebeginning of the strategic partnership between the United States and Japan.  Incelebration, the theme of the 2015 Bilateral Enlisted Dining Out is "70 years offriendship."The local bilateral relationship began in the wake of...

U.S. Pacific Command deployed a JointHumanitarian Assistance Survey Team to Nepal from Kadena Air Base early April29 in an effort to assist earthquake relief efforts.Kadena’s Airmen worked through the night toload the team’s 20-plus members and gear into a United States Marine CorpsC-130 for the...

Ambassador Peter W. Bodde welcomed the U.S. Disaster Assistance and ResponseTeam (DART) to Nepal today, April 28.  The team is deployed to assist withrelief and recovery efforts in coordination with the Nepal Government, theinternational community, and relief agencies, after the April 25...

Senior leaders from the U.S. and Republic of Korea navies met at the headquarters of the Republic of Korea Fleet April 27, for a series of staff talks on anti-submarine warfare (ASW) cooperation. The bilateral ASW cooperation committee is designed to exchange knowledge and develop training scenarios...

Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work met yesterday with Australian Assistant Minister for Defense Stuart Robert at the Pentagon to discuss the deep bilateral defense cooperation between the U.S. and Australia, according to a Defense Department news releaseDuring the 30-minute meeting, Work conveyed his...

American and Japanese national security leaders unveiled the new guidelines for U.S.-Japan defense cooperation today, saying the new rules will promote peace and stability not only in the region, but worldwide.Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Ash Carter, Japanese Foreign Affairs...

Secretary of the Army John McHugh met with Soldiers of the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, here on Saturday, to discuss the important role Soldiers perform when partnering with our international allies. The meeting comes at the tail end of a three month, three country tour...

SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning, everybody. It’s a great pleasure to welcome our Japanese colleagues, Foreign Minister Kishida and Defense Minister Nakatani, here to New York. And we are especially delighted to be here for this occasion, and obviously I’m very, very pleased to be joined by my...

Expeditionary Strike Group 7 (ESG-7) completed their annual Fleet Synthetic Training – Joint Exercise (FST-J) 15-72 aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) April 20-24.FST-J brings together the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines into a computer-based synthetic training...

His Excellency Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, laid a wreath at the Tomb ofthe Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery to honor America'sfallen.Abe was escorted during the Armed Forces Full Honor Wreath LayingCeremony by Maj. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, Joint Force...