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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A six-nation Pacific Angel 15-4 team arrived June 1 in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.The Pacific Angels -- doctors, dentists, plumbers and planners from Papua New Guinea, the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Indonesia -- tumbled out of trucks in Goroka, a town...

Nineteen midshipmen joined the crew of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) to gain valuable instructional fleet experience not attainable in classroom environments, May 30.These midshipmen are assigned to George Washington for approximately two weeks to further their...

During an official visit to India June 2-3, Ash Carter, the United States secretary of defense, met Minister of Defense Manohar Parrikar and called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He also met the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and the National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. Before arriving...

As part of the unit's annual Thunder Crucible competition, company and battery-level officers and noncommissioned officers from the 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division gathered under the morning dimness of Carey Field May 27-28 on Camp Casey, South Korea. The Thunder Crucible, which...