Defense Secretary Ash Carter met Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar and called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an official visit to India yesterday and today.Carter also met the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, and he also visited the...

The Joint High Speed Vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) pulled into the Independent Republic of Kiribati June 3, the first mission visit of Pacific Partnership 2015. The Kiribati mission kicked off with an opening ceremony on the ship’s flight deck with many honored guests, including the president of...

More than 33,000 U.S. and Australian personnel will participate in the biennial military training exercise Talisman Sabre 2015 in Australia July 4-19.Talisman Sabre, jointly sponsored by the U.S. Pacific Command and Australian Defence Force Headquarters Joint Operations Command, will incorporate...

With above normal activity predicted for the 2015 hurricane season by the National Weather Service Forecast Office, nothing can be more timely than the Vigilant Guard/Makani Pahili hurricane preparedness exercises taking place in Hawaii.More than 2,200 National Guardsmen, active duty and civilian...

The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations June 4 in support of Pacific Partnership 2015.Mercy, from Naval Base San Diego, is currently serving as the primary platform for Pacific Partnership 2015. The secondary platform for the...

Defense Secretary Ash Carter and his staff flew with U.S. Marines aboard an MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft to get a bird’s-eye view of the Strait of Malacca off the coast of Singapore, May 29.Carter’s visit to Singapore and the flight to observe one of the world’s busiest and most important...

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...

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...

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...

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...