PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Military Sealift Command's USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1) is currently participating in Exercise Koa Moana 15-3, a four-month exercise that involves embarked Marines and will make stops at locations in the Pacific Island Nations of Oceana: French Polynesia, Fiji, Kiribati,...

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII -- Marines with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, participated in their annual training exercise, Island Viper, at the Boondocker Training Area aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 22, 2015.The purpose of Island Viper is to help companies within the battalion...

The U.S. Embassy supported a three-day intensive counter narcotics trainingfor the Lao Counter Narcotic Police Departments from four southern provinces. The training began on Wednesday September 16, 2015, at the Provincial ConferenceHall in Attapu province.The instructors from the Lao Counter...

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii - Every year, Soldiers from across the Pacific Theater come to Hawaii to compete for the title of Paralegal of the Year.Nineteen Soldiers competed for this year's U.S. Army Pacific 2015 Paralegal Warrior Challenge, Sept. 21-25, at several locations on Oahu. Of those 19, only two...

USS CHANCELLORSVILLE, At Sea (NNS) -- Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) conducted an air defense exercise (ADEX) Sept. 23 - 24, in the training ranges in the Guam operating area.The objective of ADEX was to protect the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) from any...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Seven Soldiers competed in the 2015 Alaska National Guard Best Warrior Competition held during a rainy and fog-filled weekend at a variety of training locations on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Sept. 25-27.This year’s three-day competition consisted of 15...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Air force members from nations throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region gathered here Sept. 21 through 24 to discuss ways to improve cooperation, leadership and coordination efforts during the 2015 Pacific Rim Airpower Symposium.   Attendees of the event, hosted by the Pacific Air...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - Ground forces face difficult and unknown terrain every day. With every step, they risk detonating improvised explosive devices and enemy detection.That is where aviation assault support comes into play. Instead of trudging across treacherous terrain for...

VIENTIANE, Laos PDR – The scenario is a familiar one in South-East Asia, a typhoon is sweeping across the area causing massive flooding, particularly along the Mekong River and its tributaries in Laos. Since the typhoon made landfall and drifted inland, hundreds have been killed and thousands...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida signed a clarification today on environmental stewardship related to U.S. forces in Japan.The agreement is an "important clarification" that strengthens cooperation on environmental stewardship in relation to U.S...