SINGAPORE (NNS) -- Chief petty officer (selects) assigned to Navy Region Singapore attended the 70th anniversary marking the end of World War II held at the Kranji War Cemetery, Sept. 12. The ceremony commemorated the end of Japanese occupation in Singapore and the conclusion of WWII - the...

CAMP IMAZU, TAKASHIMA, Japan -- Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members and U.S. Marines fired sniper rifles and practiced stalking techniques during Forest Light 16-1 at Camp Imazu, Takashima, Japan, Sept. 9-11, 2015.Forest Light is a semiannual, bilateral exercise consisting of a command...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued three people in Cook Inlet this morning who were stranded on a sandbar in the mud flats about six miles southeast of Fire Island.The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center...

INCHEON, Republic of Korea – U.S. and Republic of Korea naval forces joined together on Tuesday, Sept. 15, during the Incheon amphibious landing operations commemoration ceremony.The ceremony is an annual event that brings ROK citizens and its military forces together over the course of four days...

BAUCAU, Timor-Leste  -- On the dusty wood-paneled floor of the old gymnasium here, school kids usually play soccer and basketball or practice judo and karate during the rainy season.  With the bleachers empty and the floor swept clean, from Sept. 7 through 11, Baucau’s gymnasium was not the site of...

WASHINGTON -- For the first time in its11-year history, Exercise Yudh Abhyas came to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, or JBLM,Washington, bringing with it 150 soldiers from the Indian army.Theannual, bilateral exercise, which kicked off Sept. 9 and runs through Sept. 23,focuses on combined U.S. and Indian...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- More than 250 Air National Guard Airmen deployed here from Joe Foss Field, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, May 15, in support of a Theater Security Package to the Republic of Korea and will depart Sept 15.As a TSP, guardsmen from the 175th Expeditionary Fighter...

YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. -- A clear blue sky and warm temperaturescovered the valleys of the Yakima Training Center in the early morning. Amorning so clear that one could see for many miles into the distance, makingtargets easy to identify and making for a good first day of Rising...

1.      On this importantday, we pause to remember the events of fourteen years ago when nineteen menturned four commercial aircraft into guided missiles loaded with over 11,000gallons of fuel.  These terrorists defeated all of our aviation securitylayers to attack our homeland and killed nearly...

WASHINGTON, September 11, 2015 — The family members who return to the Pentagon each year to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks set an example of strength and resilience for others, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said today at the Pentagon Memorial’s Patriot Day ceremony to honor all those who...