07 September 2016 Dunford Greets Sailors, Visits USS Barry in Japan YOKOSUKA, Japan, Sept. 7, 2016 — Hours before the USS Barry headed out to sea today, the highest ranking U.S. military officer paid a visit to this forward-deployed ship. As enlisted sailors in their dress whites saluted, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,...
07 September 2016 Peninsula's Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive unit prepares to "Fight Tonight" CAMP RED CLOUD, South Korea – As the only U.S. Army permanently forward-stationed unit, the 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-US Combined Division maintains peace and stability on the peninsula. The goal to preserve its units readiness remains its number one priority. They train to remain proficient in...
07 September 2016 Readout of Admiral Harris' Meeting with Chinese Adm. Sun Jianguo Readout of Admiral Harris' Meeting with Chinese Adm. Sun Jianguo USPACOM Press Operations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Release No. 002-16Sept. 7, 2016U.S. Pacific Command public affairs officer Lt. Col. Derrick Cheng provided the following readout: The Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, Adm. Harry B...
07 September 2016 USS Fort Worth Arrives in Guam GUAM (NNS) -- USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) arrived in Guam Sept. 6th for a routine port visit while en route to homeport in San Diego. Sailors aboard Fort Worth are looking forward to a port call after completing the longest leg of her transit back home since departing Singapore in August. While in Guam,...
06 September 2016 18 Nations Participate in ASEAN Exercise 16-3 CHONBURI PROVINCE, Thailand -- Areas of the world riddled with natural disasters and cursed by the secondary effects of mother nature’s wrath demand a responsive force that thinks, trains and plans ahead. An exercise bringing together those very forces from 18 nations’ military and government...
06 September 2016 Pacific Talent Management: A Regional Approach to Recruiting and Retaining Talent Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -- The 8th Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) is executing talent management initiatives focused on assessing, developing, and retaining talent and enabling commanders to develop and place high performers in positions that match their potential. The approach affords commanders...
06 September 2016 Building an Inclusive Security Sector in Myanmar HONOLULU, Hawaii -- DKI APCSS conducted the workshop titled “Building an Inclusive Security Sector in Myanmar” in partnership with that nation’s National Defence College (NDC). Workshop coordinator Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd, said the August event was one of several steps in Myanmar’s building a more...
06 September 2016 U.S. Navy Staffs in Singapore Test Afloat Watch Stations during Ulchi Freedom Guardian SINGAPORE -- Navy reservists and staff from Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific and Military Sealift Command Far East operated watch stations aboard the expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Millinocket (T-EPF 3) Aug 22-Sept 2 as part of Ulchi Freedom Guardian. The utilization of platforms...
06 September 2016 The More You Sweat in the Breeze, The Less You Bleed in the Storm CHONBURI PROVINCE, THAILAND -- Areas of the world riddled with natural disasters and cursed by the secondary effects of mother nature’s wrath demand a responsive force that thinks, trains and plans ahead. An exercise bringing together those very forces from 18 nations’ military and government...
06 September 2016 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit Patrols the Seas during Western Pacific Deployment 16-1 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The Fighting 13th has been forward deployed for almost seven months and in that time has faced many adversities such as the bone-chilling cold in South Korea and the sweltering heat in Djibouti, but the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit has met each challenge...