WASHINGTON — The U.S. alliance with Japan has never been stronger, Defense Secretary Ash Carter today told reporters traveling with him on an around-the-world trip.The secretary began his trip by speaking at the Reagan National Defense Forum in California, and he spoke with reporters while en route...

HONOLULU — The Coast Guard, alongside the other armed services, are observing the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Oahu, this week.Coast Guard men and women are participating in a number of events around the island to honor the survivors and the sacrifices of the more than 2,000...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- A bilateral natural disaster exercise was held on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Dec. 4 to test and improve evacuation procedures between members of Team Kadena and the local community.Approximately 130 Chatan Town residents participated in a simulated evacuation drill from low...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Past and present met today when Sailors from Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam greeted more than 100 World War II veterans, including Pearl Harbor survivors, when they arrived at the Honolulu International Airport for the upcoming 75th Pearl Harbor commemoration events throughout...

CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore -- Following a five-day underway in the South China Sea, the littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) returned to Changi Naval Base in Singapore, Dec. 5.Unit-level training and aviation and shipboard operations were the primary focus of the underway, which followed a...

KUMAMOTO, Japan -- Yama Sakura 71 is a U.S. Army Pacific joint, bilateral, command post exercise between U.S. Army I Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Western Army as the player units. This b-roll package is from the opening ceremony at Camp Kengun in Kumamoto, Japan.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, IWAKUNI, Japan -- -- U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron 542 ‘Tigers’, home based out of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., currently forward deployed to MCAS Iwakuni, arrived at Chitose Air Base, Japan, where they will partake in the Aviation Training...

TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka -- Marines and Sailors of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, embarked aboard the USS Somerset (LPD 25), participated in a Theater Security Cooperation exchange, training side-by-side with the recently inaugurated Sri Lankan Marine Corps...

SIMI VALLEY, Calif., — Russia and China are rising in importance among the state powers that occupy the attention of Defense Department officials these days, and deterring those nations is the entire focus of the Pentagon’s third offset strategy, Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said here...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (NNS) -- USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) pulled into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 2, to participate in National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day events in Hawaii.John C. Stennis got underway from Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Washington, on Nov. 22 to conduct routine...