21 March 2016 Ambassador Sung Kim, Special Representative for North Korea Policy Travel to Seoul, Hanoi, and Phnom Penh WASHINGTON -- Special Representative for North Korea Policy Ambassador Sung Kim will travel to the Republic of Korea, Vietnam, and Cambodia March 20-24.While in Seoul, Ambassador Kim will meet with ROK Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs Kim Hong-kyun and other senior officials to...
18 March 2016 Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, ROK Forces Conclude Exercise Ssang Yong 2016 EAST SEA (NNS) -- Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group and Republic of Korea military forces wrapped up Exercise Ssang Yong 2016 (SY 16) March 18 while underway off the coast of ROK. Ssang Yong, or "twin dragons" in Korean, is a biennial amphibious-assault exercise conducted in the Indo-Asia...
18 March 2016 Commander of Pacific Air Forces Visits the Wolf Pack KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The commander of Pacific Air Forces met with Airmen from the 8th Fighter Wing during her visit to Kunsan March 17 to see firsthand how the Wolf Pack maintains its ability to fight tonight.Gen. Lori J. Robinson started her visit with a trip to Big Coyote, during...
18 March 2016 Black Knights Fly Beak-to-Beak with Japanese Aviators KOMATSU, Japan -- Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 executed dissimilar air combat training and bilateral tactical mission training during the Komatsu Aviation Training Relocation exercise at Komatsu Air Base, Japan, March 7-18, 2016.Komatsu ATR is a dissimilar air combat training...
18 March 2016 U.S.-Philippine Bilateral Strategic Dialogue Washington, DC - Friday, March 18, 2016, Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel and Assistant Secretary of Defense David Shear will lead the Sixth Annual U.S.-Philippines Bilateral Strategic Dialogue (BSD) with the Government of the Philippines, led by Department of Foreign Affairs...
18 March 2016 Subject-matter Exchange Enhances Partnerships, Interoperability in Pacific ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- For the first time, subject-matter experts from nine nations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region came to Andersen Air Force Base for a four-day program designed to enhance and integrate logistical capabilities. Pacific Agility 16-1, a U.S. Pacific Command multilateral...
18 March 2016 U.S. and Republic of Korea Train for WMD Elimination Operations CAMP STANLEY, Republic of Korea (March 18, 2016) -- Soldiers entered the dark, cold, damp building to find chemical and biological weapons. Their response was crucial to the mission ahead. They would check specimens from every crevice because what was found in the building would be needed in...
18 March 2016 Combined, Joint Medical Evacuation Exercise "Lifts" off on Korean Peninsula YONGSAN GARRISON, Republic of Korea - Soldiers from Eighth Army, Airmen from the 7th Air Force and medical personnel from the Republic of Korea Armed Forces Il-Dong Hospital conducted a combined, joint medical evacuation exercise called "Dragonlift" March 15, 2016 throughout the Korean Peninsula...
17 March 2016 Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Commemorates USS Nevada 100th Anniversary PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) held a flag raising ceremony at the USS Nevada Memorial commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ship’s commissioning Mar. 11.During the ceremony the USS Nevada (BB-36) Battleship flag was raised over the memorial while simultaneously...
17 March 2016 Bremerton Visits Chinhae during Indo-Asia-Pacific Deployment CHINHAE, Republic of Korea (NNS) -- Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Bremerton (SSN 698) arrived in Chinhae, Republic of Korea, March 16 for a visit as part of its Indo-Asia-Pacific deployment. With a crew of approximately 150, Bremerton will conduct a multitude of missions and maintain...