06 June 2016 USS Frank Cable Deploys To Support Fleet in Indo-Asia-Pacific Region PACIFIC OCEAN -- More than 500 Sailors and civilian mariners aboard submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) departed from Naval Base Guam on its first deployment in more than 14 years in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, June 6. Commanded by Capt. Drew St. John, Frank Cable's crew of Navy and Military...
06 June 2016 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 Trains in Defensive Aerial Maneuvers ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, conducted tactical air navigation drills in support of Exercise Kodiak Mace at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 26, 2016.Exercise Kodiak Mace is an...
03 June 2016 Carter, Singaporean Prime Minister Affirm Security Partnership WASHINGTON, June 03, 2016 — Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong affirmed their countries’ long-standing security partnership and discussed a range of issues related to mutual security interests during a meeting in Singapore today, according to a statement...
03 June 2016 Headquarters Marine Corps Special Duty Assignment Screening Team visits Camp Foster The Headquarters Marine Corps Special Duty Assignment Screening Team visited Marines June 2 on Camp Foster.The team came to meet with Marines to teach them about special duty assignments and how they can enhance their careers, according to Capt. Brian Stacy, the Headquarters Marine Corps SDA officer...
03 June 2016 Green Dot Takes Effect Across Air Force MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Five Airmen from Misawa took part in the first step of a five-year effort to decrease interpersonal violence across the service.During the month of March, Kadena Air Base, Japan, held a Green Dot prep-session while 23 other bases worldwide held prep-sessions for roughly...
03 June 2016 Seward Thanks Service Members with a Day of Fishing SEWARD, Alaska – Residents of this small fishing town opened their hearts and wallets last week for service members stationed in Alaska, continuing a tradition that organizers call the largest thank you of its kind in any of the United States.The 10th Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament,...
03 June 2016 Carter to Speak at Singapore Conference, Says U.S. Presence in Region is Significant WASHINGTON, June 02, 2016 — Making his fifth trip to the Asia-Pacific region since becoming defense secretary in 2015 shows the significance of the U.S. military’s longstanding presence there, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told reporters traveling with him to Singapore today.Aboard a military...
03 June 2016 American and Japanese Schools, Students Forge New Partnership CAMP ZAMA, Japan (June 2, 2016) - Zama American High School welcomed 90 students from a local Japanese high school May 26 to establish a partnership between the two schools.Students from Ebina High School and ZAHS watched as their principals, Gregg Mowen, Ed.D., principal of ZAHS and Shinichi Imai,...
02 June 2016 U.S. Army, Canadian Army Test Mongolian Armed Forces’ Counter-IED Skills During Khaan Quest 2016 FIVE HILLS TRAINING AREA, Mongolia -- A platoon of approximately 60 service members with the Mongolian Armed Forces participated in the culminating event of a course designed to teach them how to counter mines and improvised explosive devices during Khaan Quest 2016 at Five Hills Training Area, June...
02 June 2016 U.S., Philippine, and Royal Malaysian Navies Sharpen Coordination Skills during Multilateral Sulu Sea Training SULU SEA (NNS) -- The U.S., Philippine, and Malaysian navies are scheduled to conduct a coordinated multilateral training activity in the Sulu Sea, June 4.The training will take place between the bilateral phases of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) with Malaysia and the...