PEARL HARBOR - A Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) training squadron (JTS) composed of three ships began a three-day port visit at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam June 1 as part of an around the world deployment to 16 ports in 13 countries. During the port visit, Adm. Scott Swift, commander...

GWANGJU AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Airmen from bases throughout the Pacific and their Republic of Korea counterparts came together to enhance their skills and ongoing relationship during Pacific Unity 16 held at Gwangju Air Base, RoK, May 30 to June 3.PACUNITY is a...

NAVAL BASE GUAM -- Personnel aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) held a training exercise in Guam May 31 in support of Pacific Partnership 2016.The exercise gave personnel an opportunity to test their procedures and equipment in a controlled environment before performing in a real-world...

More than 100 participants, service members and civilians alike, participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in commemoration of a completion of an engineer civic action program for a local school in Zuunmod, Mongolia, as part of the annual, multinational peacekeeping operations exercise, Khaan Quest...

U.S. ARMY SCHOFIELD BARRACKS RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii --Marines with 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment’s, “Kings of Battles,” conducted live-fire sustainment training during Spartan Fury, an annual pre-deployment exercise, aboard the Schofield Range Facility on May 4th, 2016. Spartan Fury is one of...

SANDAKAN, Malaysia (NNS) -- The 22nd annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise series between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the armed forces of nine partner nations began June 1 with a commemoration ceremony for the Malaysia phase in Sandakan.As the premier naval...

U.S. Marines are conducting a small boat riverine operations training course for approximately 30 soldiers from the Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF) as part of the annual, multinational peacekeeping operations exercise Khaan Quest 2016 in Mongolia.The 10-day course is designed to familiarize MAF...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Ash Carter will travel to Singapore to lead the U.S. delegation and deliver a keynote address June 4 at the 15th Asia Security Summit at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual conference hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Pentagon officials...

SAN DIEGO — Twenty-seven nations, 45 ships, five submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise scheduled June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California.The world’s largest international...

PACIFIC OCEAN -- The guided-missile destroyers USS Decatur (DDG 73) and USS Momsen (DDG 92) conducted bilateral exercises with the Republic of Korea Navy in the waters around the Korean Peninsula, May 20-22 and 25.The exercises were focused on defense-oriented, naval training evolutions designed to...