29 June 2016 Marines Dive with Great Whites PORT LINCOLN, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Australia — Frigid waters from the coast of South Australia took Marines’ breathe away as they stepped into a underwater cage. Braving cold waters confined in the cage was the least of their worries once they came face to face with a great white shark.Over 170 U.S...
29 June 2016 Ambassador Kennedy Speaks at Nuclear Disarmament Working Group AMBASSADOR KENNEDY: Good morning. Minister Kikawada, distinguished guests, I want to thank the government of Japan for hosting this third plenary of the International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification, and for its important and practical leadership in pursuit of a world without...
29 June 2016 Marine Rotational Force - DarwinMarines and Sailors Set Sail on HMAS Adelaide TASMAN SEA – U.S. Marines and sailors from Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, embarked on the Royal Australian Navy’s Amphibious Assault Ship, Landing Helicopter Dock, HMAS Adelaide (LHD 01), at Port of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on June 16, 2016...
28 June 2016 USS Makin Island Hosts Scientists to Sea PACIFIC OCEAN -- USS Makin Island (LHD 8) hosted 12 members of Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet's Scientists to Sea program.The Scientists to Sea program aims to give a greater understanding of shipboard system employment and requirements to the engineers and scientists who design them.Dr. Michael Keegan,...
28 June 2016 Trilateral Pacific Dragon Ballistic Missile Defense Exercise Concludes KAUAI, Hawaii - Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet is wrapping up the third biennial exercise Pacific Dragon from June 20-28 off the coast of the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) in Kauai, Hawaii.Pacific Dragon is a trilateral ballistic missile defense (BMD) tracking event between the U.S. Navy, Japan...
28 June 2016 Japanese, Arctic Paratroopers Share Diverse Spectrum of Airborne Skills during Artic Aurora Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska - U.S. Army and Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force paratroopers executed numerous training events here May 31 to June 15 in a display of Arctic readiness and Pacific partnership during Exercise Artic Aurora 2016."The Arctic Aurora Exercise has been a...
28 June 2016 Quality Assurance Strengthens Foreign Military Efforts REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- When an international customer purchases something from the U.S. government, quality assurance plays an important role in ensuring the equipment or service provided meets the same standards required for the American Warfighter.The Aviation and Missile Research, Development...
28 June 2016 Okinawa Residents, Status of Forces Agreement Members Gather for Okinawa Memorial Day Services NAHA, OKINAWA, OKINAWA, JAPAN -- Footsteps pattered over hot walkways as figures dressed in black made their way to a shady alcove, lined by stone walls engraved with hundreds of thousands of names. The names are those whose lives were lost in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.Okinawa residents and...
28 June 2016 Deployment Readiness: Military and Family Readiness Center Supports Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Editor's note: The Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Military and Family Readiness Center offers a variety of services to Department of Defense identification card holders to support the military family in times of need. These services include support during...
27 June 2016 Pacific Surface Action Group Reunites in South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA (NNS) -- Participating units of a U.S. 3rd Fleet Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) reunited while on routine patrol in the South China Sea, June 27 after conducting nearly three months of theater security operations in the Indo-Asia Pacific.Guided-missile destroyers USS Spruance...