10 June 2016 Timor-Leste Defense Chief Welcomes Pacific Partnership DILI, Timor-Leste - The Chief of Defense Force to Timor-Leste, Major General Lere Anan Timur hosted the Pacific Partnership 2016 opening ceremony June 8.Hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), anchored off the coast of Dili, brought an international team of military and civilian professionals in...
10 June 2016 US, Cambodia Commence Pacific Angel 16 Humanitarian Assistance Mission U.S EMBASSY IN CAMBODIA -- At the invitation of the Cambodian government, the United States and Cambodia militaries will conduct humanitarian assistance events and military to military subject matter expert exchanges from June 6 – 18, 2016, in Kampot Province, Cambodia, as part of Pacific Angel...
09 June 2016 US, Indian, Japanese Maritime Forces to Participate in Malabar 2016 SASEBO, Japan (NNS) -- Naval ships, aircraft and personnel from India, Japan and the United States are scheduled to participate in the annual exercise Malabar 2016, June 9-17. Malabar 2016 is the latest in a continuing series of complex, high-end warfighting exercises conducted to advance...
09 June 2016 Prime Minister of the Republic of India lays wreath, Honors Fallen at Arlington National Cemetery etary of Defense Ash Carter and Maj. Gen. Bradley A. Becker, commanding general, U.S. Army Military District of Washington hosted Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Narendra Modi, for an Armed Forces Full Honors Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National...
09 June 2016 US Pacific Fleet Marks 74th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- U.S. Pacific Fleet staff gathered to pay tribute to naval heroes during the commemoration ceremony at Pearl Harbor headquarters, marking the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Midway, June 7. "It was a combination of intelligence, tactics, courage and sacrifice that forever...
09 June 2016 Kadena's Air Force Sergeants Association Chapter 1553 partners with Promise Keepers assisting locals in need KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Kadena's Air Force Sergeants Association Chapter 1553 assisted a local non-profit organization, Promise Keepers, with an outreach project here June 2. Promise Keepers is part of the Two Fish Project, which is dedicated to ensuring families in poverty are cared for and...
09 June 2016 U.S. Embassy, Philippine Law Enforcement, and Local Industry Team Up for Fight Against Smuggling Manila, June 8, 2016 — Thirty-seven law enforcers from the Bureau of Customs, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), and Philippine National Police (PNP) join a workshop to learn to enforce action against trademark violators, and build solid cases leading to successful prosecutions. The U.S...
08 June 2016 Exercise Habu Sentinel 16 Tests Marines' Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Response Capabilities MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Response Element Marines from 3rd Marine Division, CBRN defense platoon, Headquarters Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force, tested their operational capabilities during exercise Habu Sentinel 16 at Marine...
08 June 2016 Squadrons Arrive at Eielson AFB to Participate in Red Flag-Alaska 16 EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314, and Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, traveled to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, to participate in exercise Red Flag-Alaska 16-2, June 2-17, 2016. The...
08 June 2016 US, Cambodia Commence Pacific Angel 16 Humanitarian Assistance Mission KAMPOT PROVINCE, Cambodia -- At the invitation of the Cambodian government, the United States and Cambodia militaries will conduct humanitarian assistance events and military to military subject matter expert exchanges from June 6 - 18, 2016, in Kampot Province, Cambodia, as part of Pacific Angel...