06 September 2016 18 Nations Participate in ASEAN Exercise 16-3 CHONBURI PROVINCE, Thailand -- Areas of the world riddled with natural disasters and cursed by the secondary effects of mother nature’s wrath demand a responsive force that thinks, trains and plans ahead. An exercise bringing together those very forces from 18 nations’ military and government...
06 September 2016 Pacific Talent Management: A Regional Approach to Recruiting and Retaining Talent Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -- The 8th Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) is executing talent management initiatives focused on assessing, developing, and retaining talent and enabling commanders to develop and place high performers in positions that match their potential. The approach affords commanders...
06 September 2016 Building an Inclusive Security Sector in Myanmar HONOLULU, Hawaii -- DKI APCSS conducted the workshop titled “Building an Inclusive Security Sector in Myanmar” in partnership with that nation’s National Defence College (NDC). Workshop coordinator Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd, said the August event was one of several steps in Myanmar’s building a more...
06 September 2016 U.S. Navy Staffs in Singapore Test Afloat Watch Stations during Ulchi Freedom Guardian SINGAPORE -- Navy reservists and staff from Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific and Military Sealift Command Far East operated watch stations aboard the expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Millinocket (T-EPF 3) Aug 22-Sept 2 as part of Ulchi Freedom Guardian. The utilization of platforms...
06 September 2016 The More You Sweat in the Breeze, The Less You Bleed in the Storm CHONBURI PROVINCE, THAILAND -- Areas of the world riddled with natural disasters and cursed by the secondary effects of mother nature’s wrath demand a responsive force that thinks, trains and plans ahead. An exercise bringing together those very forces from 18 nations’ military and government...
06 September 2016 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit Patrols the Seas during Western Pacific Deployment 16-1 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The Fighting 13th has been forward deployed for almost seven months and in that time has faced many adversities such as the bone-chilling cold in South Korea and the sweltering heat in Djibouti, but the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit has met each challenge...
06 September 2016 Preparedness, Readiness Evaluated during Exercise CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- U.S. Army Garrison Japan's Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security tested their ability to setup an emergency evacuation center Aug. 31 at Yano Fitness Center, in case the community would need to be evacuated. Inside the fitness center, several stations with...
02 September 2016 ASEAN Exercise 16-3 Underway in Thailand Thirty personnel from U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM), U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC), and U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) are taking part in ASEAN Exercise 16-3 (AEX 16-3), from September 1-11 in Chonburi Province, Thailand.The exercise focuses on military-to-military operational planning,...
02 September 2016 Navy Region Singapore Participates in Citadel Pacific 2016 SINGAPORE -- Navy Region Singapore (NRS), recently participated in Exercise Citadel Pacific 2016 along with other Navy Installations throughout the U.S. Pacific Command area of responsibility, including Navy Region Japan, Joint Region Marianas, and Navy Region Hawaii from August 29 through September...
02 September 2016 U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps Team Up to Support Sasebo Disaster Drill SASEBO, Japan (NNS) -- A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey transported medical personnel and evacuated a simulated patient from a remote island during Sasebo's annual emergency drill, Sept. 1. The participation of the Osprey demonstrated expanded capabilities that the U.S. military can contribute to...