29 September 2016 Korean People Will Preserve Legacy of American Service Members, Attaché Tells Vets WASHINGTON -- About 88 veterans of the Korean War arrived in the nation's capital this week for a visit to the Korean War Memorial Saturday, Sept. 24. The veterans, who came to Washington, D.C., courtesy of Blue Ridge Honor Flight out of Ashville, North Carolina, laid a wreath at the memorial and...
29 September 2016 Secretary of State John Kerry on the Trans-Pacific Partnership SECRETARY KERRY: Jane, thank you for a wonderful introduction. I hugely appreciate your support, your counsel. And obviously, we are living in complicated times. I want to thank you for many, many years of remarkable service to our country. Jane was reminding me as we were walking up here that...
28 September 2016 Seventh Annual Naval Engagement Activity Begins in Da Nang DA NANG, Vietnam (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam People's navy (VPN) kicked off the 7th annual Naval Engagement Activity (NEA) Vietnam with a welcome ceremony at Tien Sa Port in Da Nang, Sept. 28. NEA Vietnam has evolved from annual port visits to Da Nang by U.S. Navy ships, which began more...
28 September 2016 Rising Thunder Builds Interoperability with Japanese, Leaders Say YAKIMA, Wash. (Army News Service) -- American and Japanese Soldiers here held a ceremony Friday to close out the three-week-long bilateral "Rising Thunder" exercise, which was held to enhance interoperability between the two nations' armies and to increase their readiness. Rising Thunder kicked off...
28 September 2016 U.S, Republic of Korea Alliance Highlighted during Air Power Day OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Osan Air Base hosted approximately 80,000 visitors during Air Power Day 2016, Sept. 24 and 25, highlighting the alliance between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea while using the opportunity to get to know one another better as good friends and good neighbors...
28 September 2016 Emory S. Land Improves Suicide Awareness POLARIS POINT, Guam (NNS) -- The suicide awareness team aboard the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) plans to improve Sailors' resources and knowledge by implementing the Sailor Assistance and Intercept for Life (SAIL) program and improving the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training...
28 September 2016 U.S. Coast Guard Crew Sequoia Returns from Western, Central Pacific Fisheries Deployment HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The USCGC Sequoia (WLB-215) crew returned home to Guam Thursday, after a near month-long patrol of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean to deter illegal fishing of highly migratory fish stocks such as tuna and build relationships with Pacific island nations. “Sequoia patrolled...
28 September 2016 From Classroom to Field Operations, Marines Train to be Squad leaders MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HI -- From high in the mountains of the Kahuku Training Facility to the open terrain of the Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility, Marines participated in a 7-week-long Advanced Infantry Course to become squad leaders.The AIC, which is conducted by the by the Advanced...
27 September 2016 Opening Ceremony of the 40th Pacific Armies Management Seminar KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Leaders from 30 of 34 Armies across the Indo-Asia-Pacific gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sept. 26 for the opening ceremony of the 40th Pacific Armies Management Seminar (PAMS XL) co-hosted by the Malaysian Army and U.S. Army Pacific."I can think of no finer, or more...
27 September 2016 Valiant Shield 16: Ready Group Returns More Capable, Battle Ready ANDERSON AIR FORCE BASE GUAM, Guam -- Marine Aircraft Group 12 and its subordinate units returned to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan from Guam and the Mariana Islands Range Complex after completing a multitude of missions during Exercise Valiant Shield 16.The MAG-12 “Ready Group” operated on...