05 January 2017 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Coming to Japan, Join Forward Deployed Naval Forces YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) – The U.S. Navy announced today that its newest airborne early warning and control aircraft, the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, will join the Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) as part of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 in Japan in February 2017.Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW)...
05 January 2017 Army Engineers Demonstrate New System for On-Demand 3-Demensional Printed Drones ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- In December, engineers from the Army Research Laboratory flight tested 3-D-printed unmanned aircraft created with a new on-demand system.The demonstration, which was part of the Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiments, or AEWE, at Fort Benning, Georgia, showcased new...
05 January 2017 Lao People's Democratic Republic advances Commitment to Global Health Security U.S. Embassy in Laos -- The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) has taken a momentous step forward to prevent, detect and respond to infectious disease threats by developing a five-year plan aligned with the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) and the World Health Organization (WHO)...
04 January 2017 Deputy Secretary Blinken Will Host Republic of Korea Deputy National Security Advisor Cho Washington, DC -- Deputy Secretary Antony Blinken will host First Deputy Director of the Republic of Korea (ROK) National Security Office Cho Tae-yong in Washington on January 6, 2017, for the fifth round of U.S.-ROK strategic consultations on North Korea policy.The two will discuss the...
04 January 2017 Always Faithful: World War II Marine Turns 100 OLATHE, Kansas -- With more than 16 million Americans who served in World War II, only a fraction of them still live today. Even fewer can claim to have reached the age of 100. John J. O’Leary, a retired Marine first lieutenant, is one of the lucky few.He celebrated his 100th birthday at the...
04 January 2017 Air Force Looks to Ensure Cyber Resiliency in Weapons Systems through New Office HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (AFNS) -- The Air Force, through its Life Cycle Management Center, has stood up the Cyber Resiliency Office for Weapons Systems (CROWS).Although the office's primary operating location and senior leadership will be at Hanscom Air Force Base, contributing staff will come...
03 January 2017 Trilateral Meeting with Japanese, South Korean Counterparts WASHINGTON, DC -- Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken will host a trilateral meeting with his counterparts, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama and Republic of Korea First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam January 5 in Washington.The meeting will be the sixth round of trilateral...
03 January 2017 Carl Vinson Strike Group Set for Deployment to Western Pacific SAN DIEGO -- Ships and units from the Carl Vinson Strike Group (CVNSG) will depart San Diego for a regularly-scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific, Jan. 5 and Jan. 6.The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, and embarked Destroyer Squadron (CDS) 1...
03 January 2017 U.S. and India Search for WWII American Airmen The U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recently completed a mission in India to locate the remains of servicemen missing since World War II. The DPAA team concentrated their efforts on sites where U.S. aircraft are believed to have crashed in the Himalayas with still unaccounted-for U.S...
03 January 2017 Fish for the Future: A ship, a Crew, the Sea and a $7 Billion Fishery HONOLULU , Hawaii -- The sea and sky are dark. One fades into the other. The bright deck lights of a foreign fishing boat are the only horizon reference. Roughly 70-feet in length, at two miles away, the boat appears as a dot. “Set LE Phase 1,” rings out over the 1MC, the ship’s on board intercom...