30 November 2017 Readout of 16th U.S.-India Military Cooperation Group CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii – On Nov. 28-29, Deputy Commander, U.S. Pacific Command Lt. Gen. Bryan Fenton met with Indian Chief of Integrated Defense Staff, Lt. Gen. Satish Dua during the 16th Military Cooperation Group (MCG) at Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii. Lt. Gen. Fenton and Lt. Gen. Dua co-chaired the...
30 November 2017 U.S. Marines and Sailors Having Each Other's Backs Since 1775 CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan -- From the time when the U.S. Navy began, groups of specifically trained, maritime infantry have accompanied them.Since November 10, 1775, when Congress approved the establishment of two Marine battalions, as America's expeditionary force in readiness, the U.S. Marine...
30 November 2017 State Begins Reef Damage Assessment, Final Preps Being Made to Remove Pacific Paradise from Kaimana Beach, Oahu HONOLULU, Hawaii -- A team from the State of Hawaii is beginning their reef damage assessment Wednesday as final preparations are made by responders in advance of another attempt to remove the 79-foot fishing vessel Pacific Paradise Friday or Saturday depending on the weather. Once refloat...
30 November 2017 World War II Veteran Celebrates 100th Birthday SAN DIEGO -- Retired Chief Warrant 2 and World War II veteran, Arthur "Art" Roemmich, celebrated his 100th birthday at a ceremony held at Admiral Baker Clubhouse Nov. 27.During Roemmich's 22 years in the Navy, he was stationed in five different locations and served on seven different ships, his...
30 November 2017 Combat Logistics Battalion 31 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Marines Refine Counter-improvised Explosive Device Tactics CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 conducted counter improvised explosive device (IDE) training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 21, 2017.During the training the Marines refined their ability to mitigate the dangers of IEDs...
29 November 2017 U.S.-Japan Complete 3JA Exercise HYUGA-NADA SEA, Japan -- USS Chief (MCM 14), Mine Countermeasures Squadron (MCMRON) 7 staff, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) Detachment 2A, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) units successfully completed exercise 3JA...
29 November 2017 Combatant Command Enlisted Leaders Discuss Operations, Noncommissioned Officers Empowerment WASHINGTON -- Combatant command senior enlisted leaders discussed operations against terrorists in their areas, the state of forces and what noncommissioned officers bring to the table internationally during a Pentagon news conference yesterday.Army Command Sgt. Major John W. Troxell, the senior...
29 November 2017 Secretary Tillerson's Statement on the Latest D.P.R.K. Missile Launch WASHINGTON -- The United States strongly condemns North Korea’s launch of what is likely an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan, indiscriminately threatening its neighbors, the region and global stability.The D.P.R.K.’s relentless pursuit of nuclear weapons and the means to...
29 November 2017 U.S., South Korean Alliance Reinforced as Airmen Train for Wartime Contingency GWANGJU AIR BASE, South Korea -- Clouds of dust filled the air as an excavator with a jackhammer extension tore through a damaged runway at Gwangju Air Base, South Korea.Approximately forty U.S. Airmen from the 773d Civil Engineer Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and 40 Republic...
29 November 2017 Ambassador Tina Kaidanow Travels to California, Republic of Korea, and the Philippines WASHINGTON, DC -- Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Tina Kaidanow will travel to California, the Republic of Korea, and the Philippines November 29-December 7, for discussions on a variety of international security issues.In Laguna Niguel, California,...