HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The U.S. Coast Guard transferred a high endurance cutter to the Vietnam coast guard during a ceremony in Honolulu, Thursday at 10 a.m.The ship, which will be renamed CSB 8020, is expected to improve the Vietnam coast guard’s maritime domain awareness, increase its capacity to...

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Members from the 51st and 8th Fighter Wing Security Forces Squadrons participated in weapons training at Camp Rodriguez, Republic of Korea, May 23-24, 2017, ensuring the Defenders are vigilant and ready to Fight Tonight.During the training, Defenders qualified on...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Six Tongan fishermen are safe today following a joint rescue effort between the U.S. Coast Guard, Maritime New Zealand and the Tongan navy.The men arrived safely to Tongatapu aboard a Tongan naval patrol boat after they were initially located by a U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules...

HONOLULU – The 2017 Land Forces Pacific (LANPAC) Symposium and Exhibition concluded a three-day conference May 25 in Honolulu with representatives from more than three-quarters of the U.S. partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, including many chiefs of armies, in attendance.“What a tremendous...

YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The forward-deployed Areligh Burke guided-missile cruiser USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), aka ‘Big Bad John,’ passed all readiness requirements for a materiel assessment conducted by the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV), May 25.INSURV was established by Congress to...

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWAK, Japan -- Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 replaced VMM-262 as the aviation combat element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) May 26, 2017.“Having VMM-265 reunited with the 31st MEU will benefit all of the Marines greatly,” said Sgt. Maj. Jim Lanham, sergeant major...

HANOI, Vietnam -- Ambassador Osius visited Khanh Hoa province from May 23 to 24 to highlight Pacific Partnership 17’s (PP17) collaboration with the province. During the two-day visit, Ambassador Osius met with Khanh Hoa People’s Committee Chairman Le Duc Vinh, visited PP17 personnel from the United...

NEWPORT, R.I. -- Freedom of navigation in some of the world's most uneasy waters was the focus of a conference, May 24, hosted by the Stockton Center for the Study of International Law, U.S. Naval War College (NWC), and attended by legal experts from around the globe.The two-day conference,...

WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN -- The Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and its Sailors received the Zenkokai Associaton Award for work in the local community, during a ceremony at the Meiji-Jingu Shrine in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, May 20.Three Ronald Reagan Sailors attended the...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- June 3 marks the 75th anniversary of the Aleutian Islands Campaign during World War II – a campaign which claimed 1,481 allied lives.With extensive intelligence gathered prior to the beginning of WWII, the Japanese believed Alaska was key to not only...