31 October 2018 VP-16 Aircrew Conducts Subject Matter Expert Exchange with Indian Navy GOA, India -- Representatives from Patrol squadron 16 (VP-16) met with Indian Navy counterparts of Indian Naval Squadron (INS) 312 for a Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) in Goa, India on Oct. 22. Members from VP-16’s top combat aircrew, Crew 7, conduct training and shared their technical...
31 October 2018 Mattis Shares Threat Pictures Behind New National Defense Strategy WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis shared the thinking behind the new National Defense Strategy during a discussion at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington yesterday. The strategy, released in January, sees Russia and China as the greatest threats with Iran and North...
31 October 2018 Regional Health Command-Pacific Supports Blood Safety Program in Cambodia JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- A team of medical professionals from Regional Health Command-Pacific's medical treatment facilities and units, in partnership with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the U.S. Army in the Pacific, recently supported a blood safety global health engagement in the Kingdom...
30 October 2018 U.S. and Japan Kick Off Exercise Keen Sword PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Units from the U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) began exercise Keen Sword at military installations throughout Japan and surrounding waters, Oct. 29.The biennial exercise is the latest in a series of joint/bilateral field training exercises since 1986...
30 October 2018 Chief of Naval Operations Visits Philippines, Highlights Importance of U.S.-Philippine Alliance MANILA, Philippines -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John M. Richardson visited the Republic of the Philippines Oct. 28 and 29, highlighting the importance of the U.S.-Philippine alliance to the Indo-Pacific region.While in the Philippines, Richardson met with Chief of Staff of the Armed...
30 October 2018 USS Shoup Arrives in American Samoa as Part of Oceania Maritime Security Initiative Deployment PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA -- Guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) arrived in Pago Pago October 27 as part of the ship’s Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) deployment.OMSI is a Secretary of Defense program that leverages Department of Defense assets transiting the region to improve...
30 October 2018 Coast Guard Responds to Report of Sinking Vessel off Ewa Beach, Oahu HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard responded to a report of a sinking charter-fishing vessel off Ewa Beach, Sunday.A Station Honolulu 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew was able to evacuate the three crewmembers aboard and is currently bringing them back to Sand Island. Six passengers on the charter...
30 October 2018 7th Fleet Commander Joins Royal New Zealand Navy's Fleet Warfare Forum AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Vice Adm. Phil Sawyer, Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, represented the U.S. Navy at the Royal New Zealand Navy’s (RNZN) annual Fleet Warfare Forum at Devonport Naval Base Oct. 29-30.As well as meeting with his New Zealand counterparts he had the opportunity to get together with a...
29 October 2018 Statement from the U.S. Forces Japan Commander, Lt. Gen. Jerry P. Martinez Commencement of Exercise Keen Sword 19 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Today marks the start of Exercise Keen Sword ’19, the largest and most complex U.S.-Japan bilateral field training exercise. This biennial event is designed to increase the combat readiness and interoperability of the U.S. military and the Japan Self Defense Forces.Keen...
29 October 2018 U.S. Successfully Conducts SM-3 Block IIA Intercept Test KAUAI, Hawaii -- Sailors aboard USS John Finn (DDG 113) and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully conducted an intercept of a medium-range ballistic missile target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile during a flight test off the west coast of Hawaii, Oct. 26.The SM-3 Block IIA...