26 February 2018 UN Peacekeepers Open Exercise Shanti Doot 4 in Bangladesh The opening ceremony for Exercise Shanti Doot was held on Feb. 26, 2018, at the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training (BIPSOT), Rajendrapur Cantonment, Bangladesh. Shanti Doot 4 is a multinational United Nations peacekeeping exercise with more than 1,000 participants from more...
26 February 2018 Sailors on Guam Hold Joint Search and Rescue Exercise with U.S. Coast Guard The exercise integrated CRG-1 and CRS-4 into the SAR efforts that HSC-25 and USCG Sector Guam routinely support. A week prior to the event stakeholders from each command came to discuss the actions during a tabletop exercise. “Thank you to everyone here for providing the Coast Guard with your...
26 February 2018 HA/DR Exercise Concludes at Cope North 2018 The 5-day humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) portion of exercise COPE NORTH 18, which allowed U.S. Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and the Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) to practice HA/DR relief efforts, concluded Feb. 23, 2018.This year marks the 89th iteration of...
26 February 2018 U.S.-Japan Friendship Concert Showcases Harmony Between Two Nations Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni students united with local Japanese students for the eighth annual U.S.-Japan Friendship Concert at the Sinfonia Iwakuni Concert Hall in Iwakuni City, Japan, Feb. 24, 2018.The event allowed students from different cultures to come together to perform and have the...
23 February 2018 Cobra Gold 18: Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise CHACHOENGSAO, Thailand -- The Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise (HADR-X) is a part of Cobra Gold 2018, an annual exercise conducted in the Kingdom of Thailand held from Feb. 13-23 with seven full participating nations.Participants of the HADR-X included the Kingdom of Thailand,...
23 February 2018 Tri-lateral Aeromedical Personnel Train at COPE NORTH 18 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Personnel from multiple nations conducted aeromedical missions during the Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief (HA/DR) portion of exercise COPE NORTH 18 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Feb. 19,...
23 February 2018 Icemen Practice Recovery Operations during Arctic Gold 18-5 EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- It’s just another day in the office; the computers are humming, keyboard strokes are sounding and engines are starting to be spun-up and sent to work.“ALARM BLACK, MOPP LEVEL 4”You hear the words over the speaker system, AtHoc messages are ringing on everyone’s...
23 February 2018 Defense Coordination Element- Hawaii Responds to Gita HONLULU, Hawaii -- Personnel and relief supplies requested by the Government of American Samoa began arriving in the capital of Pago Pago on 12 and 14 February. These items include Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - provided tents, cots, tarpaulins, clean-up materials and medical supplies...
23 February 2018 Cobra Gold 18: Allied Marines Learn Jungle Survival Skills SATTAHIP, CHONBURI PROVINCE, Thailand -- Sunlight peeks though the tree tops as a team of Marines make their way through a dense and humid jungle. The last of their rations and water are all gone and there is no opportunity for resupply for several days. Thirst and hunger start to kick in. The...
22 February 2018 Cobra Gold 18: Engineering Project Produces New Building for the Community KORAT, THAILAND -- Military service members from the Kingdom of Thailand, the United States, China, school educators, and members of the local community gathered together to see the official opening of a newly constructed building, during a ceremony Feb. 22, 2018 in Korat, Kingdom of Thailand. The...