13 February 2015 Ambassador Kennedy and First Lady of Japan Visit Olympia The crew of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717) welcomed First Lady Akie Abe, the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, during a tour of the submarine Feb. 12. The tour was conducted to reinforce the strategic alliance that exists between the U.S. and Japan,...
13 February 2015 Pacific Fleet Hosts Senior Leaders Course, Strengthens International Bonds Senior military leaders from 14 nations gathered at U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) headquarters here in Hawaii for the Naval War College Combined Force Maritime Component Commander (CFMCC) Flag Officer Course Feb. 5-11.The 27 CFMCC participants came from Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Chile, France,...
12 February 2015 25th Infantry Division Kicks off Cobra Gold 15 U.S. Soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, stood alongside Thai Soldiers from the 31-1st Infantry Regiment, King's Guard Rapid Deployment Force, during a Cobra Gold 15 Opening Ceremony on the Royal Thai Army's Camp 31-1, near Lop Buri, Thailand, Feb...
12 February 2015 Presidents Day: Honoring U.S. Presidents Washington and Lincoln U.S. Holidays Washington’s Birthday is a U.S. federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Increasingly, the holiday has become an occasion to celebrate the birthdays of both President George Washington and...
12 February 2015 Japan's First Lady Tours USS George Washington The USS George Washington played host Thursday to Japan’s first lady and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, completing one of its highest-profile ship tours before the aircraft carrier leaves Japan later this year. Akie Abe, wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, spent a few hours aboard talking...
12 February 2015 USS Paul Hamilton to depart on Deployment The guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) is scheduled to depart Feb. 14 on an independent deployment to the Arabian Gulf and Western Pacific Ocean. While deployed, Paul Hamilton and its crew of more than 300 Sailors will conduct theater security cooperation and maritime presence...
12 February 2015 Japan Soldiers Host Opening Ceremony to Kickoff Exercise North Wind 2015 An official ceremony hosted by the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force was held to kickoff Exercise North Wind 2015 here Feb. 9.Elements of the JGSDF 27th Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, Northern Army hosted an official ceremony to welcome members of U.S. Army Alaska's 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st...
11 February 2015 Army Materiel Command Leadership Team Assesses Logistics Role in Pacific A leadership team from the U.S. Army Materiel Command, or AMC, recently assessed the organization's role in South Korea, a country where the United States has sustained a 60-plus year alliance touted as one of history's most successful partnerships.AMC Commander Gen. Dennis L. Via led a team there...
11 February 2015 Joint Statement from the Second Japan-U.S. Development Dialogue Today, the second Japan-U.S. Development Dialogue (senior level) was held in Tokyo, Japan. Ambassador Takeshi Osuga, Deputy Director General of the International Cooperation Bureau, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Mr. Koki Hirota, Director General of the Operations Strategy Department, Japan...
11 February 2015 Survival, Spiders and Cobras in Thailand My journey begins on a small island named Okinawa, south of mainland Japan. I’ve been stationed there as a Marine for close to nine months now and, finally, got the chance to deploy.I received orders to support exercise Cobra Gold in Thailand -- a country I’ve always wanted to visit. Soon...
11 February 2015 Korean War Heroics Commemorated during Annual Ceremony Hundreds of Korean War veterans, U.S. Forces Korea servicemembers, and supporters of the Alliance between the Republic of Korea and the U.S., paid homage Feb. 6 at Osan Air Base to the Soldiers of "Easy" Company, 27th Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, Eighth U.S. Army during an annual commemoration...
11 February 2015 Maritime Prepositioning Force Responds to Cobra Gold 15 The maritime prepositioning ship, U.S. Naval Ship Pililaau, sails across the pacific ocean February 6 with equipment and supplies for exercise Cobra Gold 2015 in Thailand.The Pililaau is one of many ships which make up the Marine Corps' Maritime Prepositioning Force. The MPF provides the Marine...
11 February 2015 Signal Brigade Conducts Combined Decontamination Exercise with South Korean Army Soldiers of 293rd Signal Company conducted a decontamination exercise, combined with the 50th Infantry Division of Republic of Korea, or R.O.K., army, Feb. 5.Soldiers, leaders, and South Korean Augmentees to the U.S. Army gathered in full chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear explosives,...
10 February 2015 U.S. Mission and Nepal Armed Police Force Complete Well Project The U.S. Mission to Nepal, in partnership with the Nepal Armed Police Force,has constructed seven deep tube wells in the Kathmandu Valley to provide anemergency water supply in the event of a catastrophic earthquake. With this$1.3 million project, each of the seven wells can provide up to 10,000...
10 February 2015 USS Fort Worth Arrives at Navy Region Singapore for Crew Swap The littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) arrived at Navy Region Singapore Feb. 10 to conduct a crew swap over the next week. Crew 104 will turn over with Crew 103 after operating Fort Worth for the first four months of her 16-month rotational deployment to U.S. 7th Fleet in support of...
10 February 2015 Rappel, Climb, Patrol, Repeat: ROK, U.S. Marines Train for Mountain Warfare Republic of Korea and U.S. Marines train for mountain warfare during Korean Marine Exchange Program 15-17 Feb. 8 at the Minam-ri Mountain Warfare Training Facility, Pohang Republic of Korea.U.S. Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment,...
10 February 2015 Cleaning Hazardous Waste Under Arctic Conditions Hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst, members of the 611th CivilEngineer Squadron, along with five other state and federal agencies, practicedtechniques to deal with an oil or hazardous waste spill under cold weatherconditions during an exercise here Feb. 3 through 5.As the lone CES...
10 February 2015 ROK, U.S. Marines Exchange Combat Maneuver Tactics Republic of Korea and U.S. Marines exchanged combat maneuvers and tactics during Korean Marine Exchange Program 15-4 at the Pyeongchang Winter Training Facility, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea.KMEP is a regularly scheduled, bilateral, small-unit training exercise, which enhances the combat readiness...
10 February 2015 USS Green Bay Enters U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Operations USS Green Bay (LPD 20) arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations Feb. 10, bringing the Navy’s latest technology to its largest numbered Fleet.Green Bay, the forward deployed San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, is en route to Sasebo, Japan, to replace the decommissioned...
09 February 2015 3rd Brigade Combat Team Gunnery Ensures Readiness, Builds Cohesion A cold wind swept across the land in the early morning as a Bradley made its way into position. Inside the 27 tons of steel, a crew scanned for targets in the area while another Bradley moved up nearby. Suddenly, a deafening and repeating boom was heard as one of the Bradley's opened fire with its...