16 November 2016 Pacific Air Forces, US Marine Corps Conclude Exercise Cope West 17 MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- U.S. Marines with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225 conclude exercise Cope West 17 at Sam Ratulangi International Airport, Indonesia, on Nov. 11, 2016.Cope West 17 is a fighter-focused exercise lead by Pacific Air Forces and executed by the...
14 November 2016 Pacific Air Forces, U.S. Marines Conclude Fighter Ops in Cope West 17 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Cope West 2017, a bilateral aircraft exercise between U.S. and Indonesia military forces at Manado Air Base, Indonesia, concluded operations November 11, ending a week of full-spectrum fighter training. Cope West, a Pacific Air Forces sponsored exercise,...
18 October 2016 Bangladesh Disaster Response Exercise Draws to a Successful Close DHAKA, Bangladesh - The seventh annual Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (PR DREE), co-hosted by the Bangladesh Armed Forced Division (AFD) and U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC), drew to a close last week, Oct. 6, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Lt. Gen. Mahfuzur Rahman, Principal Staff...
06 October 2016 Carter, Australian Leaders Discuss Bilateral Issues WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Ash Carter and two Australian government ministers met at the Pentagon today and discussed issues of mutual concern, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said. Carter held the bilateral meeting with Australia's Defense Minister Marise Payne and Defense Industry...
30 September 2016 210th Field Artillery Brigade Conducts Loading Exercise CAMP CASEY, South Korea - Soldiers of the 210th Field Artillery Brigade conducted a Loading Exercise (LOADEX) at Camp Casey, Sept 20. "The purpose of the LOADEX is to ensure that the brigade is ready and prepared to "Fight Tonight"," said Maj. Williams, a San Antonio, Texas native, 210th FA Bde...
30 September 2016 Nepalese Army Disaster Response Exercise Closes KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Members of the Nepalese Army, U.S. Army Pacific, and more than nine other nations participated in the closing ceremony of the Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (DREE) Sept. 23 in Kathmandu, Nepal. During the four-day exercise from Sept. 20-23,...
28 September 2016 Rising Thunder Builds Interoperability with Japanese, Leaders Say YAKIMA, Wash. (Army News Service) -- American and Japanese Soldiers here held a ceremony Friday to close out the three-week-long bilateral "Rising Thunder" exercise, which was held to enhance interoperability between the two nations' armies and to increase their readiness. Rising Thunder kicked off...
22 September 2016 Nepalese Army Disaster Response Exercise Kicks Off KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A bi-lateral disaster response exercise focused on earthquake preparedness began in Kathmandu Sept. 20 as part of the enduring collaboration between the U.S. and Nepalese governments to prepare for natural disasters in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. The Pacific Resilience Disaster...
19 September 2016 Valiant Shield 16: Maintainers Keep Operations Flowing ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Aircraft maintenance crew members with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 kept operations flowing after Exercise Valiant Shield 16 completes its first week at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Sept. 18, 2016.During this U.S.-only, biennial field training...
13 September 2016 599th Finishes Pacific Pathways 16-2 with Offload at Pearl Harbor PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The 599th Transportation Brigade partnered with Fleet Logistics Center Pearl Harbor to discharge 25th Infantry Division cargo and equipment from the Ocean Glory at Pearl Harbor from Sept. 7-9 in the last operation at Pearl Harbor for Pacific Pathways 16-2. Christopher Hill,...