03 June 2016 Headquarters Marine Corps Special Duty Assignment Screening Team visits Camp Foster The Headquarters Marine Corps Special Duty Assignment Screening Team visited Marines June 2 on Camp Foster.The team came to meet with Marines to teach them about special duty assignments and how they can enhance their careers, according to Capt. Brian Stacy, the Headquarters Marine Corps SDA officer...
03 June 2016 Green Dot Takes Effect Across Air Force MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Five Airmen from Misawa took part in the first step of a five-year effort to decrease interpersonal violence across the service.During the month of March, Kadena Air Base, Japan, held a Green Dot prep-session while 23 other bases worldwide held prep-sessions for roughly...
03 June 2016 Seward Thanks Service Members with a Day of Fishing SEWARD, Alaska – Residents of this small fishing town opened their hearts and wallets last week for service members stationed in Alaska, continuing a tradition that organizers call the largest thank you of its kind in any of the United States.The 10th Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament,...
03 June 2016 Carter to Speak at Singapore Conference, Says U.S. Presence in Region is Significant WASHINGTON, June 02, 2016 — Making his fifth trip to the Asia-Pacific region since becoming defense secretary in 2015 shows the significance of the U.S. military’s longstanding presence there, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told reporters traveling with him to Singapore today.Aboard a military...
03 June 2016 American and Japanese Schools, Students Forge New Partnership CAMP ZAMA, Japan (June 2, 2016) - Zama American High School welcomed 90 students from a local Japanese high school May 26 to establish a partnership between the two schools.Students from Ebina High School and ZAHS watched as their principals, Gregg Mowen, Ed.D., principal of ZAHS and Shinichi Imai,...
02 June 2016 U.S. Army, Canadian Army Test Mongolian Armed Forces’ Counter-IED Skills During Khaan Quest 2016 FIVE HILLS TRAINING AREA, Mongolia -- A platoon of approximately 60 service members with the Mongolian Armed Forces participated in the culminating event of a course designed to teach them how to counter mines and improvised explosive devices during Khaan Quest 2016 at Five Hills Training Area, June...
02 June 2016 U.S., Philippine, and Royal Malaysian Navies Sharpen Coordination Skills during Multilateral Sulu Sea Training SULU SEA (NNS) -- The U.S., Philippine, and Malaysian navies are scheduled to conduct a coordinated multilateral training activity in the Sulu Sea, June 4.The training will take place between the bilateral phases of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) with Malaysia and the...
02 June 2016 Japan Training Squadron Visits Pearl Harbor on Around the World Deployment PEARL HARBOR - A Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) training squadron (JTS) composed of three ships began a three-day port visit at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam June 1 as part of an around the world deployment to 16 ports in 13 countries. During the port visit, Adm. Scott Swift, commander...
02 June 2016 Red Devils Participate in Pacific Unity 16 GWANGJU AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Airmen from bases throughout the Pacific and their Republic of Korea counterparts came together to enhance their skills and ongoing relationship during Pacific Unity 16 held at Gwangju Air Base, RoK, May 30 to June 3.PACUNITY is a...
02 June 2016 Procedures Tested, Safety Emphasized During Pacific Partnership Guam Training Exercise NAVAL BASE GUAM -- Personnel aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) held a training exercise in Guam May 31 in support of Pacific Partnership 2016.The exercise gave personnel an opportunity to test their procedures and equipment in a controlled environment before performing in a real-world...