08 December 2016 Louisville Visits Changwon during Indo-Asia-Pacific Deployment CHANGWON, Republic of Korea (NNS) -- Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Louisville (SSN 724) arrived at U.S. Fleet Activities Chinhae for a routine port visit as part of its deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, Dec. 8.With a crew of 131, Louisville will conduct a multitude of missions and...
08 December 2016 Media Availability with Secretary Carter enroute to Delhi, India SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASH CARTER: I'll be -- I'll be brief. This is a really important stop because India is, I believe, destined to be a major strategic partner of the United States.(inaudible) -- yeah. Sorry. Do I need to start over? Okay. Sorry.So I -- as I said, I believe it is an important...
08 December 2016 Survivors, Friends, Families Remember Hickam Field Attacks in 1941 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- On the morning of Dec. 7th, service members and their friends and families gathered here to remember the fatal attacks on Hickam Field in 1941.The ceremony, which honored the 492 men and women killed and wounded on Hickam Field, came 75 years after the two...
07 December 2016 Peace and Reconciliation Emphasized at Annual Blackened Canteen Ceremony PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- On a warm June evening in 1945, in the skies over Shizuoka, Japan, two U.S. Army Air Force B-29s from 314th Bomb Wing collided during a planned bombing raid, killing all 23 American crewmen on board.Down below, more than 2,000 Shizuoka citizens also perished in the raid. The...
07 December 2016 Lower Mekong Initiative Opening Ceremony NYI PYI TAW, Republic of the Union of Myanmar -- Humanitarian and disaster relief experts from across the Indo-Asia-Pacific gathered in Nyi Pyi Taw, Republic of the Union of Myanmar, December 06, for a four-day workshop and conference to discuss ways to improve relief efforts and save human lives...
07 December 2016 Sunset Memorial Held for USS Utah Sailors PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 6, 2016) – As the sun slowly sets on the horizon, forming a golden hue in the clouds, Pearl Harbor survivors, World War II veterans, and guests, gathered at the USS Utah Memorial on Ford Island, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, for a sunset tribute Dec. 6.The hour-long ceremony is...
07 December 2016 On the 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor, Remembering the Tragedy WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- In the decades that followed World War II, the attack on Pearl Harbor had faded somewhat in the American public's memory.The attacks of 9/11 changed all of that. "All those bad memories surged forward again," said James C. McNaughton, who served as command historian...
07 December 2016 Remarks by Secretary Carter and Japanese Defense Minister Inada in Tokyo, Japan DEFENSE MINISTER TOMOMI INADA (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Secretary Carter, welcome over to ministry of defense today. I'm very happy to have another ministerial meeting with you since the first ministerial we had in Washington in September. I had the honor yesterday to attend the courtesy call you had...
07 December 2016 Chinese Navy Ships Visit San Diego SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- People's Liberation Army (Navy) (PLA(N)) ships, Jiangkai II-class frigates Yancheng (FFG 546) and Daqing (FFG 576), and Fuchi-class oiler Tai Hu (AOR 889), arrived in San Diego as part of a routine port visit, Dec. 6-9. Guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71) will host...
07 December 2016 U.S. Marines Commemorate, Honor Four Marines Killed during Pearl Harbor Attack KAPOLEI, Hawaii -- Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, Hawaii, wasn’t a desirable duty station in 1941. It was a hot, barren field. Marines slept in a tent city for nearly a year before a permanent barracks was constructed. Then, just a week after personnel moved into their quarters, this...