10 December 2014 Japanese Navy Shares Cultural Event with US Counterparts Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Yokosuka and Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Ship Supply Depot (SSD) members came together Dec. 5 in a celebration of culture and friendship. The celebration took place during a traditional Japanese rice-pounding...
10 December 2014 Louisville Visits Singapore during Western Pacific Deployment Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Louisville (SSN 724) arrived at Changi Naval Base Dec. 5 for a port call as part of her deployment to the Western Pacific. With an augmented complement of nearly 170 officers and men, Louisville showcased the latest capabilities of the submarine fleet in...
10 December 2014 New PACAF Commander, Command Chief Visit Iceman Team Gen. Lori Robinson, the Pacific Air Forces commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Buddy Hutchison, the Pacific Air Forces command chief, visited Eielson Air Force Base to gain a better understanding of base capabilities and unit readiness Dec. 4-6. During her visit, General Robinson, who assumed command...
09 December 2014 US Soldiers Serve Japanese Communities Sumo wrestling with children and pulverizing rice with a hammer are not your average community service projects – unless you’re in Japan.U.S. service members joined their Japanese counterparts Dec. 5 for a series of community service events during the run-up to Yama Sakura, an annual bi-lateral...
09 December 2014 Marines, Japanese Students Share Culture U.S. Marines participating in exercise Forest Light 15-1 visited with high school students here Dec. 5.A group of 11 Marines took time out of their bilateral training to speak with students at Kumamoto’s Kaishin and Chinzei high schools. The school visits centered on the sharing of cultures...
08 December 2014 Yama Sakura 67 Kicks Off in Japan For the 34th time, U.S. and Japanese Soldiers stood side-by-side to kick off Japan's largest command post exercise here, today.Yama Sakura 67 officially started with a brief ceremony in which commanders from I Corps and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Eastern Army lauded the long-standing...
08 December 2014 US Embassy Expresses Condolences to the Philippine Government for the Devastation Caused by Typhoon Ruby On behalf of the U.S. Government, the United StatesEmbassy Manila wishes to extend our deepest condolences for the loss of life anddevastation caused by Typhoon Ruby (international name Hagupit).The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Embassy Manila’s U.S. Agency forInternational Development (USAID),...
08 December 2014 Pearl Harbor Day Commemorates 73rd Anniversary of Attacks Veterans, service members, families and guests commemorated Pearl Harbor Day with multiple ceremonies at Ford Island and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Dec. 7.The theme of this year's historic commemorations, "Preserving the Memory," focused on keeping the story of the attacks on Oahu and the...
08 December 2014 VMM-265 Lands at MCAS Iwakuni, Begins Preparation for Support of Exercise Forest Light Three MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 landed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 6, 2014, to refuel and begin planning for support of Exercise Forest Light in Kumamoto Prefecture.Forest Light is a routine, semiannual training exercise that...
08 December 2014 U.S. Air Force B-52 Takes Part in Joint Training at Royal Australian Air Force Darwin The U.S. Air Force will send a B-52 and KC-135, operatingfrom Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwinlater this week to take part in short term joint training with the RAAF. TheB-52 is assigned to Andersen AFB as part of U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. AirForce...