01 May 2014 Army's Chief Information Officer Visits Humphreys to See Construction Efforts As part of the focus on the Pacific, the Army's new Chief Information Officer met with senior Army leaders in Hawaii before coming to Korea to see the massive construction project underway at USAG Humphreys. Lt. Gen. Robert S. Ferrell, Army CIO/G-6, was given an aerial tour of the construction area...
30 April 2014 South Korea, U.S. Leaders Discuss Integrating Women into Field Artillery Leaders from 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, visited the Republic of Korea Field Artillery School here, April 1, to discuss integrating women into the field artillery career field. The visit featured a junior officer exchange between five female U.S. Army field artillery...
29 April 2014 Blue Ridge Begins Patrol U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) departed Yokosuka to patrol the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Blue Ridge will provide advanced communications for 7th Fleet, enabling theater security cooperation and coordination of fleet engagement goals during the patrol."It's good to get back into our...
29 April 2014 Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Forces Honored during Memorial Service The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) Day Memorial Service was held at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific April 25, to honor the service and sacrifice of the ANZAC forces during World War I.ANZAC Day commemorates the 1915 attack by Australian and New Zealand forces on Turkey...
29 April 2014 Angkor Sentinel 2014 Kicks Off with Opening Ceremony U.S. and Cambodian forces attended the opening ceremony here, April 20, for Angkor Sentinel 2014, an annual bilateral military exercise hosted by the Royal Cambodian Army and sponsored by U.S. Army Pacific.Nearly 1,000 Soldiers participated in the day's event, including over 100 from the Idaho Army...
29 April 2014 Pacific Partnership Brings New Look to Multilateral Mission The U.S. Navy's ninth multilateral Pacific Partnership mission will include an enhanced role for Japan, and simultaneous seaborne and airborne phases, to improve disaster response preparedness in five Southeast Asia host nations beginning in late May.Directly assisting host nations Vietnam,...
28 April 2014 Eighth Army Leaders Visit Incheon Landing Sites Leaders from the top U.S. Army formation in Korea visited the sites of the amphibious operation that turned the tide of the Korean War 63 years ago.Eighth Army conducted a staff ride to Incheon, South Korea, April 25 to recount Operation Chromite, the decisive amphibious operation championed by...
28 April 2014 Philippine, U.S. Armed Forces Exchange Expertise, Best Practices Subject matter experts from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. armed forces held the opening ceremony for a Civil Military Operations symposium April 25 in Legazpi City, Albay Province, Philippines.The week-long symposium will highlight the importance of civil affairs and public...
24 April 2014 Obama: U.S. Treaty Commitment to Japan is "Absolute" President Barack Obama, making the first state visit by an American president to Japan in nearly two decades, made clear today the United States would be obligated to come to Japan's defense in any confrontation with China over islands both nations claim in the East China Sea.During a joint press...
24 April 2014 The First Australian to Command Marines in Vietnam Receives Bronze Star Lieutenant Gen. Terry Robling, commanding general, Marine Corps Forces Pacific, visited the Marines of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin in order to present a Bronze Star Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device to Brig. Michael Harris during an award ceremony, here, April 22, 2014.Both Marines and...