02 February 2015 COPE SOUTH Members Provide Special Delivery to Students U.S. and Bangladesh Airmen delivered hundreds of paratroopers and airdropbundles to drop zones during Exercise COPE SOUTH 15 this week, but it was aspecial delivery that took center stage here Jan. 28. A small contingent of 10exercise participants took time from a busy flight operations schedule to...
02 February 2015 U.S. Government Assistance Enhances Education in the Philippines On January 30, the government of the Philippines and the U.S. governmentsigned a new Bilateral Assistance Agreement for Basic Education that will helpboost literacy in the Philippines. U.S. Embassy Manila’s United States Agencyfor International Development (USAID) Mission Director Gloria D. Steele...
02 February 2015 Bonhomme Richard Completes Flight Deck Certification The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) successfully completed flight deck certification, Jan. 29, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) (Reinforced) 262, Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 231 and Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 Det. 6.The Afloat Training...
02 February 2015 Pacific Command Senior Medical Military Delegation Visits the People's Republic of China A Pacific Command (PACOM) Senior Medical Military Delegation, which included Rear Adm. Colin Chinn, PACOM Surgeon and Brig. Gen. Patrick Sargent, U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) Surgeon/Commanding General, Pacific Regional Medical Command (PRMC), along with other PACOM component surgeons, conducted a...
30 January 2015 Japanese Forces Train with US Marines to Enhance Amphibious Capabilities The cold and gloomy morning starts with troops fighting against the waves of a surf line and feeling a rush of the cold ocean water drenching their bodies as they strategically ride in Combat Rubber Raiding Crafts along the coast of southern California.Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st...