While a lot of Americans typically celebrate the New Year watching “The Ball” drop on TV and toasting with friends and family, the Japanese celebrate in their own unique way.It’s a tradition called mochitsuki. This ceremony involves pounding rice with a wooden mallet to make mochi, a Japanese...

Lt. Gen. Chee Meng, Singapore Armed Forces Chief of Defense Force, and Singaporean senior leadership paid a visit to the 25th Infantry Division Lightning Academy/Jungle Operations Training Center Jan 23. The 25th ID Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Charles Flynn, hosted the visit not only to strengthen...

The Army has always had a footprint in the Pacific region. But in the past, training exercises with those nations were not linked together in a meaningful way that would reflect complex operational dynamics, said Lt. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza.Today, exercises are taking place simultaneously in different...

The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) conducted an ammo on-load Jan. 22-23 in preparation for its next deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.Over the course of two days, Weapons Department Sailors craned on and stored more than 1,000 pallets of...

U.S. Air Force and Bangladesh air force personnel will participate in exerciseCOPE SOUTH 15, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, bilateral tactical airliftexercise, at BAF Base Bangabandhu, Bangladesh, Jan. 24 through30.Approximately 80 U.S. Airmen, along with three U.S. Air Force C-130HHercules...