12 January 2015 USS Bonhomme Richard Departs on Deployment The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), departed Jan. 10 for its deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.Bonhomme Richard will embark the Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit...
12 January 2015 U.S. Forces Korea Commander Visited the 8th Fighter Wing The commander of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and U.S. Forces Korea visited the 8th Fighter Wing for the first time and talked to its members about their importance here on the peninsula Jan. 9.Throughout his visit, Army Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti had the opportunity to...
12 January 2015 Amphibious Squadron Five/11th MEU Transits from U.S. 5th Fleet to U.S. 7th Fleet After an extensive operational period with a variety of operations and exercises, two of the three ships of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), along with embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), departed the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO) to the 7th Fleet, Jan. 9, 2015...
09 January 2015 CTF-75 Establishment Ceremony Celebrates Mission Ahead Commander, Task Force (CTF) 75 was established in a ceremony at Camp Covington at Naval Base Guam Jan. 9. The event formalized CTF-75's command and control of assigned Navy Expeditionary Combat Forces within the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief as...
09 January 2015 Pentagon to Request 20 Percent Less for War Funding, Officials say The Pentagon will request about $51 billion in war funding for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, a 20-percent reduction from the $64 billion Congress approved this year and the least since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, officials and congressional aides said. The Overseas Contingency Operations...