The amphibious dock landing ship, USS Germantown (LSD 42) and the 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion (AAB), 2nd Marine Division (MARDIV), operated with Japanese Self Defense Forces (JSDF) during exercise Keen Sword, Nov. 11-12.Keen Sword is a bilateral amphibious training exercise conducted with JSDF...

Throughout history nations have maintained their thorough control of the seas, from the Royal British navy that reigned for nearly 300 years, to the Imperial Japanese navy of the early 1900’s, and today the U.S. Navy. Not to be forgotten in the discussion of defense and freedom of the seas, is the...

The forward deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) returned to Commander Fleet Activities Sasebo (CFAS), Nov. 14, following a scheduled three-month patrol.While on patrol, the ship operated with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Japanese Self Defense Force (JSDF),...

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 2014, U.S. Ambassador Philip S. Goldberg, along with senior members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines paused to honor the military members of both nations at a Veterans Day ceremony at Manila’s American Cemetery.Gregorio Pio P...

Dr. Peter Cho, electrical engineer at Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station(NAVSSES) began a three-month assignment in early November as the U.S. Embassy Science Fellow, Power and Energy specialist at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Cho, who received the Department of the Navy...