The U.S. Embassy Manila’s United States Agency for International Development (USAID) turned over classrooms and transitional shelters yesterday as part of the United States Government’s continuing commitment to help the people of Leyte recover from the destruction caused by Typhoon Yolanda over a...

Four New York Army National Guard Public Affairs Soldiers plugged into a joint public affairs effort here to collect stories, photos and video from a joint U.S.-Japan exercise that kicked off Oct. 27 and ran through Nov. 7.The New York public affairs element consisted of three members of the 138th...

The 15th Annual Kadena Special Olympics, one of the largest community relations events in Okinawa with more than 1,500  athletes and artists combined, was held at the Risner Fitness Center here Nov. 8.The event kicked off with an opening ceremony where the athletes heard words of encouragement...

Soldiers from 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., with Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) members from the 11th Infantry Regiment, 7th Division, Northern Army, attended a ceremony that closed Orient Shield 14, a bilateral training exercise...

On November 8, 2013 Typhoon Yolanda slammed into the Philippines leaving death, debris and broken lives in its wake.  Within hours the U.S. Embassy, USAID, and U.S. armed forces, working with their Philippine partners were on their way bringing life and hope to the victims.  The story of those...