19 December 2014 Papua New Guinea Defense Force Receives Medical Supplies and Equipment from the U.S. Withsupport from the Government of the United States of America, Project C.U.R.E.(Commission on Urgent Relief and Equipment), an American NGO, sent medicalsupplies and equipment to the PNG Defense Forces. U.S. Ambassador to Papua NewGuinea, Walter North, presented these materials to the PNG Defense...
17 December 2014 U.S., Japan students make music The Marine Memorial Chapel hosted a holiday concert for Matthew C. Perry Schools and Higashi Junior High School students aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 15, 2014.This event is the first time the Japanese and American children performed together. “Initially, this event was...
17 December 2014 Coast Guard provides SAR planning support to Republic of Korea Coast Guard search and rescue crews were relieved by Republic of Korea assets on Saturday in their search for 26 crewmembers from the fishing vessel 501 Oryong that capsized Nov. 30, 2014, near Chukotka, Russia, in the Bering Sea. The Coast Guardcompleted more than 24 searches covering more than...
17 December 2014 Marines, JGSDF rapidly respond to simulated contaminations (Dec. 2, 2014) A field and an abandoned structure sustain an unknown, potentially dangerous, contamination leak. U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members hastily suit up in Mission Oriented Protective Posture gear in preparation for their mission. They rushed off to the...
16 December 2014 US Marines, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Look to Sky for Forest Light's Culminating Event U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force troops simulated a movement to contact and assault on an objective Dec. 9-10 while participating in Forest Light 15-1 at the Oyanohara Training Area in Yamato, Japan.Forest Light is a routine, semi-annual exercise designed to enhance the U.S. and...