Defense Secretary Ash Carter thanked U.S. troops at Osan Air Base, South Korea, for their service and spoke to them about the importance of the Asia-Pacific region.Traveling on his first official visit to the region as defense secretary, Carter held a troop talk yesterday and told a group of...

It's been 20 years since Col. Cirilito Sobejana, the Armed Forces of thePhilippines (AFP) Philippine Army G3, visited Tripler Army Medical Center(TAMC).During his first visit, a then Capt. Sobejana, wondered ifdoctors here would be able to save his nearly severed right arm.Herecently got to shake...

Humanitarian assistance and Disaster response was the focusas Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum (ARF) members metin Kuala Lumpur April 9-10.  The workshopdiscussed how to enhance collaboration and efficiencies in disaster response exercises.   In particular, participants...

Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with South Korea President Park Geun-hye in Seoul and reaffirmed the strength and importance of the enduring alliance between the United States and South Korea, according to a Defense Department statement issued today. Carter is on first trip to the Asia-Pacific...

The U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) navies conducted a successful mine countermeasures exercise March 30 - April 11 as part of Foal Eagle 2015.The bilateral training is designed to increase readiness and interoperability in mine countermeasures operations and enhance theater security cooperation...