03 November 2014 Pacific Fleet Commander Awarded the Korean Tong-il National Defense Medal Adm. Harry Harris Jr., the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, was awarded the prestigious Korean Tong-il national defense medal Nov. 3 during a ceremony at the Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense in Seoul. Republic of Korea Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Hwang Ki-chul, presented Harris...
03 November 2014 Guam Locked in Billion-dollar Waiting Game with Congress on Military Move Gov. Eddie Calvo takes issue when anyone describes his native island as “out of the way.”Although the American territory is distant from the rest of the United States – in both geography and general awareness — it’s also a four-hour commercial flight from roughly 1.7 billion people.None of this is...
03 November 2014 Pacific Air Forces Prepares for Ebola Detection and Control Ebola. It's all over the news, litters our Facebook feeds and has become a common topic of conversation. Healthcare workers from a variety of organizations have mobilized to Africa to help fight the disease, and now, some military members have begun to deploy to Liberia to support those...
03 November 2014 2501st Digital Liaison Detachment Strengthens Partnership through Discussion Eighth Army's 2501st Digital Liaison Detachment (DLD) conducted a leader professional development lecture with the First Republic of Korea Army (FROKA) Commanding General and his staff at FROKA headquarters in Wonju, South Korea, Oct. 21.The topic of the lecture was the U.S. Army Warfighting...
31 October 2014 Heart of Asia Foreign Ministerial Thank you Foreign Minister Wang, for such a warm welcome back to Beijing. I am honored to be here on behalf of President Obama. My friend, Secretary of State John Kerry, also asked me to share his appreciation with the foreign ministers here today.One month ago this week, I was honored to witness...