24 October 2016 Japanese Officer Engagement Program Strengthens US, Japan Interoperability MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, IWAKUNI, Japan -- Japan Aviation Self-Defense Force cadets with the 12th Flight Training Wing, visited Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, as part of the Japanese Officer Engagement Program Oct. 19, 2016.Held multiple times throughout the year, the engagement program...
24 October 2016 Boxer Receives Secretary of the Navy Energy, Water Management Award SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) was awarded the fiscal year 2016 Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Energy and Water Management Award for large amphibious ship, Oct. 19, for superior energy efficiency management.Nearly 110 Navy and Marine Corps commands were recognized as...
20 October 2016 Work, Japanese Defense Leader Discuss Evolving Security Environment WASHINGTON -- The rapidly evolving security environment, including the persistent North Korean threat and maritime issues in the East and South China Seas, highlighted a meeting at the Pentagon today between Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work and Tetsuro Kuroe, Japan’s administrative vice defense...
14 October 2016 Strengthening U.S.-South Korea Alliance Focus of Bilateral Meeting WASHINGTON -- American and South Korean military leaders met at the Pentagon today to discuss the alliance between the two countries and ways to make the alliance even stronger.Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stressed to his counterpart, South Korean Army Gen...
13 October 2016 Petty Officer 2nd Class Jose Antonio: "Serving Both My Countries" SANTA ANA, PHILIPPINES -- PHIBLEX is an annual U.S.-Philippine military bilateral exercise that combines amphibious capabilities and live-fire training with humanitarian civic assistance efforts to strengthen interoperability and working relationships.“I was originally scheduled to go to South Korea...