DA NANG, Vietnam, July 15, 2016 – Pacific Partnership 2016 (PP16) kicked off in Da Nang, Vietnam this morning, July 15, for the third consecutive year, with the arrival of the U.S. hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and the Japanese Navy ship JSDS Shimokita (LST-4002). This year, the Vietnam...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM – The U.S. and Chinese navies collaborated on a practical submarine rescue exercise conducted off the coast of Hawaii, during Rim of the Pacific 2016, July 13. As part of the exercise, U.S. Navy submariners embarked the Chinese navy submarine rescue ship Changdao (ASR...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Approximately 32 U.S. Army mariners supported the U.S Navy during a cargo transport at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in support of Rim of the Pacific 2016, July 12.The mariners, attached to the 545th Transportation Company, 8th Special Troops Battalion, 8th...

Washington, DC -- Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon will welcome Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary Md. Shahidul Haque to the Department of State for the fifth annual U.S.-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue, taking place June 23-24.Under Secretary Shannon will lead the U.S. delegation...

SATTAHIP, Thailand -- 22nd annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and the Royal Thai Armed Forces concluded today with closing ceremonies held at the Royal Thai Navy Base in Sattahip.CARAT Thailand 2016 consisted of eight days of...