20 January 2016 Alaska Based 673d Civil Engineer Group Plans Philippine School Renovation JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- As part of exercise Balikatan 2016, personnel with the 673d Civil Engineer Group will renovate a Jaena Norte Elementary school building on the island of Panay in the Philippines. Balikatan is Filipino for "shoulder-to-shoulder" and is an annual training...
20 January 2016 Maritime Raid Force Performs Urban Training GUAM -- The relative quiet of a small neighborhood in Guam at night in is broken by a loud explosion. The concussive bang is soon followed by the small pop of gunfire. It doesn’t take long for camouflaged men to appear out of one of the buildings, clearly escorting someone. They rapidly load up into...
19 January 2016 Naval Academy Class of '78 Shines with Four 4-Stars ANNAPOLIS, Md. (NNS) -- U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) graduate Adm. Kurt Tidd assumed command of U.S. Southern Command Jan. 14, making him the 4th active duty member of the Class of 1978 to be a serving 4-star. Tidd was promoted to his current rank during a ceremony held at the Naval Academy in...
19 January 2016 Carter Hosts Australian Prime Minister For Defense Cooperation Talks WASHINGTON, January 18, 2016 — Defense Secretary Ash Carter joined Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery today before welcoming the prime minister to the Pentagon for a discussion on defense cooperation between the United States and...
19 January 2016 Korean Service Corps' Conduct Mobilization Exercise DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA (Jan. 19, 2016) -- U.S. Army Korean Service Corps, or KSC, Battalion, 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command conducted its annual three-day mobilization exercise, or MOBEX, at the Daegu Mobilization Station located at Daebong Elementary School, Daegu, from Jan. 12 - 14. KSC's...