20 July 2016 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade Validates Air Missile Defense Readiness in the ROK PORT OF BUSAN, South Korea - In a monumental first, 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, executed an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise, validating the unit's ability to integrate external ballistic missile defense assets into the Korean theater of operation by sea, July 13 at the Port of Busan...
19 July 2016 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Conducting Japan Observer Exchange Program CAMP HANSEN, Japan -- 31st MEU and JGSDF are conducting several interoperability exercises to include swim qualification; Shallow Water and Egress Trainer; small boat basic skills training; and close air support skills training during the 12-day program.The JOEP will allow the JGSDF troops to...
18 July 2016 Quality Assurance Airmen Ensure Cargo Aircraft Are Mission Ready KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) -- Aircraft maintainers hold themselves to a high standard when performing their daily duties, because they know one mistake could lead to devastating consequences.Kadena Air Base is home to six different airframes and a partner unit that hosts two additional airframes...
15 July 2016 Vice President Biden Visits Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies during Trilateral Collaboration HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Vice President Joe Biden met with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama and Republic of Korea First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam during a trilateral meeting hosted by Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for...
22 June 2016 National Guard Chief Nominee Says New World Requires Agile Forces WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Today’s National Guard is in the best shape it’s been in for its almost 380 years of history, President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the National Guard Bureau told the Senate Armed Services Committee here June 21.Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel has been nominated to...