03 April 2019 Bulldog Brigade Service Members Walk to Remember CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea - Soldiers and Airmen with 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team "Bulldogs," 1st Armored Division (Rotational) conducted a road march to honor fallen service members during an 8th Annual Tactical Air Control Party Association 24-Hour Challenge at Camp Humphreys, March...
13 March 2019 U.S., Philippine Navies Conduct Cooperative Deployment as Flagship Arrives in Manila MANILA, Philippines -- U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff arrived in Manila, March 13, for the ship's first port visit to the Philippines in three years.The Blue Ridge and 7th Fleet team undertook a cooperative deployment with Philippine Navy (PN) landing...
23 April 2018 Mattis Welcomes Japanese Counterpart, Discusses Regional Security WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis met with Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera of Japan at the Pentagon today.In a statement summarizing the meeting, Pentagon officials said the two leaders discussed ways to further strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance, and positively noting the increasing...
16 April 2018 Pacific Partnership 2018 Concludes in Palau, Heads to Malaysia KOROR, Palau -- Pacific Partnership 2018, the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) preparedness mission, concluded aboard expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) in the Republic of Palau, April 14.More than 134 military personnel from the...
13 November 2017 USS Ashland Conducts Inspection and Survey Rehearsal Underway EAST CHINA SEA -- The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) conducted a rehearsal for Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) Nov. 7 as part of preparations for the ship's official assessment scheduled for May 2018.Ashland embarked a team of 18 subject matter experts from Amphibious...