PHILADELPHIA -- To prepare for the June 1 start of the hurricane season, the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support organization conducted a two-day exercise simulating the impact of a Category 4 hurricane on the mid-Atlantic coast. After a devastating …
OKINAWA, Japan -- A Marine from Castro Valley, California, returned to his original home while participating in a large-scale multilateral exercise in the Philippines. Lance Cpl. Nicoleandr Alacantara, born in Manila, deployed to Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air …
JOINT BASE PEAR HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis today stressed the importance of the Indian Ocean region of U.S. Pacific Command’s area of responsibility and announced that the Defense Department is renaming the combatant command …
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The name of U.S. Pacific Command has changed, but the mission of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command will remain the same, command officials said at the change of command here today. Defense Secretary James N. Mattis …
WASHINGTON -- The South Asia strategy in Afghanistan has spawned intensified dialogue and a drop in Taliban violence, Army Gen. John W. Nicholson, commander of NATO’s Resolute Support mission and U.S. Forces – Afghanistan, told reporters today. Speaking to …
WAINWRIGHT, Canada -- More than 3,500 Canadian, U.S., British, Australian and French forces participated in this year's Exercise Maple Resolve, providing an opportunity to enhance multinational interoperability in a brigade-level field training …
BETHESDA, Md. -- Former contemporary Christian singer-songwriter Paden Smith once sought to heal others with his music and lyrics. Smith, who has served as a Navy linguist, graduated from a two-year medical degree preparatory program May 16 and will begin …
SOUTHWEST ASIA -- With more than 1,000 successful missions in the last six months, the 5th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, known as ‘The Jokers,’ supports Operation Inherent Resolve’s busiest aerial port here. As a tenant unit under the 386th Air …
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford will take advantage of U.S. Pacific Command’s upcoming change of command to meet with Pacific allies in Hawaii. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived here last night and …
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Around the corner from the entrance to the military hospital here on Kandahar Airfield there is a small office that belongs to the medical logistics team from the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. However, …
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- The littoral combat ship USS Manchester was commissioned as the Navy’s newest surface combatant vessel during a ceremony here, May 26. The vessel is the Navy’s second ship to be named for the city of Manchester, New Hampshire. Littoral …
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- Soldiers with the 18th Military Police Brigade and the 15th Engineer Battalion are here preparing to participate in Saber Strike 2018, a multinational exercise. The exercise will be held June 3-15 at training areas in Estonia, …
WASHINGTON -- America will forever remember the service and sacrifice of those who fought and died for the nation’s freedom, President Donald J. Trump said today at the Memorial Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery. Trump, escorted by Defense …
WASHINGTON -- America will forever remember the service and sacrifice of the men and women who gave all in service to the nation, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday at the National Memorial Day Concert on the National Mall. “I …
WASHINGTON -- The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff honored the families of fallen service members yesterday, saying through unimaginable loss, they honor their loved ones and give hope to others. The bravery of these families strengthens those …
WASHINGTON -- On the National Mall here, young hands traced the letters of the names in granite as visitors walked by to pay their respects, glancing curiously at the group of teens. Patti Rowley, a first-time mentor with the Tragedy Assistance Program for …
WASHINGTON -- Change and tradition seem mutually exclusive, but balancing those will lead to success for the U.S. military, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford told graduating cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., today. The chairman of the …
WASHINGTON -- The highest-ranking enlisted leader in the U.S. military lauded the enlisted force as the military’s “greatest competitive advantage.” Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Wayne Troxell, the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs …
WASHINGTON -- Four years ago, the members of the U.S. Naval Academy’s Class of 2018 chose the path of honor, courage and commitment to serve the nation and defend the American flag, President Donald J. Trump said during his graduation address in Annapolis, …
May 25, 2018 News DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis met with Danish Defense Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen today at the Pentagon to reaffirm the long-standing defense relationship between the United States …
