Forest Light is a semi-annual, bilateral exercise between the III Marine Expeditionary Force and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and consists a command post exercise as well as field training events.
Yama Sakura (YS) is an annual, bilateral exercise with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and the U.S. Military. Yama Sakura 67 is a U.S. Army Pacific simulation-driven, joint, bilateral command post exercise between U.S. Army I Corps and JGSDF Eastern Army as the player units. The purpose of the exercise is to enhance U.S. and Japan’s combat readiness and interoperability while...
The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit VLOG is a video series that will take you behind the scenes with Marines of the only forward deployed MEU in the Marine Corps. It will follow U.S. Marines in AAVs, in the pilot seats of aircraft, and at the helm of combat rubber raiding crafts as Marines and Sailors prepare for their upcoming deployment.
The Government of the Philippines requested Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HA/DR) from the Government of the United States of America on Dec. 4, 2014, to support civil authorities in areas that were affected by the most recent typhoon. U.S. military forces were deployed to the Philippines to support humanitarian efforts in response to the natural disaster. Typhoon Ruby...
The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) departed from Naval Base San Diego Dec. 1 to retrieve NASA equipment in the Pacific Ocean. The Anchorage will use its amphibious capabilities to conduct an at-sea recovery of the Orion space capsule. NASA operatives will launch Orion into Earth's orbit and wait for it to splash down into the Pacific Ocean for recovery....
The National Park Service and the U.S. Navy will host a joint memorial ceremony on Dec. 7 commemorating the 73rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The ceremony will take place on the main lawn of the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, looking directly out to the USS Arizona Memorial, at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument.
Three hundred and seventy-eight years ago on December 13, 1636, the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in Boston ordered that the colony's militia be organized into three regiments. This day would be the birth of the National Guard, an operational force with a historic dual mission of protecting the homeland and defending the United States and its interests all over the globe. The...
NATO Review is a free, online magazine looking at some of today's most pressing security issues. It publishes videos, articles, timelines, maps, podcasts, cartoons and more on everything from cyber attacks to the effect of social media in revolutions. Or from energy security to Russia's hybrid war tactics. Or even from water scarcity to the need to get more women into defence.
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