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Asia-Pacific military exercise kicks off in northern Thailand
2/12/2013 Kyodo (The Japan Times)
CHIANG MAI, THAILAND – A large-scale military training exercise began Monday in northern Thailand involving 13,000 personnel from the United States and six Asian countries — Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the host nation. ...more. |
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US troops to return to Vietnam to help clear land mines from Vietnam War
2/8/2013 AllVoices.com
Obama plans an "Asian pivot" designed to deploy more US troops around the Pacific Rim. As part of the plan there will be an increase in troops in Okinawa and also explosives experts will be sent to Vietnam in July to train locals in clearing mines. ...more. |
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South Korean and US Marines join forces in half-naked snow run
2/7/2013 NBC News / Associated Press
Half-naked South Korean marines and their U.S. counterparts from 3-Marine Expeditionary Force 1st Battalion from Kanehoe Bay, Hawaii, run on a snow field in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. ...more. |
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China, Korea, & The F-35: Reshaping US Forces For A Pacific Strategy
2/1/2013 AOL Defense
If the US fails to innovate in its re-shaping of its forces in the Pacific, it cannot effectively play the crucial role which is essential to a strategy focused on our allies. ...more. |
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Iron Fist: Japanese forces take to the desert with Marines
2/5/2013 Military Times
Members of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit from Camp Pendleton, Calif., joined Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces for this year’s “Iron Fist” exercise, held in Southern California. ...more. |