Republic of
Korea Marines approach USS Essex’s well deck through heavy
seas during Exercise FOAL EAGLE 2007.
Photo by PO2 Joshua J. Wahl, USN
Foreword
Adm.Timothy
J. Keating,
Commander,
U.S. Pacific Command
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Regional
Security ::
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 Japan-U.S.
Forces Protecting Common Interests in KEEN
EDGE / YAMA SAKURA 2007
Japan Self-Defense Forces
(JSDF) and U.S. forces conducted KEEN EDGE/YAMA
SAKURA 2007 (KE/YS-07) a bilateral command
post exercise (CPX) in February 2007. The two
exercises merged for the first time to allow
participants to focus on the defense of Japan
from both ground and air threats.
 Indian
Navy Enhances Amphibious Capability Building
Trust and Security
Nearly
300 Indian sailors joined the crew of the amphibious
transport ship USS Trenton (LPD 14) in November
2006 in Norfolk, Virginia, to prepare for the ship’s
transfer to the Indian Navy in January 2007. Throughout
December 2006, the Trenton’s crew
conducted shipboard training with the Indian Navy. “Our
goal was to find out ... how they operate; take that
and build on it,” said U.S. Navy CPO Jason
Stanley.
 Strengthening
the ROK-U.S. Alliance in RSOI/FOAL EAGLE 2007
More than
a quarter of a million service members from the
Republic of Korea (ROK) and the United States participated
in Exercise Reception, Staging, Onward movement,
and Integration (RSOI) and FOAL EAGLE 2007 in March
2007. Held concurrently, RSOI/FOAL EAGLE are computer-simulated
and field exercises designed to evaluate and improve
the ability of the two forces to coordinate procedures,
plans and systems necessary to defend the ROK.
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| War
On Terror :: |
 Winning
in the Pacific: The Special Operations
Forces Indirect Approach
Combat operations in Iraq
and Afghanistan dominate the headlines, but Southeast Asia
has emerged as a quiet yet increasingly crucial front in the
Long War. Given the suicide bombings in Bali, the presence
of the terrorist groups Jemaah Islamiyah and Abu Sayyaf, and
increased anti-Americanism,1 the need for a continued and comprehensive
approach to combating terror in the Pacific is clear. The U.S.
Special Operations Command, Pacific (SOCPAC) has been improving
ties with regional allies and increasingly applying an indirect
approach to address the threat posed by militant groups with
connections to al Qaeda.
 AMAN
2007: Nations United Against Maritime Terrorism
Navy ships from Bangladesh,
China, France, Italy, Malaysia, Pakistan,
the United Kingdom and the U.S. along with
Turkish Special Operating Forces and Explosive
Ordnance Disposal personnel participated
in Exercise AMAN 2007, a weeklong, multilateral
naval exercise hosted by the Pakistani Navy.
The entire Pakistan Navy Aviation and Special
Services Group (Navy) participated in the
exercise along with three of the Navy’s
Type 21 frigates, a combat support oil tanker,
and two mine hunters.
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| Humanitarian
Aid :: |
 Partnership
for Health in Vietnam
At first it was just a trickle
of country folks, but soon a steady procession formed
on the narrow, dusty roads dotted with elaborate ancestral
tombs and massive water buffalos. People on foot were
soon overtaken by rickety bicycles and noisy motorbikes.
Just after sunrise, a huge crowd had assembled outside
the clinic building. Propelled by television, newspapers
and word of mouth, the excitement had spread quickly:
American medical personnel had returned to help the
Vietnamese people.
Partnership
for Peace and Security in BALIKATAN 2007
Exercise BALIKATAN, an annual
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and U.S. military
exercise, is one of many activities under the Republic
of the Philippines (RP)-U.S. military security cooperation
framework. BALIKATAN means “shoulder to shoulder,” sharing
the load together and characterizes the philosophy
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| Focus
Area :: |
 U.S.
Commitment to Asia-Pacific Security: F-22A
Fighter
Twelve
U.S. Air Force F-22A Raptors and more than 250 personnel deployed to Kadena Air
Base, Japan, for a month in early 2007. These forces were under the operational
control of [U.S.] Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and 13th Air Force. The mission,
in support of U.S. Pacific Command’s Theater Security in the Western Pacific,
was part of a regularly scheduled U.S. Pacific Command rotational assignment
of aircraft to the Pacific. It was also the first overseas deployment for the
Air Force’s newest fighter.
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| Happenings :: |
 Happenings
U.S. Air Force pilot Capt.
Aaron Jelinek shows an F-16 Fighting Falcon cockpit
to children from a Gunsan City orphanage during
their visit to Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea. |
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