Asia-Pacific Defense FORUM

Fall 1999 Photos

Supporting Mongolian Military Changes

1. Soldiers of the Mongolian Armed Forces in ceremonial uniforms are reminders of Mongolia's past history as Eurasia's greatest military power and empire.

2. Members of 084 Paratroop Unit in Mongolia receive training on U.S. tracking procedures from U.S. Army Special Forces Sgt. 1st Class Dennis Norton. (Background artillery piece is a historical display).

3. Jr. Sgt. Ch. Sukhbat in the classroom of the Elite Battalion, in Ulaanbaatar.

4. U.S. officials (civilian clothes) visit the Elite Battalion, designated for U.S. peacekeeping training. L to R: Lt. Col. Daniel Perron, Mr. Greg Flick, Lt. Col. Naraanbaatar, Col. Sanduijav, Lt. Col. Brandon Denecke (author), Mr. Gordon Ishikawa, Maj. Nick Berryman, and Maj. Greg Smith.

5. A Mongolian border post headquarters visited by U.S. Pacific Command officers during a staff assistance visit.

6. U.S. officers visited communications sites to determine how the U.S. might assist Mongolia.

7. Mongolian officers host the Americans at the 016 Infantry Brigade area at Dzuunmod. L to R: Col. Nyamjav, Col. Myagmarsuren, and Lt. Col. Naraanbaatar.

Mongolian-U.S. Training in
BALANCE MAGIC 99-I

1. A patient receives dental care from Sgt. 1st Class Dennis Norton of the U.S. Army Special Forces, during a Mongolian-U.S. dental civic action program in BALANCE MAGIC 99-1.

2. Maj. Batsaihan, Chief of the Paratroop Service, lands at Punstigarazzo Drop Zone, during a Mongolian parachuting demonstration in BALANCE MAGIC 99-1.

1999 Pacific Symposium

1. More than 200 scholars and officials from 29 nations participated in the 1999 Pacific Symposium of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu. L to R are Panel I members: Mr. Jim Graham (U.S.) speaking, Prof. Haruo Shimada (Japan), Col. Xia Liping (China), Dr. James Przystup (U.S.), and Dr. Kim Sung-Han (Korea).

2. Mr. Kim Myong Choi (Korea) and Prof. K. S. Nathan (Malaysia) examine publications of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.

3. A Symposium member, Mr. David Abrahamson (U.S.), questions a panel member during one of the six panel presentations.

4. Commodore S. P. Weerasekera (Sri Lanka) and Mr. Tom Peterman (U.S.) speak with an unidentified attendee.

5. Dr. Bernard Cole, Col. Larry M. Wortzel, and Prof. Stanley Henning (all of the U.S.) continue symposium discussions during a break.

6. Col. Gaurav Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (Nepal) and Lt. Col. Samuala Veilege Raduva (Fiji) speak with an unidentified participant on the left.

7. Commodore Geoff A. Morton (Australia) talks with Brig. Arun Roye (India).

8. The 1999 Pacific Symposium successfully brought together a wide variety of participants to exchange views on policies and relationships in a changing Asia. Russian Amb. Evgeny V. Afanesiev and Mr. Sun Cheng (U.S.) exchange views.

Trinational Gaming
for Disaster Relief

1. Republic of the Philippines (RP) Secretary of National Defense Orlando S. Mercado delivers the keynote address to the 1st RP-Australia-U.S. Trilateral Seminar Game on Disaster Relief, known as SAGIP 99. Seated are: Air Commodore Christopher G. Spence, Chief of Staff, Support Command, Australia; Brig. Gen. Rodolfo G. Garcia, Director for Operations, Armed Forces of the Philippines; and the game director Emmanuel De Guzman, Deputy Administrator of the Philippines Office of Civil Defense.

2. Maj. Gen. Felix V. Due`ñ`as, Jr. (author) is Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, J5, Armed Forces of the Philippines, and seminar game host and co-moderator.

3. Retired Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Fleming, USAF, Chief Facilitator, briefs participants. To his left are Maj. Gen. Felix V. Dueñas, Jr.; Air Commodore Christopher G. Spence, and Brig. Gen. Herbert L. Altschuler, USAR, Commander, 351st Civil Affairs Command.

4. The trinational game players hope this gathering will encourage future combined planning for possible disaster relief operations in the Philippines.

5. Movement Convept

U.S Pacific Command
HAPPENINGS

1. U.S. soldiers demonstrate their tactics for clearing a trench while members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's 28th Infantry Regiment, 11th Division, observe. The training was part of NORTH WIND 99, an annual, bilateral field training exercise.

2. The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) submarine Lee Chun and another ROKN ship in Apra Harbor, Guam. The ROKN ships participated in HARPOONEX, part of a live-fire, multinational naval exercise with the U.S. Navy during which an old ship was sunk. The Lee Chun actually sank the exercise target.

3. The Republic of Singapore Navy corvette Vigilance arrives in Apra Harbor, Guam, to participate in a multinational, live-fire naval exercise with U.S. and other naval forces.

4. U.S. soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment entertain children of the Holy Family Home Orphanage in Osaka, Japan. Material assistance to the orphanage and care for the children is a 50-year long tradition for the American unit dating back to 1949.

5. Capt. Mohammad Sahari bin hj Sapari, head of a Royal Malaysian Navy delegation, receives a plaque from Col. Bill Wesley, USMC, U.S. Seventh Fleet Plans and Policy Officer, while Capt. Mike Miller, USN and other officers observe. The occasion was the periodic staff talks between the two navies, held aboard the USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19).

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