TOKYO -- A U.S.Navysailor was indicted on Thursday in Japan on negligent driving charges related to a deadly vehicle crash, a Navy spokesperson said. The sailor is affiliated with the U.S. Fleet Activities in Yokosuka, Japan, and was "involved in a motor-vehicle incident...
US Navy, Japan to receive additional SM-3 Block IIA missilesKosuke Takahashi, TokyoJane's Defence Weekly
The Navy fired both the commanding and executive officers of the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center in Yokosuka, Japan, this weekend. Capt. Zaldy Valenzuela, the CO, and Cmdr. Art Palalay, his second-in-command, were removed from their respective...
Camp Zama Army Base in Zama, Japan Zama, US Military Bases in Japan Camp Zama is one of the few US posts built on Japanese territory, in the Kanagawa province. It is located between Sagamihara and Zama. Since it reaches the limits of both of them, it can be considered to be a path...
Some of these countries are also participating in the United Nations Security Council's surveillance mission in the regional seas to monitor illegal North Korean maritime activities. Aquilino's trip follows recent visits by top navy officials from Britain and Germany. Kishida told Aquilino he...
The Navy said in a statement that the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, one of its nine N imitz-class carriers, will arrive in Yokosuka, Japan, in 2008 "as the forward deployed carrier in the Western Pacific." The USS Kitty Hawk carrier, which was commissioned in 1961, is nearing the en...
Working in the US Navy is a wonderful option that opens many doors to many great opportunities. You will have hard days, hard weeks with long hours when it seems no end is in sight, but the collective team work and friendship you build with everyone you meet along the way is something ...
A statement from the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, based in Japan, said its operations in the South China Sea demonstrate a commitment “to upholding a free and open Indo-Pacific region where all nations, large and small, are secure in their sovereignty, can resolve d...
In this Saturday, Junes 17, 2017, photo, the damaged USS Fitzgerald is seen off Yokosuka, near Tokyo, Japan, after the Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship. The U.S. Navy says the bodies of sailors who went missing in the collision between the USS Fitzgerald and a container ship...
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