WASHINGTON, April 15, 2011 – The Defense Department’s voluntary authorized departures for service members’ eligible family members to leave Japan in the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake effectively ended today. Story
WASHINGTON, April 11, 2011 – The U.S. military remains ready to help Japan, even as it has repositioned many assets since a 9.0 magnitude earthquake marked a chain of disasters there one month ago, military officials said. Story
SENDAI, Japan, April 11, 2011 – A little more than 14 years ago, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Fletcher, who then held the rank of airman basic, was lost on the streets of Tokyo. Story
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2011 – U.S. forces in Japan providing support after a devastating earthquake and tsunami last month appear to have dodged a bullet as yet another earthquake rocked northeast Japan today. Story
WASHINGTON, April 4, 2011 – Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa boarded the USS Ronald Reagan to thank U.S. service members for their help after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Story
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCORD, Wash., March 31, 2011 – More than 2,100 family members stationed at military bases throughout Japan transitioned through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to safe-haven locations in the United States in March as part of Operation Pacific Passage. Story
