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Military
GUAMEX 2014 Held on Pacific Island of Guam
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Tokyo- (PanOrient News) Military forces from Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the U.S. joined together this week in a
multinational anti-submarine warfare exercise around the waters of Guam aimed at increasing the interoperability capacity between these nations in the Pacific.
The exercise included multiple aircraft and subsurface assets from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, the Royal Australian Air Force and U.S. and observers from the Royal New Zealand Air Force, U.S. Navy said.
"The biggest take away is building experiences together and operating away from our home bases in an expeditionary style," said Lt. Jon Torbett, the U.S. action officer for GUAMEX 2014. "We don't often get a chance to all operate together and the end goal of this exercise is to be able to perform anti-submarine operations."
GUAMEX 2014 included approximately 25 operational scenarios, several aircraft familiarization tours and social gatherings designed to increase these regional partnerships.
Photo: YIGO, Guam (Aug. 6, 2014) Lt. Jon Torbitt, left, assigned to Task Force (TF) 72 and the U.S. action officer for GUAMEX 2014, greets sailors from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force next to a U.S. Navy P-3 Orion aircraft at Andersen Air Force Base. GUAMEX 2014 is a multinational anti-submarine warfare exercise around the waters of Guam to increase interoperability between nations that operate in the Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Wilson/Released)
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