NEW DELHI -- National sovereignty, freedom of navigation, open sea lanes and airways, and respect for the rule of law have enabled the nations of the Indo-Pacific region to prosper together.Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will join with chiefs of defense and...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Two U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirits took off from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H), Hawaii, to conduct routine training in the vicinity of Guam and Hawaii, Sept. 6, 2018.The B-2s deployed to JBPH-H from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, in support of the...

BANGKOK, Thailand -- The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) hosted the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) delegation in Bangkok, Thailand, for the fifth RTAF-PACAF Airman-to-Airman talks (A2A) Aug. 20-22, 2018.A2A talks are jointly held discussions between U.S. and partner nation air forces designed to bolster...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard assisted the crew of a capsized canoe a mile off Keawakapu Beach, Maui, Thursday night.A Station Maui 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew responded to the incident and recovered all six paddlers. The RB-M towed the canoe back to Kihei boat ramp.There were no reports...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The United States and Vietnam along with other partners will work together to conduct humanitarian assistance engagements from Sept. 10-15 as part of Pacific Angel 2018 (PAC ANGEL) in Quang Nam province.PAC ANGEL is an annual U.S. led joint and combined...

NEW DELHI, India -- U.S.-Indian defense cooperation has emerged “as the most significant dimension of our strategic partnership and as a key driver of our overall bilateral relationship,” Indian Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at the conclusion of the two-plus-two talks here...

FORT GREELY, Alaska -- The 100th Missile Defense Brigade and the 49th Missile Defense Battalion conducted their most comprehensive and thorough external evaluation to date at Fort Greely Aug. 20-24.Guardian Watch 18, a variation of a biannual event, was an 84-hour exercise that tested the battalion...

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- At times when integrating multiple groups’ procedures, the outcome tends to be to take away the good and bad, and work out the kinks in the process.With the Republic of Korea Air Force and 51st Medical Group (MDG) personnel, they took the good policies and...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 374th Security Forces Squadron hosted their first Weapons Handling Skills and Tactics course, Aug. 31, 2018, at Yokota Air Base.Approximately 30 Airmen participated in the course, learning the valuable skills needed during a real-world scenario.“We want to enhance...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- A full moon coats the stark-black sky. Sensory noise from in and out of the yornebush speaks to the primeval forest at Northwest Field, the backyard of Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. It is past midnight: the hour of the wolf. Feral and noxious noises generating...