YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The Pacific Air Forces added a new innovation lab to its roster Sept. 25, 2020 at Yokota Air Base, Japan.Wing leadership and members of the base attended a soft opening of the Dojo, which is the installation’s new hub for problem-solving. The lab is supported by YokoWERX, a...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Exercise Valiant Shield participants from the U.S Air Force, Navy, Marines and Army tested the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) and Multidomain Operations Center – Forward, 22 Sept. 2020.The joint team conducted scenarios with a mix of live and...

PHILIPPINE SEA -- The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) welcomed the first Space Force Liaison Officer (LNO) aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), Sept. 17, 2020.1st Lt. Rio Sarmiento, assigned to the 16th Space Control Squadron (SPCS), was...

LEYTE GULF - As USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) transited the waters of the Surigao Strait on Sept. 27, the ship’s crew took a pause from the busy routine of deployment to honor those who served in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.A collection of naval engagements during October of 1944, Leyte Gulf was the...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Completely exhausted but standing proud, Soldiers took their turn having a simple, yet prestigious, badges placed upon their chest after two and half weeks of rigorous training and meticulous proficiency testing.On the morning of Sept. 25, 2020, Maj. Gen. James Jarrard,...

SUBA, U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu -- United States Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu Joseph Cella announced a new grant of US$20,000 (FJ$42,500) for the Pacific Tourism Association (SPTO) as part of the U.S. Embassy’s Economic Resilience...

PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group and the America Expeditionary Strike Group joined forces, Sept. 25, to conduct Expeditionary Strike Force operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.The U.S. Navy-Marine Corps team are conducting a multitude of integrated, high-end...

ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. -- Approximately 150 Airmen and four B-1B Lancers assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB), S.D., participated in Valiant Shield 2020 (VS20), a biennial, U.S.-only, joint field training exercise with a focus on integration between U.S. forces in...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The eighth iteration of Valiant Shield concluded Sept. 25 following 12 days of joint operations at sea, in the air, on land, and in cyberspace.During the exercise, more than 11,000 Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, and Airmen synchronized to train in a real-world...

WASHINGTON -- The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (SC) opened the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) in September 2019 as part of an effort to professionalize the SC workforce and to serve as the Department of Defense's Center of Excellence for the SC community.A year later, the DSCU...