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USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) celebrates 50 years of service amid Operation Deep Freeze 2026

ANTARCTICA (Jan. 12, 2026) — USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) sits hove-to amid Operation Deep Freeze 2026 as penguins pass by during ice liberty in the...

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2-2 AHB Conducts Joint Fast-Rope Air Assault Training

SOUTH KOREA (Dec. 18, 2025) — U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2d Infantry...

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Japan Minister of Defense visits U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, right, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, welcomes Japanese Minister of Defense Shinjirō...

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Abraham Lincoln conducts routine flight operations

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 8, 2026) — An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71, prepares to land on the...

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U.S., Japan Ground Self-Defense Force commence New Year’s Jump

CAMP NARASHINO BASE, Japan — U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 11th Airborne Division descend during a practice jump for the New Year’s Jump...

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U.S., Japan Ground Self-Defense Force commence New Year’s Jump

CAMP NARASHINO, Japan (Jan. 11, 2026) — Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) members simulate enemy engagement during a demonstration of 1st...

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USS Rafael Peralta conducts flight ops in North Pacific Ocean

NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 07, 2025) — U.S Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 51, takes off from...

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109th Airlift Wing Operates in Antarctic

ANTARCTICA (Dec. 23, 2025) — A LC-130 Skibird takes off in Antarctica. The New York National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing flies the LC-130 in support...

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Lightning strikes… then refuels

OKINAWA, Japan (Dec. 11, 2025) — Three U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to the 356th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, deployed to Kadena...

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Falcon Flyover

KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, Japan (Dec. 11, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 119th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron,...

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Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, right, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, participates in a panel discussion at the Honolulu Defense Forum in Honolulu, Jan. 13, 2026.

Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, second from the left, and other military component representatives participate in the “Accelerating Multi-Domain Deterrence Needs for the Indo-Pacific” panel at the Honolulu Defense Forum in Honolulu, Jan. 12, 2026.

Lt. Gen. James Glynn, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific, center right, and other military component representatives participate in the “Accelerating Multi-Domain Deterrence Needs for the Indo-Pacific” panel at the Honolulu Defense Forum in Honolulu, Jan. 12, 2026.

Japanese Minister of Defense Shinjirō Koizumi greets U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. George Rowell, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command director of strategic planning and policy, J5, at USINDOPACOM headquarters, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, Jan. 12, 2026.

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, right, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, welcomes Japanese Minister of Defense Shinjirō Koizumi to USINDOPACOM headquarters at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, Jan. 12, 2026.

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, meets with Shinjirō Koizumi, Japanese Minister of Defense, at USINDOPACOM headquarters, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, Jan. 12, 2026

Japanese Minister of Defense Shinjirō Koizumi lays a wreath at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Jan. 12, 2026.

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) sent a delegation to Dhaka, Bangladesh to co-chair the 12th iteration of the Bilateral Defense Dialogue with the Armed Forces of Bangladesh, December 9-11, 2025.

U.S. military is working alongside the Sri Lankan Disaster Management Centre and Sri Lankan Armed Forces to provide foreign disaster relief to communities impacted by Cyclone Ditwah, which caused severe flooding, widespread displacement and tragic loss of life. (Courtesy photo)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dawson Dauzat, a high mobility artillery rocket system operator assigned to 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, operates an M240B machine gun during a live-fire mission at the Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Oct. 26, 2025.

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd and India Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit co-chaired the 22nd Military Cooperation Group at USINDOPACOM headquarters in Honolulu, Nov. 3-4, 2025.

President Donald Trump, walks on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a presidential visit while moored pierside on Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Oct. 28, 2025.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth hosts Australia Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles for a bilateral exchange in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov. 1, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Bellino)

U.S. Military human resources personnel stationed in Japan and Hawaii pose for a group photo in front of the U.S. Forces Japan headquarters building during a theater human resource symposium hosted by the USFJ J1 staff on Yokota Air Base, Sept. 16, 2025.

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USS Fitzgerald returns to San Diego following seven-month underway

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V16 sharpens skills in South Korea during Unit Deployment Program

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