12 June 2023 Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl Travels to USINDOPACOM, the Republic of Korea, and Japan WASHINGTON -- Department of Defense Spokesman Lt. Col. David Herndon provided the following readout:Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl departed for travel to the Indo-Pacific today. While in Hawaii, he is scheduled to engage with senior officials at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command,...
12 June 2023 U.S., Philippine, Japan Coast Guards Conduct Trilateral Engagements in the Philippines MANILA, Philippines -- The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) and crew departed the Philippines Thursday following the first trilateral engagements between the U.S., Philippine, and Japan Coast Guards.Stratton’s crew conducted professional exchanges and joint operations in port and at sea...
12 June 2023 USINDOPACOM Senior Enlisted Leader Visits Yokota YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Navy Fleet Master Chief David Isom, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL), visited Yokota Air Base, on June 1, as well as several other bases in the Indo-Pacific region, to get an inside look at their capabilities and crisis response procedures.As the...
12 June 2023 Through Shared Culture, Soldiers Build Interoperability, Teamwork SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- With his face still covered in green and black camouflage, Lt. Col. David Forsha sat back in his chair at his office on a mild May afternoon.Hours earlier on May 17, the 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment commander led two squadrons of Soldiers through Tiger Balm, the...
09 June 2023 Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo Returns MAKASSAR, Indonesia -- The United States Navy joined 20 navies from around the globe in the return of the Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo (MNEK) in and around Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia June 4-8.The exercise allowed for several exchanges that support multilateral cooperation in the...
09 June 2023 US Army Mobile Laboratory Forges Enduring Partnership with South Korean Command SEOUL, Republic of Korea -- American Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s only mobile medical laboratory trained with their South Korean Armed Forces counterparts to strengthen alliance interoperability for counter Weapons of Mass Destruction missions on the Korean Peninsula.Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s...
09 June 2023 Came to Train, Stayed to Help: 3rd MAW Marines Assist in Typhoon Recovery Efforts Pacific Ocean -- Marines and Sailors of Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 16 embarked aboard Wright-class Aviation Logistics Support Ship, SS Curtiss (T-AVB 4) partnered with the U.S. Coast Guard and 30th Naval Construction Regiment to support recovery efforts in the wake of Typhoon Mawar...
09 June 2023 AFJROTC Cadets Experience 176th Wing Mission during JBER Visit JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- As part of a week-long camp, Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets from three local high schools toured multiple aircraft and Alaska Air National Guard facilities, and flew in an HC-130J Combat King II assigned to the 176th Wing and 3rd...
08 June 2023 Yokota Airlifts Supplies to Guam After Typhoon Mawar YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Team Yokota sprung into action and coordinated a delivery of over 36,000 pounds of frozen foods and refrigerated perishable items to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to aid in the ongoing Guam relief effort following Typhoon Mawar, June 3.The storm struck Guam with the force...
08 June 2023 U.S. Transcom Commander Touts Partnerships as Key to Global Mobility WASHINGTON -- Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, U.S. Transportation Command commander, said our allies and commercial partners are key to the U.S. maintaining its capability to move troops and supplies around the globe at a moment's notice.From undertaking the historic noncombatant evacuation of...
12 June 2023 Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl Travels to USINDOPACOM, the Republic of Korea, and Japan WASHINGTON -- Department of Defense Spokesman Lt. Col. David Herndon provided the following readout:Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl departed for travel to the Indo-Pacific today. While in Hawaii, he is scheduled to engage with senior officials at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command,...
12 June 2023 U.S., Philippine, Japan Coast Guards Conduct Trilateral Engagements in the Philippines MANILA, Philippines -- The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) and crew departed the Philippines Thursday following the first trilateral engagements between the U.S., Philippine, and Japan Coast Guards.Stratton’s crew conducted professional exchanges and joint operations in port and at sea...
12 June 2023 USINDOPACOM Senior Enlisted Leader Visits Yokota YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Navy Fleet Master Chief David Isom, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL), visited Yokota Air Base, on June 1, as well as several other bases in the Indo-Pacific region, to get an inside look at their capabilities and crisis response procedures.As the...
12 June 2023 Through Shared Culture, Soldiers Build Interoperability, Teamwork SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- With his face still covered in green and black camouflage, Lt. Col. David Forsha sat back in his chair at his office on a mild May afternoon.Hours earlier on May 17, the 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment commander led two squadrons of Soldiers through Tiger Balm, the...
09 June 2023 Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo Returns MAKASSAR, Indonesia -- The United States Navy joined 20 navies from around the globe in the return of the Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo (MNEK) in and around Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia June 4-8.The exercise allowed for several exchanges that support multilateral cooperation in the...
09 June 2023 US Army Mobile Laboratory Forges Enduring Partnership with South Korean Command SEOUL, Republic of Korea -- American Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s only mobile medical laboratory trained with their South Korean Armed Forces counterparts to strengthen alliance interoperability for counter Weapons of Mass Destruction missions on the Korean Peninsula.Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s...
09 June 2023 Came to Train, Stayed to Help: 3rd MAW Marines Assist in Typhoon Recovery Efforts Pacific Ocean -- Marines and Sailors of Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 16 embarked aboard Wright-class Aviation Logistics Support Ship, SS Curtiss (T-AVB 4) partnered with the U.S. Coast Guard and 30th Naval Construction Regiment to support recovery efforts in the wake of Typhoon Mawar...
09 June 2023 AFJROTC Cadets Experience 176th Wing Mission during JBER Visit JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- As part of a week-long camp, Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets from three local high schools toured multiple aircraft and Alaska Air National Guard facilities, and flew in an HC-130J Combat King II assigned to the 176th Wing and 3rd...
08 June 2023 Yokota Airlifts Supplies to Guam After Typhoon Mawar YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Team Yokota sprung into action and coordinated a delivery of over 36,000 pounds of frozen foods and refrigerated perishable items to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to aid in the ongoing Guam relief effort following Typhoon Mawar, June 3.The storm struck Guam with the force...
08 June 2023 U.S. Transcom Commander Touts Partnerships as Key to Global Mobility WASHINGTON -- Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, U.S. Transportation Command commander, said our allies and commercial partners are key to the U.S. maintaining its capability to move troops and supplies around the globe at a moment's notice.From undertaking the historic noncombatant evacuation of...