03 June 2023 7th Fleet Destroyer Transits Taiwan Strait Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) and Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Montreal (FFH 336) are conducting a routine Taiwan Strait transit June 3 (local time) through waters where high-seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with...
03 June 2023 Trilateral talks enhance cooperation between the Philippines, Japan, and U.S. Adm. John C. Aquilino, Commander U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Gen. Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and General Yoshihide Yoshida, Chief of Staff, Japan Joint Staff (JJS), held the fourth AFP-JJS-USINDOPACOM Trilateral Leaders' Engagement on the margins of...
02 June 2023 U.S., Japanese Defense Leaders Discuss Progress on Closer Alliance WASHINGTON -- U.S. and Japanese defense leaders are "operationalizing" agreements that are deepening the treaty alliance, said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada in Tokyo."This is a consequential time for our alliances," Austin said during a news...
02 June 2023 Red Flag Alaska 23-2 Kicks 0ff Soon to Enhance Multinational Interoperability JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Red Flag-Alaska 23-2, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise, is scheduled to begin on June 12 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex and is scheduled to run through June 23, 2023. Red Flag-Alaska is designed to provide...
02 June 2023 U.S., Philippine, Japan Coast Guards to Conduct Trilateral Engagements MANILA, Philippines -- The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) and crew arrived in Manila on Thursday to conduct professional exchanges and joint operations with members of the Philippine and Japan Coast Guards during Stratton’s months-long Indo-Pacific deployment.Members from the three...
02 June 2023 USS Shoup Departs Sendai, Japan SENDAI, Japan -- The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) departed Sendai, Japan after a port visit, June 1.The Yokosuka-based destroyer visit marks the first U.S. Navy ship visit since 2010, when USS Russell stopped in the capital of Miyagi...
02 June 2023 USecAF Tours Indo-Pacific to Ensure Resourcing Decisions Align with Strategy, Mission ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Honorable Kristyn Jones, assistant secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, performing the duties of under secretary of the Air Force, toured the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility May 1-9.Jones met with Airmen, Guardians, joint service...
02 June 2023 Royal Thai Army Commander Visits Washington Guard Leaders CAMP MURRAY, Wash. -- The commander in chief of the Royal Thai Army visited leaders of the Washington National Guard in a State Partnership Program exchange May 25.“I made plans to come four years ago, and wanted to travel here, but had to postpone,” said Gen. Narongpan Jittkaewtae, commander in...
01 June 2023 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Engagements with Japanese Leaders in Tokyo WASHINGTON -- Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following readout:Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met with his Japanese counterpart, Minister of Defense Hamada Yasukazu, and held separate discussions with Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, Minister for Foreign Affairs...
01 June 2023 Misawa Exercises Joint Tactics in PAC WEASEL MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Team Misawa hosted the latest iteration of a PACIFIC WEASEL exercise over Draughon Range near Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 26, 2023.PAC WEASEL is a recurring air combat exercise that allows joint and bilateral partners to discover innovative solutions for any given mission...
03 June 2023 7th Fleet Destroyer Transits Taiwan Strait Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) and Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Montreal (FFH 336) are conducting a routine Taiwan Strait transit June 3 (local time) through waters where high-seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with...
03 June 2023 Trilateral talks enhance cooperation between the Philippines, Japan, and U.S. Adm. John C. Aquilino, Commander U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Gen. Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and General Yoshihide Yoshida, Chief of Staff, Japan Joint Staff (JJS), held the fourth AFP-JJS-USINDOPACOM Trilateral Leaders' Engagement on the margins of...
02 June 2023 U.S., Japanese Defense Leaders Discuss Progress on Closer Alliance WASHINGTON -- U.S. and Japanese defense leaders are "operationalizing" agreements that are deepening the treaty alliance, said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada in Tokyo."This is a consequential time for our alliances," Austin said during a news...
02 June 2023 Red Flag Alaska 23-2 Kicks 0ff Soon to Enhance Multinational Interoperability JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Red Flag-Alaska 23-2, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise, is scheduled to begin on June 12 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex and is scheduled to run through June 23, 2023. Red Flag-Alaska is designed to provide...
02 June 2023 U.S., Philippine, Japan Coast Guards to Conduct Trilateral Engagements MANILA, Philippines -- The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) and crew arrived in Manila on Thursday to conduct professional exchanges and joint operations with members of the Philippine and Japan Coast Guards during Stratton’s months-long Indo-Pacific deployment.Members from the three...
02 June 2023 USS Shoup Departs Sendai, Japan SENDAI, Japan -- The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) departed Sendai, Japan after a port visit, June 1.The Yokosuka-based destroyer visit marks the first U.S. Navy ship visit since 2010, when USS Russell stopped in the capital of Miyagi...
02 June 2023 USecAF Tours Indo-Pacific to Ensure Resourcing Decisions Align with Strategy, Mission ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Honorable Kristyn Jones, assistant secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, performing the duties of under secretary of the Air Force, toured the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility May 1-9.Jones met with Airmen, Guardians, joint service...
02 June 2023 Royal Thai Army Commander Visits Washington Guard Leaders CAMP MURRAY, Wash. -- The commander in chief of the Royal Thai Army visited leaders of the Washington National Guard in a State Partnership Program exchange May 25.“I made plans to come four years ago, and wanted to travel here, but had to postpone,” said Gen. Narongpan Jittkaewtae, commander in...
01 June 2023 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Engagements with Japanese Leaders in Tokyo WASHINGTON -- Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following readout:Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met with his Japanese counterpart, Minister of Defense Hamada Yasukazu, and held separate discussions with Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, Minister for Foreign Affairs...
01 June 2023 Misawa Exercises Joint Tactics in PAC WEASEL MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Team Misawa hosted the latest iteration of a PACIFIC WEASEL exercise over Draughon Range near Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 26, 2023.PAC WEASEL is a recurring air combat exercise that allows joint and bilateral partners to discover innovative solutions for any given mission...