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...
08 June 2023 Agile Combat Employment Course Prepares Airmen for Strategic Engagements in Indo-Pacific MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. (AFNS) -- The National Defense Strategy and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy identify the Indo-Pacific as a priority theater vital to the nation’s security and prosperity.The Air Force Culture and Language Center (AFCLC) has partnered with the Air Force Special Operations...
08 June 2023 Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, 13th MEU Return to Home Port San Diego SAN DIEGO, California -- The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, led by commander, Amphibious Squadron 7 and comprised of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and amphibious transport docks USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), with the embarked 13th Marine...
08 June 2023 U.S. Embassy Celebrate Malaysian Cadets’ Admission to the U.S. Air Force Academ U.S. EMBASSY in Malaysia -- The U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur hosted a send-off ceremony on June 8 to recognize the cadets and celebrate their admission to U.S. service academies. U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia Brian D. McFeeters congratulated the cadets and said, “These cadets represent our shared...
07 June 2023 Pentagon Official Says Next Generation of Leaders Key to Solving Security Challenges WASHINGTON -- Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin H. Kahl underscored today the critical role future leaders will have in addressing increasingly complex security challenges.Speaking to an audience of students and young professionals at this year's NATO Youth Summit, Kahl said there is no...
07 June 2023 Collaboration and Standardization Are Key to DOD's Battery Strategy, Meeting U.S. Energy Objectives WASHINGTON -- Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks has made clear a healthy battery supply chain is essential for military capabilities and national security — and when it comes to batteries, "America needs to lead the world." Batteries are a vital and dynamic sector at the center of national...
07 June 2023 Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Peter Haas Terrorism Financing Investigation and Intelligence Course U.S. Embassy & Bangladesh - (As prepared for delivery) Good morning. It is my pleasure to open this week’s Terrorism Financing Investigation and Intelligence Course and to speak with you all, the dedicated professionals working tirelessly in the fight against terrorism.For many years, the U.S...
06 June 2023 Malaysian and U.S. Forces Strengthen Security Ties at Bersama Warrior Exercise KUANTAN, Malaysia -- The ninth annual Bersama Warrior exercise commenced here June 6, 2023, with an opening ceremony officiated by Malaysian Armed Forces Joint Force Headquarters Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for the J3, Royal Malaysian Navy First Admiral Pulendren a/l Paramasivam and Director of...
06 June 2023 US Facilitates Japan Air Operations Center Training YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Three years in the making, the 505th Training Squadron fulfilled a request by the government of Japan to assist with understanding how an air operations center plans and executes and how to build instructional standards to enable airpower at the operational level of war.The...
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...
08 June 2023 Agile Combat Employment Course Prepares Airmen for Strategic Engagements in Indo-Pacific MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. (AFNS) -- The National Defense Strategy and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy identify the Indo-Pacific as a priority theater vital to the nation’s security and prosperity.The Air Force Culture and Language Center (AFCLC) has partnered with the Air Force Special Operations...
08 June 2023 Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, 13th MEU Return to Home Port San Diego SAN DIEGO, California -- The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, led by commander, Amphibious Squadron 7 and comprised of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and amphibious transport docks USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), with the embarked 13th Marine...
08 June 2023 U.S. Embassy Celebrate Malaysian Cadets’ Admission to the U.S. Air Force Academ U.S. EMBASSY in Malaysia -- The U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur hosted a send-off ceremony on June 8 to recognize the cadets and celebrate their admission to U.S. service academies. U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia Brian D. McFeeters congratulated the cadets and said, “These cadets represent our shared...
07 June 2023 Pentagon Official Says Next Generation of Leaders Key to Solving Security Challenges WASHINGTON -- Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin H. Kahl underscored today the critical role future leaders will have in addressing increasingly complex security challenges.Speaking to an audience of students and young professionals at this year's NATO Youth Summit, Kahl said there is no...
07 June 2023 Collaboration and Standardization Are Key to DOD's Battery Strategy, Meeting U.S. Energy Objectives WASHINGTON -- Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks has made clear a healthy battery supply chain is essential for military capabilities and national security — and when it comes to batteries, "America needs to lead the world." Batteries are a vital and dynamic sector at the center of national...
07 June 2023 Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Peter Haas Terrorism Financing Investigation and Intelligence Course U.S. Embassy & Bangladesh - (As prepared for delivery) Good morning. It is my pleasure to open this week’s Terrorism Financing Investigation and Intelligence Course and to speak with you all, the dedicated professionals working tirelessly in the fight against terrorism.For many years, the U.S...
06 June 2023 Malaysian and U.S. Forces Strengthen Security Ties at Bersama Warrior Exercise KUANTAN, Malaysia -- The ninth annual Bersama Warrior exercise commenced here June 6, 2023, with an opening ceremony officiated by Malaysian Armed Forces Joint Force Headquarters Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for the J3, Royal Malaysian Navy First Admiral Pulendren a/l Paramasivam and Director of...
06 June 2023 US Facilitates Japan Air Operations Center Training YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Three years in the making, the 505th Training Squadron fulfilled a request by the government of Japan to assist with understanding how an air operations center plans and executes and how to build instructional standards to enable airpower at the operational level of war.The...