07 April 2022 Cyber Mission Force Set to Add More Teams WASHINGTON -- Right now, U.S. Cyber Command has about 133 cyber mission teams spread across the services, which make up its Cyber Mission Force (CMF) — the "action arm" of Cybercom, said Army Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, who serves as both the commander of Cybercom and the director of the National...
07 April 2022 U.S. Pledges $44 Million to Bring Safe, Clean Water to Communities in Indonesia JAKARTA, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia --Today, the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced a five-year project in partnership with Indonesia to increase access to safely managed drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) for residents in...
06 April 2022 Inaugural Deployment: 3d Marine Littoral Regiment Partners with the Armed Forces of the Philippines during Balikatan 22 NORTHERN LUZON, Philippines -- The 3d Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR) Headquarters (HQ) conducted its inaugural deployment in the first island chain, working shoulder-to-shoulder with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) during exercise Balikatan 22 (BK22) , which is scheduled to run March 28 to...
06 April 2022 U.S. 3rd Fleet, Tactical Training Group Pacific Host Staff Exercise Ahead of RIMPAC 2022 SAN DIEGO -- Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet and Tactical Training Group Pacific (TTGP) hosted Staff Exercise (STAFFEX), the last planning event for Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2022, at Naval Base Point Loma from March 29-April 1.STAFFEX included approximately 90 senior staff members from...
06 April 2022 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Military Leaders Meet in Hawaii CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii -- Senior military leaders from the U.S. and Japan met at Fort Shafter this week to assess cooperative efforts and current strengths of the Japan-U.S. alliance and decide on important changes for future training.Led by Gen. Yoshida Yoshihide, chief of staff, Japan Ground...
06 April 2022 9th Mission Support Command Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic Fort Shafter Flats, Hawaii -- The 9th Mission Support Command (MSC), headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, has mobilized close to 400 personnel since March, throughout the Pacific, to provide assistance to Defense Support of Civil Authorities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 9th MSC is the most...
06 April 2022 President of the Republic of Palau shares a close and personal relationship to the U.S. KOROR, Palau -- Nearly the entirety of the Pacific Ocean separates the United States from the Republic of Palau. While the physical distance between the two countries is considerable, in terms of historical, social and cultural ties, the U.S. and Palau enjoy a close relationship. During World War...
06 April 2022 Coast Guard, Navy Begin High Seas Oceania Maritime Security Initiative Patrol SAN DIEGO, Calif -- The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy began their joint mission in the Western and Central Pacific under the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) to reduce and eliminate illegal, unregulated, unreported (IUU) fishing, combat transnational crimes, and enhance regional...
05 April 2022 USS Dewey Completes Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training PHILIPPINE SEA -- Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105), forward-deployed to Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, participated in Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) from March 13–27. SWATT provides the Fleet opportunities to complete...
05 April 2022 U.S. Donates 90,090 Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine to Bhutan THIMPHU, BHUTAN, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India -- Thanks to the American people’s generosity and in partnership with COVAX, 90,090 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have been donated to Bhutan, in coordination with the Bhutan Foundation and UNICEF, to fight the pandemic. These safe...
07 April 2022 Cyber Mission Force Set to Add More Teams WASHINGTON -- Right now, U.S. Cyber Command has about 133 cyber mission teams spread across the services, which make up its Cyber Mission Force (CMF) — the "action arm" of Cybercom, said Army Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, who serves as both the commander of Cybercom and the director of the National...
07 April 2022 U.S. Pledges $44 Million to Bring Safe, Clean Water to Communities in Indonesia JAKARTA, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia --Today, the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced a five-year project in partnership with Indonesia to increase access to safely managed drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) for residents in...
06 April 2022 Inaugural Deployment: 3d Marine Littoral Regiment Partners with the Armed Forces of the Philippines during Balikatan 22 NORTHERN LUZON, Philippines -- The 3d Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR) Headquarters (HQ) conducted its inaugural deployment in the first island chain, working shoulder-to-shoulder with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) during exercise Balikatan 22 (BK22) , which is scheduled to run March 28 to...
06 April 2022 U.S. 3rd Fleet, Tactical Training Group Pacific Host Staff Exercise Ahead of RIMPAC 2022 SAN DIEGO -- Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet and Tactical Training Group Pacific (TTGP) hosted Staff Exercise (STAFFEX), the last planning event for Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2022, at Naval Base Point Loma from March 29-April 1.STAFFEX included approximately 90 senior staff members from...
06 April 2022 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Military Leaders Meet in Hawaii CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii -- Senior military leaders from the U.S. and Japan met at Fort Shafter this week to assess cooperative efforts and current strengths of the Japan-U.S. alliance and decide on important changes for future training.Led by Gen. Yoshida Yoshihide, chief of staff, Japan Ground...
06 April 2022 9th Mission Support Command Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic Fort Shafter Flats, Hawaii -- The 9th Mission Support Command (MSC), headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, has mobilized close to 400 personnel since March, throughout the Pacific, to provide assistance to Defense Support of Civil Authorities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 9th MSC is the most...
06 April 2022 President of the Republic of Palau shares a close and personal relationship to the U.S. KOROR, Palau -- Nearly the entirety of the Pacific Ocean separates the United States from the Republic of Palau. While the physical distance between the two countries is considerable, in terms of historical, social and cultural ties, the U.S. and Palau enjoy a close relationship. During World War...
06 April 2022 Coast Guard, Navy Begin High Seas Oceania Maritime Security Initiative Patrol SAN DIEGO, Calif -- The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy began their joint mission in the Western and Central Pacific under the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) to reduce and eliminate illegal, unregulated, unreported (IUU) fishing, combat transnational crimes, and enhance regional...
05 April 2022 USS Dewey Completes Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training PHILIPPINE SEA -- Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105), forward-deployed to Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, participated in Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) from March 13–27. SWATT provides the Fleet opportunities to complete...
05 April 2022 U.S. Donates 90,090 Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine to Bhutan THIMPHU, BHUTAN, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India -- Thanks to the American people’s generosity and in partnership with COVAX, 90,090 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have been donated to Bhutan, in coordination with the Bhutan Foundation and UNICEF, to fight the pandemic. These safe...