05 January 2022 US Navy Seabees in Timor-Leste Hold Multinational Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony BAUCAU, Timor-Leste -- U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a four-room schoolhouse in Baucau, Timor-Leste Dec. 10.On Aug. 16, the Seabees started the project with a multinational crew of Timor Leste Defence Force and a combat...
05 January 2022 U.S. Military Holds Tactical Combat Casualty Training in Palawan, Zambales MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S. Civil-Military Support Element-Philippines (CMSE-PHL) recently conducted Tactical Combat Casualty Care and Medical First Responder training with the Philippine Coast Guard-Special Operations Group (PCG-SOG) in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, and the...
05 January 2022 USINDOPACOM Statement on DPRK Missile Launch We are aware of the ballistic missile launch and are consulting closely with our allies and partners. While we have assessed that this event does not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to our allies, the ballistic missile launch highlights the destabilizing impact of the...
04 January 2022 Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Departs on Deployment SAN DIEGO -- The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) departed on a regularly scheduled deployment Monday in support of global maritime security operations.The Abraham Lincoln CSG is led by the command staff of CSG 3 and consists of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72),...
04 January 2022 176th Maintenance Group Virtual Reality Lab Introduces Innovative Training JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 176th Maintenance Group (MXG) opened its innovative Virtual Reality Training Lab here Dec. 4, 2021.The 176th MXG used squadron innovation funds from ARCWERX to create the lab, which will enhance training capabilities for maintenance Airmen by giving...
04 January 2022 799,110 Pfizer Doses Donated by the U.S. Arrive in Lao PDR VIENTIANE, U.S. Embassy in Laos -- Lao PDR received a new shipment of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Jan. 2, which is a donation by the United States through the COVAX Facility - a partnership co-led by Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and the World Health...
04 January 2022 Royal Canadian Air Force Arctic Guardian Keeps Watch with 176th Air Defense Squadron JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Besides her distinctively mottled Canadian Disruptive Pattern uniform and a habit of pronouncing lieutenant as “left-tenant,” there is nothing differentiating Royal Canadian Air Force ( RCAF) Capt. Elyse O’Brien, 176th Air Defense Squadron (ADS) air battle...
30 December 2021 The U.S. Donates Additional 3.3 Million COVID-19 Vaccines to Indonesia JAKARTA, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- Earlier this week, 3.3 million additional doses of safe and effective Pfizer vaccines donated by the United States arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta. On Sunday (12/26), 234,000 doses arrived, followed by 3,086,460 doses...
30 December 2021 DoD Awards $136.7 Million Contract to MilliporeSigma to Establish Domestic Production Capacity of Critical Material Used in COVID-19 Point-of-Care Tests WASHINGTON -- On Dec. 29, 2021, the Department of Defense (DoD), on behalf of and in coordination with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, awarded a $136.7 million contract to MilliporeSigma to establish nitrocellulose membrane production capacity in the United States.Nitrocellulose...
30 December 2021 U.S. Embassy Announces Malaysian Ringgit 1 Million Donation KUALA LUMPUR -- The U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur today announced a RM 1 million donation to six Malaysian non-governmental organizations helping people adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This donation will be able to directly support nearly 4,000 households.With funding from the U.S...
05 January 2022 US Navy Seabees in Timor-Leste Hold Multinational Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony BAUCAU, Timor-Leste -- U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a four-room schoolhouse in Baucau, Timor-Leste Dec. 10.On Aug. 16, the Seabees started the project with a multinational crew of Timor Leste Defence Force and a combat...
05 January 2022 U.S. Military Holds Tactical Combat Casualty Training in Palawan, Zambales MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S. Civil-Military Support Element-Philippines (CMSE-PHL) recently conducted Tactical Combat Casualty Care and Medical First Responder training with the Philippine Coast Guard-Special Operations Group (PCG-SOG) in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, and the...
05 January 2022 USINDOPACOM Statement on DPRK Missile Launch We are aware of the ballistic missile launch and are consulting closely with our allies and partners. While we have assessed that this event does not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to our allies, the ballistic missile launch highlights the destabilizing impact of the...
04 January 2022 Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Departs on Deployment SAN DIEGO -- The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) departed on a regularly scheduled deployment Monday in support of global maritime security operations.The Abraham Lincoln CSG is led by the command staff of CSG 3 and consists of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72),...
04 January 2022 176th Maintenance Group Virtual Reality Lab Introduces Innovative Training JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 176th Maintenance Group (MXG) opened its innovative Virtual Reality Training Lab here Dec. 4, 2021.The 176th MXG used squadron innovation funds from ARCWERX to create the lab, which will enhance training capabilities for maintenance Airmen by giving...
04 January 2022 799,110 Pfizer Doses Donated by the U.S. Arrive in Lao PDR VIENTIANE, U.S. Embassy in Laos -- Lao PDR received a new shipment of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Jan. 2, which is a donation by the United States through the COVAX Facility - a partnership co-led by Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and the World Health...
04 January 2022 Royal Canadian Air Force Arctic Guardian Keeps Watch with 176th Air Defense Squadron JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Besides her distinctively mottled Canadian Disruptive Pattern uniform and a habit of pronouncing lieutenant as “left-tenant,” there is nothing differentiating Royal Canadian Air Force ( RCAF) Capt. Elyse O’Brien, 176th Air Defense Squadron (ADS) air battle...
30 December 2021 The U.S. Donates Additional 3.3 Million COVID-19 Vaccines to Indonesia JAKARTA, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- Earlier this week, 3.3 million additional doses of safe and effective Pfizer vaccines donated by the United States arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta. On Sunday (12/26), 234,000 doses arrived, followed by 3,086,460 doses...
30 December 2021 DoD Awards $136.7 Million Contract to MilliporeSigma to Establish Domestic Production Capacity of Critical Material Used in COVID-19 Point-of-Care Tests WASHINGTON -- On Dec. 29, 2021, the Department of Defense (DoD), on behalf of and in coordination with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, awarded a $136.7 million contract to MilliporeSigma to establish nitrocellulose membrane production capacity in the United States.Nitrocellulose...
30 December 2021 U.S. Embassy Announces Malaysian Ringgit 1 Million Donation KUALA LUMPUR -- The U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur today announced a RM 1 million donation to six Malaysian non-governmental organizations helping people adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This donation will be able to directly support nearly 4,000 households.With funding from the U.S...