23 December 2021 Pacific Air Forces Airmen Enter Air Force Spark Tank Semi Finals JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Three ideas were selected to represent Pacific Air Forces in the Air Force Spark Tank 2022 Semi Finals competition scheduled for Jan. 6, 2022.The Spark Tank competition is an annual event where Airmen and Guardians pitch innovative ideas to top Air Force...
23 December 2021 Statement on the Visit of Thailand Chief of Defense Forces General Chalermpol Srisawasdi to the U.S. U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Thailand -- The U.S. welcomed the visit of the Royal Thai Armed Forces Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) General Chalermpol Srisawasdi from December 11-20. The visit was General Chalermpol’s first overseas trip since assuming the role of Chief of Defense Forces.At the...
22 December 2021 USAG Japan Leadership Team Puts “Boots on the Ground” at All Locations Across Japan CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- U.S. Army Garrison Japan’s (USAG-J) commander gave himself a tough goal for his first 90 days on the job: putting “boots on the ground” at all of the Garrison’s 17 locations in what is commonly called a “Battlefield Circulation.”Col. Christopher L. Tomlinson said it was...
22 December 2021 USARJ Sergeant Audie Murphy Club Members Deliver Donated Items to Local Children’s Home CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- What started out as an idea and a loose plan by Sgt. 1st Class Willie Williams culminated in him delivering several boxes of donated items to a local Japanese children’s home.Williams, assigned to U.S. Army Japan (USARJ) and president of USARJ’s Sergeant Audie Murphy Club,...
22 December 2021 U.S. Provides Php10 Million in Relief to Communities Affected by Typhoon Odette MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing Php10 million ($200,000) in immediate assistance to support communities devastated by Typhoon Odette, internationally known as Super Typhoon Rai.To...
22 December 2021 Almost 4,000 Cookies Delivered to Boost Service Member Morale CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea -- When Operation Holiday Cookie Drop launched, the goal was to gather 3,000 cookies to distribute to service members during the holiday season. Liz Stone, organizer of the event, said the community provided more than she was hoping for.“We don’t have an official...
21 December 2021 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and Royal Australian Navy Conduct Bilateral Training Exercise PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group conducted a bilateral training exercise with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Air Force to test and refine warfighting principles, Dec. 10-19, 2021.RAN and the U.S. Navy joined together to deploy high-end training tactics and improve...
21 December 2021 U.S. Donates Additional 3.4 Million Pfizer Vaccines to the Philippines MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The United States, in partnership with the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility, donated an additional 3,400,020 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines as part of its continuing worldwide effort to help end COVID-19.The...
21 December 2021 A Loadmaster Completes Her First Operation Christmas Drop ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- It was a hot, muggy day, but Santa still had to deliver presents to islands in the Pacific.For a lot of people in the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau, one of their Santas during the 70th Anniversary of Operation Christmas Drop was Senior...
21 December 2021 U.S. Donates Over 820,000 Additional Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccines to Sri Lanka COLOMBO, U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka -- The United States delivered an additional 820,000 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses to the Ministry of Health, increasing the total U.S. donation to 3.4 million jabs from the American people.“The United States supports Sri Lanka’s ongoing efforts to vaccinate as...
23 December 2021 Pacific Air Forces Airmen Enter Air Force Spark Tank Semi Finals JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Three ideas were selected to represent Pacific Air Forces in the Air Force Spark Tank 2022 Semi Finals competition scheduled for Jan. 6, 2022.The Spark Tank competition is an annual event where Airmen and Guardians pitch innovative ideas to top Air Force...
23 December 2021 Statement on the Visit of Thailand Chief of Defense Forces General Chalermpol Srisawasdi to the U.S. U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Thailand -- The U.S. welcomed the visit of the Royal Thai Armed Forces Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) General Chalermpol Srisawasdi from December 11-20. The visit was General Chalermpol’s first overseas trip since assuming the role of Chief of Defense Forces.At the...
22 December 2021 USAG Japan Leadership Team Puts “Boots on the Ground” at All Locations Across Japan CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- U.S. Army Garrison Japan’s (USAG-J) commander gave himself a tough goal for his first 90 days on the job: putting “boots on the ground” at all of the Garrison’s 17 locations in what is commonly called a “Battlefield Circulation.”Col. Christopher L. Tomlinson said it was...
22 December 2021 USARJ Sergeant Audie Murphy Club Members Deliver Donated Items to Local Children’s Home CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- What started out as an idea and a loose plan by Sgt. 1st Class Willie Williams culminated in him delivering several boxes of donated items to a local Japanese children’s home.Williams, assigned to U.S. Army Japan (USARJ) and president of USARJ’s Sergeant Audie Murphy Club,...
22 December 2021 U.S. Provides Php10 Million in Relief to Communities Affected by Typhoon Odette MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing Php10 million ($200,000) in immediate assistance to support communities devastated by Typhoon Odette, internationally known as Super Typhoon Rai.To...
22 December 2021 Almost 4,000 Cookies Delivered to Boost Service Member Morale CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea -- When Operation Holiday Cookie Drop launched, the goal was to gather 3,000 cookies to distribute to service members during the holiday season. Liz Stone, organizer of the event, said the community provided more than she was hoping for.“We don’t have an official...
21 December 2021 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and Royal Australian Navy Conduct Bilateral Training Exercise PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group conducted a bilateral training exercise with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Air Force to test and refine warfighting principles, Dec. 10-19, 2021.RAN and the U.S. Navy joined together to deploy high-end training tactics and improve...
21 December 2021 U.S. Donates Additional 3.4 Million Pfizer Vaccines to the Philippines MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The United States, in partnership with the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility, donated an additional 3,400,020 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines as part of its continuing worldwide effort to help end COVID-19.The...
21 December 2021 A Loadmaster Completes Her First Operation Christmas Drop ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- It was a hot, muggy day, but Santa still had to deliver presents to islands in the Pacific.For a lot of people in the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau, one of their Santas during the 70th Anniversary of Operation Christmas Drop was Senior...
21 December 2021 U.S. Donates Over 820,000 Additional Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccines to Sri Lanka COLOMBO, U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka -- The United States delivered an additional 820,000 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses to the Ministry of Health, increasing the total U.S. donation to 3.4 million jabs from the American people.“The United States supports Sri Lanka’s ongoing efforts to vaccinate as...