02 December 2021 RED HORSE Delivers Airlift Support Expansions to Yokota Air Base YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The red baseball cap wearing 800th RED HORSE Group, or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, have been seen at Yokota Air Base flightline construction sites throughout the year as they steadily toil to build permanent expansions to the...
02 December 2021 U.S. Donates Nearly 200,000 Additional Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccines to Sri Lanka COLOMBO, U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka -- Nearly 200,000 additional Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses arrived in Sri Lanka today as a donation from the American people. This gift demonstrates the ongoing commitment of the United States to support Sri Lanka in the fight against COVID-19.As the pandemic...
01 December 2021 Bangladesh, U.S. Kick Off Bilateral Exercise CARAT Bangladesh BAY OF BENGAL -- Bangladesh Navy (BN) and U.S. military personnel are partnering in the 27th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) maritime exercise, virtually and in the Bay of Bengal, beginning Dec. 1.The nine-day engagement focuses on a full spectrum of naval capabilities and...
01 December 2021 U.S. Fleet Oiler Conducts Replenishments-at-Sea, Enhances Interoperability with Australia During Annual Exercise PHILIPPINE SEA -- Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn (T-AO198) conducted underway replenishments with partners and allies as part of Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX), in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 21-30.Naval forces from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan...
01 December 2021 Maritime Forces from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan and the U.S. Conclude ANNUALEX 2021 PHILIPPINE SEA -- Naval forces from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan and the U.S. concluded a nine-day multilateral, multinational annual exercise (ANNUALEX) in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 30, 2021.Led by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), this year’s ANNUALEX concluded with a joint press...
01 December 2021 USAID Announces a Grant of 2.4 Million $ to Support COVID-19 Vaccination in Laos VIENTIAN CAPITAL, U.S. Embassy in Laos -- The U.S., through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), officially announced an additional 2.4 million USD grant to UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) to further support the Lao PDR’s ongoing COVID-19 vaccination rollout...
01 December 2021 Commander, Task Force 70 Conducts Flag Talks with Japan Maritime Self Defense Force YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70 staff conducted discussions with leadership from the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) at the Funakoshi Fleet headquarters Nov. 30.Rear Adm. Michael Donnelly, Commander, Task Force 70, and staff members discussed maritime strategy and how...
30 November 2021 PACAF, partner nations deliver critical supplies during 70th Annual Operation Christmas Drop JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. and partner nation Airmen are set to participate in the Department of Defense’s longest-running humanitarian assistance training mission out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, beginning Dec.5.Operation Christmas Drop, or OCD, is an annual U.S. Air Force...
30 November 2021 402nd Army Field Support Battalion-Hawaii supports inaugural Home Station Combat Training Center The 402nd Army Field Support Battalion-Hawaii supported a successful, multi-island training event for the 25th Infantry Division without ever leaving Oahu.In the inaugural training event, the 25th Infantry Division set a new precedent, hosting the U.S. Army’s first Home Station Combat Training...
30 November 2021 MTA Malaysia concludes, strengthens maritime relationships LUMUT, Malaysia – As part of the 27th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) series, Maritime Training Activity (MTA) Malaysia 2021 concluded Nov. 30, following eight days of virtual, in-person, and at-sea engagements that enhanced collaboration between the Royal Malaysian Navy and...
02 December 2021 RED HORSE Delivers Airlift Support Expansions to Yokota Air Base YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The red baseball cap wearing 800th RED HORSE Group, or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, have been seen at Yokota Air Base flightline construction sites throughout the year as they steadily toil to build permanent expansions to the...
02 December 2021 U.S. Donates Nearly 200,000 Additional Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccines to Sri Lanka COLOMBO, U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka -- Nearly 200,000 additional Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses arrived in Sri Lanka today as a donation from the American people. This gift demonstrates the ongoing commitment of the United States to support Sri Lanka in the fight against COVID-19.As the pandemic...
01 December 2021 Bangladesh, U.S. Kick Off Bilateral Exercise CARAT Bangladesh BAY OF BENGAL -- Bangladesh Navy (BN) and U.S. military personnel are partnering in the 27th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) maritime exercise, virtually and in the Bay of Bengal, beginning Dec. 1.The nine-day engagement focuses on a full spectrum of naval capabilities and...
01 December 2021 U.S. Fleet Oiler Conducts Replenishments-at-Sea, Enhances Interoperability with Australia During Annual Exercise PHILIPPINE SEA -- Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn (T-AO198) conducted underway replenishments with partners and allies as part of Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX), in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 21-30.Naval forces from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan...
01 December 2021 Maritime Forces from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan and the U.S. Conclude ANNUALEX 2021 PHILIPPINE SEA -- Naval forces from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan and the U.S. concluded a nine-day multilateral, multinational annual exercise (ANNUALEX) in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 30, 2021.Led by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), this year’s ANNUALEX concluded with a joint press...
01 December 2021 USAID Announces a Grant of 2.4 Million $ to Support COVID-19 Vaccination in Laos VIENTIAN CAPITAL, U.S. Embassy in Laos -- The U.S., through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), officially announced an additional 2.4 million USD grant to UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) to further support the Lao PDR’s ongoing COVID-19 vaccination rollout...
01 December 2021 Commander, Task Force 70 Conducts Flag Talks with Japan Maritime Self Defense Force YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70 staff conducted discussions with leadership from the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) at the Funakoshi Fleet headquarters Nov. 30.Rear Adm. Michael Donnelly, Commander, Task Force 70, and staff members discussed maritime strategy and how...
30 November 2021 PACAF, partner nations deliver critical supplies during 70th Annual Operation Christmas Drop JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. and partner nation Airmen are set to participate in the Department of Defense’s longest-running humanitarian assistance training mission out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, beginning Dec.5.Operation Christmas Drop, or OCD, is an annual U.S. Air Force...
30 November 2021 402nd Army Field Support Battalion-Hawaii supports inaugural Home Station Combat Training Center The 402nd Army Field Support Battalion-Hawaii supported a successful, multi-island training event for the 25th Infantry Division without ever leaving Oahu.In the inaugural training event, the 25th Infantry Division set a new precedent, hosting the U.S. Army’s first Home Station Combat Training...
30 November 2021 MTA Malaysia concludes, strengthens maritime relationships LUMUT, Malaysia – As part of the 27th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) series, Maritime Training Activity (MTA) Malaysia 2021 concluded Nov. 30, following eight days of virtual, in-person, and at-sea engagements that enhanced collaboration between the Royal Malaysian Navy and...