06 May 2021 Paparo Takes Helm as U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Samuel J. Paparo assumed command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, May 5. He relieved Adm. John C. Aquilino, who became the 26th commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command at Camp H.M. Smith in Halawa in a ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam's Kilo Pier, April 30...
06 May 2021 Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group Gets Vaccinated PACIFIC OCEAN -- U.S. Sailors from the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group began receiving Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine while underway, April 29.Carrier Strike Group Nine offered the vaccine to every Sailor on a voluntary basis.“The strike group is ecstatic to have the...
06 May 2021 Chargé d’Affaires Mansour Launches USSG55 Campaign Celebrating 55 Years of Diplomatic Relations between the U.S. and Singapore U.S. Embassy in Singapore -- Chargé d’Affaires Rafik Mansour launched U.S. Embassy Singapore’s USSG55 campaign celebrating 55 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and Singapore, April 5, 2021.Starting this month, a combination of digital and traditional media elements branded with...
05 May 2021 Makin Island ARG, 15th MEU Arrive off Alaska for Northern Edge PACIFIC OCEAN -- Marines and Sailors with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived off the coast of Alaska, May 2, to participate in Exercise Northern Edge 21, the largest joint exercise of 2021, led by U.S. Indo-Pacific...
05 May 2021 Coast Guard, Navy Conduct Joint Oceania Maritime Security Initiative Patrol Conduct Enforcement Boarding HONOLULU, Hawaii -- A Coast Guard law enforcement detachment, embarked aboard the Navy littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16), conducted a maritime law enforcement boarding in the Western Pacific,Thursday.The joint mission was in support of the Secretary of Defense’s Oceania Maritime Security...
05 May 2021 Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung U.S. Embassy & Consulate in the Republic of Korea -- Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong in London. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Chung reaffirmed that the U.S.-ROK Alliance is the linchpin of peace, security, and prosperity...
04 May 2021 U.S. Service Members, Ships, Aircraft Meet in Alaska for Northern Edge 21 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Approximately 15,000 U.S. service members, six U.S. Navy ships and 240 aircraft will participate in Northern Edge 2021 (NE21), a joint field training exercise May 3-14 from various locations in and around Alaska.Locations include Joint Base...
04 May 2021 Expeditionary Strike Group 7 Sailors Stay COVID-Free While at Sea SASEBO, Japan - Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7 completed its third COVID-free deployment in April, following the arrival of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship, USS Ashland (LSD 48), to Fleet Activities Sasebo, May 4.In early 2020 as the world started to learn of a potentially contagious...
04 May 2021 The U.S. Provides Additional Funding Support to Nepal amidst the Second Wave of COVID-19 KATHMANDU, U.S. Embassy in Nepal -- As COVID-19 cases surge, and as Nepal enters another challenging time, the United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announces an additional $8.5 million in emergency response funding to combat the disease and to...
04 May 2021 U.S. Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group Begins Exercise Northern Edge 2021 GULF OF ALASKA -- The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) began Exercise Northern Edge 2021 (NE21) in the Gulf of Alaska, May 3.The exercise includes assets from TRCSG, Makin Island Amphibious Readiness Group (MKIARG) and embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and other U.S. military...
06 May 2021 Paparo Takes Helm as U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Samuel J. Paparo assumed command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, May 5. He relieved Adm. John C. Aquilino, who became the 26th commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command at Camp H.M. Smith in Halawa in a ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam's Kilo Pier, April 30...
06 May 2021 Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group Gets Vaccinated PACIFIC OCEAN -- U.S. Sailors from the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group began receiving Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine while underway, April 29.Carrier Strike Group Nine offered the vaccine to every Sailor on a voluntary basis.“The strike group is ecstatic to have the...
06 May 2021 Chargé d’Affaires Mansour Launches USSG55 Campaign Celebrating 55 Years of Diplomatic Relations between the U.S. and Singapore U.S. Embassy in Singapore -- Chargé d’Affaires Rafik Mansour launched U.S. Embassy Singapore’s USSG55 campaign celebrating 55 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and Singapore, April 5, 2021.Starting this month, a combination of digital and traditional media elements branded with...
05 May 2021 Makin Island ARG, 15th MEU Arrive off Alaska for Northern Edge PACIFIC OCEAN -- Marines and Sailors with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived off the coast of Alaska, May 2, to participate in Exercise Northern Edge 21, the largest joint exercise of 2021, led by U.S. Indo-Pacific...
05 May 2021 Coast Guard, Navy Conduct Joint Oceania Maritime Security Initiative Patrol Conduct Enforcement Boarding HONOLULU, Hawaii -- A Coast Guard law enforcement detachment, embarked aboard the Navy littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16), conducted a maritime law enforcement boarding in the Western Pacific,Thursday.The joint mission was in support of the Secretary of Defense’s Oceania Maritime Security...
05 May 2021 Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung U.S. Embassy & Consulate in the Republic of Korea -- Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong in London. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Chung reaffirmed that the U.S.-ROK Alliance is the linchpin of peace, security, and prosperity...
04 May 2021 U.S. Service Members, Ships, Aircraft Meet in Alaska for Northern Edge 21 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Approximately 15,000 U.S. service members, six U.S. Navy ships and 240 aircraft will participate in Northern Edge 2021 (NE21), a joint field training exercise May 3-14 from various locations in and around Alaska.Locations include Joint Base...
04 May 2021 Expeditionary Strike Group 7 Sailors Stay COVID-Free While at Sea SASEBO, Japan - Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7 completed its third COVID-free deployment in April, following the arrival of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship, USS Ashland (LSD 48), to Fleet Activities Sasebo, May 4.In early 2020 as the world started to learn of a potentially contagious...
04 May 2021 The U.S. Provides Additional Funding Support to Nepal amidst the Second Wave of COVID-19 KATHMANDU, U.S. Embassy in Nepal -- As COVID-19 cases surge, and as Nepal enters another challenging time, the United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announces an additional $8.5 million in emergency response funding to combat the disease and to...
04 May 2021 U.S. Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group Begins Exercise Northern Edge 2021 GULF OF ALASKA -- The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) began Exercise Northern Edge 2021 (NE21) in the Gulf of Alaska, May 3.The exercise includes assets from TRCSG, Makin Island Amphibious Readiness Group (MKIARG) and embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and other U.S. military...