16 February 2021 The U.S. Partners with Muhammadiyah to Advance COVID-19 Case Management in Hospitals JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The U.S. Government represented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Indonesia Mission Director Ryan Washburn, Feb. 11, 2021, joined the Head of Majelis Pembina Kesehatan Umum (MPKU) Muhammadiyah. Agus Samsudin, and the Director of Public Health...
12 February 2021 III Marine Expeditionary Force and U.S. 7th Fleet Complete Integrated Training for MEFEX OKINAWA, Japan -- III Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise (MEFEX) 21, a joint exercise that further enhanced the Navy-Marine Corps team’s ability to respond to crises or contingencies, concluded Feb. 12, 2021.During MEFEX, III MEF in direct coordination with U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet conducted realistic...
12 February 2021 Misawa Air Base Leaders Sign International Memorandum of Understanding MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Col. Jesse J. Friedel, 35th Fighter Wing commander, and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Maj. Gen. Takahiro Kubota, 3rd Air Wing commander, signed Memorandum of Understanding International (MOUI) 3010 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 12, 2021.The MOUI...
12 February 2021 USS Chicago Returns Home from Indo-Pacific Deployment PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Chicago (SSN 721) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam following a six-month deployment, Feb. 9, 2021.Chicago departed Pearl Harbor, July 15, 2020, for a regularly-scheduled deployment, in which they performed a full...
12 February 2021 Task Force Looks to Prioritize, Synchronize DOD Response to China WASHINGTON -- DOD's China Task Force will examine all the DOD activities relating to what Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III calls America's "pacing challenge" to ensure they are synchronized, prioritized and coordinated to the greatest extent possible, the leader of the review told Pentagon...
12 February 2021 Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Specialist Conquer the Artic EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Wind gusts as high as 50 miles per hour, wind chills dropping to minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit, and a place where the sun does not rise above the horizon for 65 consecutive days. Arctic Survival training is not for the faint of heart however for the survival, evasion,...
11 February 2021 Coast Guard Accepts Guam’s Third Fast Response Cutter SANTA RITA, Guam -- The Coast Guard accepted delivery of its newest Sentinel-class fast response cutter (FRC), the Coast Guard Cutter Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143), from Bollinger Shipyards in Key West, FL, Thursday.Frederick Hatch is scheduled to be the third FRC stationed in Guam and will arrive in...
11 February 2021 Biden Announces DOD China Task Force WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden announced the formation of a DOD China Task Force to provide a baseline assessment of department policies, programs and processes in regard to the challenge China poses.Ely Ratner, a special assistant to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, will lead the...
10 February 2021 Coast Guard Medevacs Mariner from Wake Island SANTA RITA, Guam -- The Coast Guard medevaced a 51-year-old crewmember from the 211-foot Japanese-flagged fishing vessel Shoyo Maru 1,501 miles east of Guam on Wake Island, Tuesday.An Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew successfully transported the man from Wake Island to awaiting...
10 February 2021 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Phone Call With Philippines Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana WASHINGTON -- Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby provided the following readout:Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Philippines Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana held an introductory phone call during which they discussed a number of priority of bilateral defense issues for...
16 February 2021 The U.S. Partners with Muhammadiyah to Advance COVID-19 Case Management in Hospitals JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The U.S. Government represented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Indonesia Mission Director Ryan Washburn, Feb. 11, 2021, joined the Head of Majelis Pembina Kesehatan Umum (MPKU) Muhammadiyah. Agus Samsudin, and the Director of Public Health...
12 February 2021 III Marine Expeditionary Force and U.S. 7th Fleet Complete Integrated Training for MEFEX OKINAWA, Japan -- III Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise (MEFEX) 21, a joint exercise that further enhanced the Navy-Marine Corps team’s ability to respond to crises or contingencies, concluded Feb. 12, 2021.During MEFEX, III MEF in direct coordination with U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet conducted realistic...
12 February 2021 Misawa Air Base Leaders Sign International Memorandum of Understanding MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Col. Jesse J. Friedel, 35th Fighter Wing commander, and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Maj. Gen. Takahiro Kubota, 3rd Air Wing commander, signed Memorandum of Understanding International (MOUI) 3010 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 12, 2021.The MOUI...
12 February 2021 USS Chicago Returns Home from Indo-Pacific Deployment PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Chicago (SSN 721) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam following a six-month deployment, Feb. 9, 2021.Chicago departed Pearl Harbor, July 15, 2020, for a regularly-scheduled deployment, in which they performed a full...
12 February 2021 Task Force Looks to Prioritize, Synchronize DOD Response to China WASHINGTON -- DOD's China Task Force will examine all the DOD activities relating to what Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III calls America's "pacing challenge" to ensure they are synchronized, prioritized and coordinated to the greatest extent possible, the leader of the review told Pentagon...
12 February 2021 Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Specialist Conquer the Artic EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Wind gusts as high as 50 miles per hour, wind chills dropping to minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit, and a place where the sun does not rise above the horizon for 65 consecutive days. Arctic Survival training is not for the faint of heart however for the survival, evasion,...
11 February 2021 Coast Guard Accepts Guam’s Third Fast Response Cutter SANTA RITA, Guam -- The Coast Guard accepted delivery of its newest Sentinel-class fast response cutter (FRC), the Coast Guard Cutter Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143), from Bollinger Shipyards in Key West, FL, Thursday.Frederick Hatch is scheduled to be the third FRC stationed in Guam and will arrive in...
11 February 2021 Biden Announces DOD China Task Force WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden announced the formation of a DOD China Task Force to provide a baseline assessment of department policies, programs and processes in regard to the challenge China poses.Ely Ratner, a special assistant to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, will lead the...
10 February 2021 Coast Guard Medevacs Mariner from Wake Island SANTA RITA, Guam -- The Coast Guard medevaced a 51-year-old crewmember from the 211-foot Japanese-flagged fishing vessel Shoyo Maru 1,501 miles east of Guam on Wake Island, Tuesday.An Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew successfully transported the man from Wake Island to awaiting...
10 February 2021 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Phone Call With Philippines Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana WASHINGTON -- Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby provided the following readout:Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Philippines Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana held an introductory phone call during which they discussed a number of priority of bilateral defense issues for...