28 February 2024 Marine Aircraft Group 12 concludes Cope North 24 Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, completed Cope North 24, a three-week-long multinational aviation training exercise, alongside joint, partner, and allied forces in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands from Feb 2 to 23, 2024...
28 February 2024 Department of Defense completes Underway Recovery Test 11 with NASA NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Landing and Recovery team and the Department of Defense successfully completed the second recovery test for the crewed Artemis II mission aboard the amphibious transport dock USS San Diego (LPD 22) off the coast of San Diego, Feb. 28...
28 February 2024 Japanese Special Boat Unit, U.S. Naval Special Warfare Unit Conduct Joint Training Exercise A West Coast-based U.S. Naval Special Warfare unit integrated with a Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Special Boat Unit (SBU) to conduct joint training on navigation, communications, radar, and more from Feb. 15-17, 2024 at Naval Base White Beach in Okinawa, Japan...
27 February 2024 PACAF hosts Philippine Air Force for bilateral talks Pacific Air Forces hosted leaders from the Philippines Air Force for a bilateral discussion and subject matter expert exchange on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Feb. 13-15, 2024...
27 February 2024 America Arrives in Osaka The forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier, USS America (LHA 6) with embarked Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Osaka, Japan, Feb. 27...
26 February 2024 U.S. INDOPACOM Commander Travels to Nepal, Attends Exercise Shanti Prayas KATHMANDU, Nepal – Adm. John C. Aquilino, Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, traveled to Nepal from Feb. 24-26, 2024, demonstrating the strength of the U.S.-Nepal partnership. Aquilino met with President of Nepal Ram Chandra Paudel, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', Deputy Prime...
26 February 2024 Department of Defense and Mongolian Ministry of Defense Conduct Bilateral Defense Framework DoD Spokesperson Lt. Col. Martin Meiners provided the following readout...
26 February 2024 Elements of the 15th MEU, USS Somerset Begin Exercise Cobra Gold 2024 Elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived Feb. 23 in Chonburi province aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) to participate in Exercise Cobra Gold 2024...
26 February 2024 U.S. Coast Guard conduct joint patrol with Kiribati partners under Operation Blue Pacific In a significant advancement of regional maritime cooperation, the USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) crew successfully concluded a pivotal leg of its current expeditionary patrol in the Kiribati exclusive economic zone (EEZ) from Feb. 11 to 16, 2024...
25 February 2024 International Fellows gain a greater understanding of landpower within the Indo-Pacific The United States Army War College International Fellows visited the U.S. Army Pacific Headquarters Feb. 21, 2024, to gain knowledge of leadership and landpower in the Indo-Pacific theater...