06 December 2024 MRF-SEA Marines Strengthen Ties with Brunei Forces During CARAT Exercise After completing the first three exercises of their current rotation in the Indo-Pacific, a group of subject matter experts from Marine Rotational Force - Southeast Asia (MRF-SEA) traveled to Brunei to join the U.S. Navy for its most recent iteration of the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training...
06 December 2024 Space Force activates component field command in Japan The U.S. Space Force activated its sixth service component, United States Space Forces – Japan (USSPACEFOR-JPN) at Yokota Air Base, Japan, 4 December 2024...
05 December 2024 Historic Trilateral Military Exercise to Launch with Concurrent U.S. Army Simulated Warfighter Exercise In a groundbreaking advancement of interoperability and cooperation, military forces from Japan, Australia and the United States will strengthen their Alliance when the military exercise, Yama Sakura 87, takes place from December 6 through December 14...
05 December 2024 From concept to command: Celebrating five years of the U.S. Space Force The sixth branch of the U.S Armed Forces was established on Dec. 20, 2019, when President Donald J. Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020...
04 December 2024 Keris MAREX 24: ENDEX U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, attached to Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, alongside Indonesian marines with 10th Marine Infantry Battalion, Indonesian Korps Marinir, conduct a battlesight-zero, jungle survival and patrol subject matter expert exchanges, machine gun,...
03 December 2024 Data and Medical Innovation: How America’s First Corps Seeks Digital Solutions to Save Lives The speed, complexity, and volume of potential casualties of future large-scale combat operations (LSCO) will demand well trained and efficient U.S. Army medics and a data centric battlefield that links all warfighting functions...
03 December 2024 Ready to execute anytime, anywhere Shogun Shield is a recurring dynamic Agile Combat Employment exercise for the 18th Wing, with December’s iteration taking place over the course of three days...
30 November 2024 Loko Iʻa Pāʻaiau Fishpond Inspires Story of Healing and Peace Loko Iʻa Pāʻaiau, the ancient fishpond next to McGrew Point Navy housing that is being restored, was the inspiration for Hoʻoponopono is Harmony, a children’s book written by Thao “Kale‘a ” Le, PhD, MPH in collaboration with Bruce Keaulani, founder and CEO of Living Life Source Foundation...
28 November 2024 CFAS Participates in 80th Anniversary WWII B-29 “Acid Test” Memorial Ceremony Capt. Michael Fontaine, Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo (CFAS), Command Master Chief Alan Benavidez and 12 other CFAS personnel along with citizens of Isahaya, Japan and members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Fleet Air Wing 22 attended a memorial ceremony commemorating the 80th...
27 November 2024 Indonesia: DoD, USAID, and UN staff attend Tsunami Remembrance Event U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Carla Riner, Air National Guard advisor to the Pacific Air Forces Director of Air and Cyberspace Operations, led a Department of Defense delegation at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for an Aceh Tsunami Museum special exhibit...