11 June 2025 PMTEC Enhances Realism and Effectiveness of Balikatan 2025 MANILA – Pacific Multi-Domain Training and Experimentation Capability (PMTEC) made significant investments across multiple domains to bolster Balikatan’s 40th iteration April 21st to May 9th, enhancing the exercise's realism and effectiveness...
09 June 2025 Exercise Southern Steel Fans Flames of U.S.-RNZAF Military Partnership NEW ZEALAND — In a first-of-its-kind bilateral exercise, U.S. Air Force Air National Guard and Royal New Zealand Air Force Aviation Rescue Firefighters participated in Exercise Southern Steel, a high-octane exercise focused on enhancing emergency response interoperability and the Five Eyes alliance...
09 June 2025 U.S., Republic of Singapore navies deepen partnership through Exercise Pacific Griffin 2025 GUAM — The U.S. and Republic of Singapore navies kicked off Exercise Pacific Griffin 2025 in the waters off Guam, June 7...
06 June 2025 Hawaii National Guard and Philippine Armed Forces Unite for 4th Annual Medical Exchange CAMP O'DONNELL, Philippines — Hawaii National Guard medical professionals completed their fourth annual Tactical Combat Casualty Care exchange with partners from the Armed Forces of the Philippines at Camp O’Donnell from May 18-30...
06 June 2025 U.S., Philippines, Japan and the Republic of Korea conclude KAMANDAG 9 MANILA, Philippines — Elements of I and III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) concluded Exercise KAMANDAG 9 June 6, 2025, capping weeks of multilateral training across the Philippine archipelago, advancing air, maritime, and littoral capabilities and reaffirming the shared vision of peace and...
05 June 2025 USS Tripoli forward deploys to Japan SAN DIEGO – The America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) departed Naval Base San Diego May 19 to forward deploy to Sasebo, Japan, as part of a scheduled rotation of forces in the Pacific. The Tripoli will replace the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), which will depart...
05 June 2025 U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Armed Forces of the Philippines conduct Maritime Cooperative Activity The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps, demonstrating a collective commitment to strengthen regional and international cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific, conducted a bilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) within the Philippines’...
04 June 2025 Marines, ANZACs Share Special Bond HONOLULU — There is a long-standing, strong relationship that exists between the Australian and New Zealand militaries and the U.S. Marine Corps. This bond extends far back in our respective histories when we fought side-by-side helping to defend Australia and New Zealand in World War II, and...
04 June 2025 505th Command and Control Wing News JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — As the pace and scale of joint operations continue to intensify in the Indo-Pacific region, the U.S. Air Force and its partners are drawing strategic insights from Bamboo Eagle 25-1, a large-scale exercise designed to refine the command-and-control...
03 June 2025 U.S. Army Demonstrates Multi-Modal Mobility of HIMARS in Support of Salaknib 25 ZAMBALES, Philippines — U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Multi-Domain Task Force’s 5th Battalion, 3rd Long Range Fires Battalion, working alongside the U.S. Air Force’s 374th Airlift Wing, 5th Air Force, and the Philippine Navy successfully demonstrated the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System...