22 May 2023 Joint, Multinational Senior Enlisted Leaders Emphasize NCOs’ Critical role in Indo-Pacific During LANPAC 23 HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Top Senior Enlisted Leaders (SEL) from the U.S. Army, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and sister services gathered with multinational partners and allied ground force SEL counterparts throughout the 10th Annual Land Power in the Pacific Symposium and Exposition (LANPAC) on Oahu, May...
18 May 2023 Kadena Employs Sustainable, Decisive Airpower in the Pacific KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Kadena Air Base, Japan recently earned the 2023 Secretary of Defense Environmental Sustainability, Non-Industrial Installation Award for outstanding achievements in the Department of Defense environmental programs.The Sustainability, Non-Industrial Installation Award...
17 May 2023 Austin Outlines What's Needed for Successful Competition With China WASHINGTON -- This year's budget request for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative, or PDI, is a full 40% higher than last year's request, said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, and that's part of a DOD-wide effort to outpace the People's Republic of China."We're focusing the entire department...
08 May 2023 Integrated Battle Problem 23.1 Kicks Off SAN DIEGO - U.S. Pacific Fleet began its second multi-domain unmanned capabilities exercise May 1...
04 May 2023 1st Recon Bn., Indonesian Korps Marinir Integrate for Annual Bilateral Training Exercise U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, and members of the 2nd Intai Amfibi Battalion, Indonesian Korps Marinir, participated in an annual reconnaissance exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 8-20, 2023...
03 May 2023 U.S.-Philippines Agree to Modernize, Strengthen Alliance WASHINGTON -- The United States and the Philippines will continue the fundamental work needed to modernize and strengthen the alliance between the two nations, said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. today at the Pentagon.The secretary hosted a...
03 May 2023 Readout of Secretary of Defense Meeting With Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. WASHINGTON -- Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosted President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. of the Philippines at the Pentagon today following their meeting in Manila earlier this year and on the heels of the...
27 April 2023 U.S., South Korea Unveil Joint Declaration Outlining Steps to Bolster Deterrence WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden and South Korean Yoon Suk Yeol outlined new steps aimed at bolstering the longstanding U.S.-South Korean defense alliance in the face of growing nuclear threats posed by North Korea.Under the newly unveiled "Washington Declaration," the two countries have committed...
27 April 2023 Leaders’ Joint Statement in Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Alliance between the United States of America and the Republic of Korea THE WHITE HOUSE -- Today President Joseph R. Biden Jr. of the United States (U.S.) and President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea (ROK) met in Washington to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-ROK Alliance. This is the second State Visit of the Biden-Harris Administration. While our...