27 September 2023 Readout of U.S.-India 2+2 Intersessional Dialogue Department of Defense spokesperson John Supple provided the following readout: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Dr. Ely Ratner co-chaired the seventh U.S.-India 2+2 Intersessional Dialogue today in Washington, D.C., alongside Assistant Secretary of State for South and...
27 September 2023 Orient Shield 23 exercise enhances U.S.-Japan readiness, deterrence About 3,500 U.S. Soldiers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members recently participated in the Orient Shield 23 exercise to forge stronger bonds and increase interoperability...
26 September 2023 U.S. facilitates Philippine Air Force AOC, ISR training At the request of the government of the Philippines, the 505th Training Squadron located at Hurlburt Field, Florida, sent a team of U.S. Air Force Air Operations Center Formal Training Unit instructors to Villamor Air Base, Philippines, from Aug. 10-19...
26 September 2023 New U.S. Army Chief’s First Stop is the Indo-Pacific Region Less than a week after being confirmed and sworn in as the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army, General Randy George is out in the Indo-Pacific Theater telling allies and partners that the region is critically important to the United States...
26 September 2023 Nevada Army Guard general, command staff visits Exercise Cartwheel in Fiji Nevada Army National Guard leadership visited Soldiers and allied partner nation military personnel this weekend working Exercise Cartwheel 2023, a multinational military training exercise being conducted in the South Pacific this month...
25 September 2023 Generate Airpower, Check: Kadena ACEs no-notice exercise The U.S. Air Force’s ability to rapidly generate airpower at a moment’s notice was put to the test at Kadena Air Base, when the 18th Wing conducted a no-notice agile combat employment exercise Sept. 22, 2023...
25 September 2023 Pacific Marines Meet With Singapore Army Staff Pacific Marines led by Brig. Gen. Daniel L. Shipley, deputy commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, hosted a delegation of the Singapore Army, led by Brig. Gen. Tan Cheng Kwee, Chief of Staff - General Staff, Singapore Armed Forces, at the first MARFORPAC - Singapore Army Staff Talks, Sep...
22 September 2023 JASDF performs F-35 hot-pit refuel at Andersen AFB The Japan Air Self-Defense Force performed their first hot-pit refuel for their F-35A Lightning II, Aug. 28, 2023 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam...
22 September 2023 PACAF, RBAirF strengthen medical capabilities in Pacific Angel 23-3 Medical units from across the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) teamed up with Medical Service, Royal Brunei Air Force during exercise Pacific Angel 23-3 a joint and combined regional humanitarian assistance and disaster relief engagement led by PACAF at Rimba Air Force Base, Brunei on Sept, 11-15...
21 September 2023 U.S. Strengthening Deterrence in Taiwan Strait The Defense Department is working with other government agencies, allies and friends to strengthen deterrence across the Taiwan Strait to ensure peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region, Ely Ratner told the House Armed Services Committee today...