23 May 2023 U.S. Coast Guard, Partners Prepare for Arrival of Typhoon Mawar to Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands SANTA RITA, Guam -- U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, federal, territorial, and port partners continue Monday, May 22, 2023, to prepare for Typhoon Mawar, expected to arrive Tuesday.Typhoon Mawar strengthened and is intensifying as it heads northwest. It is advisable to take advantage...
23 May 2023 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Statement on U.S.-Papua New Guinea Defense Cooperation Agreement WASHINGTON -- This U.S.-Papua New Guinea Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) is an important milestone for the relationship between the United States and Papua New Guinea (PNG) – and for our collective Indo-Pacific security. The agreement reflects our partnership and our shared values as Pacific...
23 May 2023 Pacific Air Forces Airmen test Next Generation Aircrew Protection Equipment HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- If you’ve spent time in the Indo-Pacific region, you’ve heard the term “Fight Tonight,” probably more than once, and for good reason. Pacific Air Forces Airmen are on the forefront of operations in ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific and in doing so, it comes with...
23 May 2023 USNMRTC Yokosuka Conducts, Large-scale, Multi-day, Joint-partner Exercise to Promote Interoperability and Readiness YOKOSUKA, Japan -- United States Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka conducted a large-scale, multi-day, joint-partner exercise in response to a simulated large magnitude earthquake.The exercise took place May 17-19 at United States Navy Hospital Yokosuka. To simulate the...
23 May 2023 U.S. Marines Arrive in Darwin for 12th Rotation DARWIN, Australia -- The arrival of the United States Marines for the 12th iteration of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) marks a significant event for the Australia-U.S. Alliance.The annual rotation of a combat credible Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) to Darwin, Australia, is designed...
22 May 2023 LANPAC: Army Commander Leads USSPACECOM Against Space Domain Threats HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Adversaries have continually found ways to threaten the Army and U.S. forces, not only from the land air, and sea but through space.“The threat is growing,” said Army Gen. James Dickinson commander of U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. “It's...
22 May 2023 USS Milius Departs Shimoda After Participating in 84th Annual Black Ship Festival SHIMODA, Japan -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) departed Shimoda, Japan, on May 22, after a scheduled port visit in celebration of the 84th Black Ship Festival.The festival commemorated the 170th anniversary of the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry to Japan in...
22 May 2023 Alert Contingency MAGTF (ACM): ‘Our Most Ready Force’ CAMP COURTNEY, Okinawa, Japan -- It is 3:00am on a Sunday morning. III Marine Expeditionary Force receives indications and warnings that a crisis is brewing. The order is given without hesitation, and the Marines and Sailors of the Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force (ACM) are geared up...
22 May 2023 USARPAC Commander: 'The Time is Now' for Greater Collaboration, Integration in the Pacific HONOLULU, Hawaii -- While calling on partner nations in the Indo-Pacific region to bolster land power together, U.S. Army Pacific Command’s top leader announced the standup of a joint logistics command that will participate at Australia’s Exercise Talisman Saber in July.The command, led by 8th...
22 May 2023 U.S.-Thailand Co-Host Ratchaphruek Radiological Medical Response Workshop May 16-18, 2023 U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Thailand -- The Kingdom of Thailand and the United States co-hosted the Ratchaphruek Radiological Medical Response Workshop May 16-18, in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop demonstrated U.S-Thai leadership to prevent radiological incidents and prepare for the unlikely event...