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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

PHILIPPINE SEA -- Commander, Task Force 70 hosted culinary and logistics specialist sailors from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) from May 12-19.Sailors from RAN sailed aboard Ronald Reagan for the week to...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) service members improve readiness during Beverly Sentinel 23-1 at Kunsan AB, ROK, May 18.Across the base, service members honed their skills by executing various scenarios specific to their field of expertise.The 8th Security...

SASEBO, Japan -- The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and units from Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 11 arrived in Sasebo, Japan, for a scheduled port visit, May 19.Nimitz arrived in Sasebo after most recently conducting operations in the South China Sea, a port visit to Laem Chabang, Thailand, and...

SAN DIEGO, CA -- The future USS Canberra (LCS 30) will join the U.S. Navy active fleet on July 22 with the U.S. Navy’s first international commissioning ceremony at the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Base East in Sydney, Australia.Canberra is the first U.S. Navy warship to be commissioned in an allied...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Kadena Air Base partnered with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, the 336th Fighter Squadron from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., and 391st FS, Mountain Home, Idaho, to complete Exercise Southern Beach May 16-18, 2023“Exercise Southern Beach is all about working with...