24 February 2023 BLUE FLAG Exercise Prepares Pacific Air Forces for Pacing Challenge JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Airmen from the 505th Combat Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, executed exercise BLUE FLAG, which tested Pacific Air Forces' ability to prevail in conflict against a strategic competitor as well as the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command air component's...
09 February 2023 PACAF Airmen overcome contested C4 and logistics during BLUE FLAG 23-1 Airmen from Pacific Air Forces demonstrated Command, Control, Communications, and Computer (C4) Systems resiliency in a degraded environment alongside Airmen from the 505th Combat Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, during BLUE FLAG 23-1 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, Jan. 30 to...
08 February 2023 The Papua Campaign 80 years ago, on 22 January 1943, American and Australian forces ended their first major campaign of WWII in the Pacific. It was also their first success after suffering a string of losses throughout the Pacific, as the Japanese quickly occupied Allied strongholds such as Hong Kong, Singapore, the...
23 January 2023 USTDA, AirJaldi Networks Partner on Digital Connectivity in India Arlington, VA -- On January 18, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awarded a grant to Indian internet service provider AirJaldi Networks for a feasibility study to help expand broadband connectivity to more than 30 million people in rural and peri-urban communities across India. AirJaldi...
17 January 2023 U.S. Army Medical Laboratory Forges Relationship with Australian Defence Force Institute BRISBANE, Australia -- American Soldiers from a one-of-a-kind U.S. Army medical laboratory met with their counterparts at the Australian Defence Force Malaria and Infectious Disease Institute (ADFMIDI) in Brisbane, Australia.Soldiers from the 1st Area Medical Laboratory were hosted by Professor G...
12 January 2023 U.S. Coast Guard, Federated States of Micronesia Exercise, Execute Boardings Under Expanded Bilateral Agreement KOLONIA, Federated States of Micronesia -- Members of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam and the U.S. Coast Guard 14th District conducted meetings and a tabletop exercise in Pohnpei the week of Dec. 12 around the use of the expanded bilateral agreement in support of maritime law...
05 January 2023 Excelling at “Remote” Leadership U.S. Navy -- Cmdr. John Keefe has spent the last couple of years commanding one of the Navy's most preeminent forward-deployed units in the Pacific, leading approximately 230 expeditionary Sailors in undertaking some of our Nation's most challenging and dynamic missions at Explosive Ordnance...
04 January 2023 Peace Corps Director Swears-in First-ever Volunteers in Viet Nam HANOI, U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Vietnam -- As part of her first official tour, Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn today swore-in the inaugural group of Peace Corps volunteers to serve in Viet Nam during a ceremony in Ha Noi. Government of Viet Nam representatives, including Phạm Quang Hưng Director...
28 December 2022 U.S. Coast Guard Leverages Aviation Workhorse to Overcome Challenges in Cutter Logistics in Oceania SANTA RITA, Guam -- Guam is home to three 154-foot fast response cutters commissioned in 2021. These ships are built in Lockport, Louisiana. After initial workups, they sailed from Key West through the Panama Canal, more than 10,000 miles to Guam. In the time since the crews have stayed busy...
19 December 2022 USINDOPACOM Celebrates 75th Anniversary CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii - This year, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command celebrates its 75th anniversary. Established on Jan. 1, 1947, USINDOPACOM is the oldest and largest U.S. geographic combatant command and is responsible for all U.S. military activities across the Indo-Pacific.The milestone is an...