01 December 2022 U.S., Japan Hold Bilateral Intelligence Analysis Cell Opening Ceremony YOKOTA AIR BASE, TOKYO, Japan -- Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, commander, U.S. Forces Japan, and Lt. Gen. SUZUKI Yasuhiko, vice chief of staff, Japan Joint Staff, co-hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Intelligence Analysis Cell (BIAC) at Yokota Air Base, Nov. 29, 2022.The...
01 December 2022 U.S. Submarine Docks at HMAS Stirling, Western Australia U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Australia -- A United States Navy submarine and its 135-person crew has arrived in Perth, Western Australia for a joint interoperability training exercise with the Royal Australian Navy.The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi arrived at HMAS Stirling...
30 November 2022 US INDO-PACIFIC Command and Papua New Guinea Force Chaplains Strengthen Relationship ...
30 November 2022 U.S., Australian service members begin exercise PACIFIC EDGE Members of the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marines, U.S. Navy, and Hawaii Air National Guard began a multi-faceted, training exercise alongside servicemembers from the Australian Defence Force at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Nov. 28 – Dec. 9.The exercise, PACIFIC EDGE, will provide effective and...
29 November 2022 7th Fleet Cruiser Conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation in South China Sea SPRATLY ISLANDS, South China Sea -- UPDATE 1358 local: The PRC's statement about this mission is false. USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) conducted this freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) in accordance with international law and then continued on to conduct normal operations in waters where high...
29 November 2022 Building Structures and Forging Bonds – a Visit to the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Engineer School ZAMA, KANAGAWA, Japan -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Japan Engineer District’s (JED) commander, Col. Gary Bonham, made a visit to the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force’s (JGSDF) engineer school in Ibaraki, Japan, recently.The meeting was the first time for Col. Bonham to tour the school and...
29 November 2022 Global Dexterity through Pacific Partnerships ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE AMBERLEY, Queensland -- Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF ) No.36 Squadron hosted U.S. Air Forces (USAF) 15th Wing and Hawaii Air National Guard personnel during Exercise Global Dexterity 22-2 at RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland, Australia, Nov. 12-19.The RAAF and USAF...
29 November 2022 U.S. Coast Guard Conducts Medical Evacuation of Fisherman in Federated States of Micronesia POHNPEI, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) -- The crew of the USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) medically evacuated a 31-year-old Vietnamese fisherman to a higher level of medical care in Pohnpei on Nov. 20.The Frederick Hatch boarding team learned of the fisherman's injuries while conducting a...
29 November 2022 U.S., Thai Military Commence Humanitarian Mine Action Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training in Kingdom of Thailand RATCHABURI, Kingdom of Thailand -- U.S. Marines from 3rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Marine Logistics Group, commenced Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) Levels 1 and 2 Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) training with Royal Thai Military Thailand Mine...