WASHINGTON -- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, Dr. Ely Ratner, will travel to Tokyo, March 11-12. During his visit, Assistant Secretary Ratner and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink will co-chair the 2+2 Security...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --The 15th Medical Group’s Medical Information Systems Flight manages a $1.7 million network and sustains nearly $650,000 worth of equipment, maintaining readiness and care for Airmen on Oahu.The eight-person team provides services for approximately 300 medical...

NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan -- Patrol Squadron (VP) 47 hosted Sailors assigned to Commander, Submarine Group (CSG) 7/Task Force 74 (CTF-74), allowing the staff to familiarize themselves with the P-8A Poseidon’s varying mission sets and to gain a better understanding of the aircraft’s...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), Guam and Hawaii Air National Guard Airmen, as well as Hawaii Army National Guard members met with Airmen from the Philippine Air Force for the 10th iteration of Airman-to-Airman (A2A) Talks between the two countries, Feb. 15-18.The...

FORT STEWART, Georgia -- American Soldiers from the 92nd Chemical Company returned home to Fort Stewart, Georgia, following a nine-month deployment to South Korea.From July 2021 to March 2022, the “Rock Steady” company supported units from the 2nd Infantry Division-Republic of Korea-U.S. Combined...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- More than 100 Airmen and eight F-16 Fighting Falcons, from the Ohio National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing, deployed to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, in early March to take part in Exercise ARCTIC EDGE 2022.First taking place in 2018, ARCTIC EDGE is...

MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The annual Philippine Army-led, U.S. Army Pacific-sponsored bilateral exercise Salaknib 2022 held its opening ceremony at Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija.The exercise is designed to enhance U.S. and Philippine Army capacity and interoperability across the...

The United States condemns the recent series of ballistic missile launches by the DPRK, including the launch on the morning of March 5 Korea Standard Time. These launches violate multiple UN Security Council resolutions and pose a threat to the DPRK’s neighbors and the international community...

The 705th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations Center, completed the second successful iteration of its “Fury” exercises in partnership with the 3rd Marine Air Wing. The DMOC developed the virtual scenarios for both Summer and Winter Fury exercises focused in...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The Airmen of the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMX), the backbone of Yokota’s flying forces, is responsible for keeping the base’s fleet of C-130J Super Hercules airborne.The C-130J is an advanced military aircraft that only looks like its previous models on the...