ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- After spending over 120 days deployed to Yokota Air Base, Japan, the 4th Reconnaissance Squadron (RS) “Crows “and its RQ-4 Global Hawks have returned to their home station of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.The 4 RS deploys annually from Guam to Japan in order to avoid...

Two Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) ships visited the Port of Alaska as part of a training exercise Nov. 4-6.The ROKN Cruise Training Task Group’s two vessels, a destroyer and a combat support ship, visited Alaska during a 67-day voyage, which marked the first ever trip for ROKN vessels to the state...

WASHINGTON -- Technological capability on an ongoing basis is critical to the United States maintaining its edge against other nations, such as China, Michael Brown, director of the Defense Innovation Unit, said yesterday.At the 2021 Aspen Security Forum in Washington, D.C., Brown discussed...

HANOI, U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Vietnam -- The U.S. Mission to Vietnam is proud to partner with Vietnam to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The United States, in partnership with COVAX, is providing 2,873,520 additional life-saving doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to Vietnam. 1,316,250 doses...

EAST CHINA SEA -- USS America (LHA 6), the Navy’s only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, trained alongside Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer JS Ise (DDH 182) and other Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ships off the coast of Kyushu, Nov. 3.America, Ise, and six other JMSDF ships...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Koku-Jieitai, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Airmen assigned to the Komaki Air Base 401st Tactical Airlift Squadron (TAS), and U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron (AS), trained on and performed tactical flight operations at Yokota Air Base,...

MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is celebrating 60 years of development partnership with the Philippines. USAID leads the U.S. government’s international development and humanitarian efforts to...

YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Yokosuka welcomed USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) back to its homeport by providing products and services to support the crew’s quality-of-life, maintenance needs, transportation, hazardous material (HAZMAT) management,...

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III welcomed Singapore Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen to the Pentagon today in an enhanced honor cordon ceremony.Austin said the United States values its relationships in Southeast Asia and its partnership with Singapore."Our countries have long stood...

CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea -- The U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers program earned the title of best large installation BOSS program for 2021 from Installation Management Command (IMCOM) Pacific in October.The IMCOM-Pacific competition rated performance...