U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. today met with President Joko Widodo of Indonesia. President Biden underscored the importance of the U.S.-Indonesia Strategic Partnership and they discussed ways to strengthen it. The President welcomed Indonesia’s forthcoming...

WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department today released its annual report on military and security developments involving China, commonly referred to as the China Military Power Report.The report provides background on China's national strategy, foreign policy goals, economic plans and military...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Hawaii National Guard Joint Task Force (HING JTF) has injected more than 65,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine into Hawaii residents ages 12 and older.At the request of the State Department of Health, the National Guard began supporting first- and second-dose COVID-19...

IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY, Idaho -- American Soldiers from Nuclear Disablement Team (NDT) 2 and South Korean troops from the Republic of Korea’s (ROK) Nuclear Characterization Teams (NCT) honed their skills at America’s premier nuclear research facility, Oct. 18 - 22.The specialized allied units...

YOKOTA AIR FORCE BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 374th Force Support Squadron responded to a simulated mass casualty scenario as part of a Samurai Readiness Inspection (SRI), Oct. 28, 2021.During SRIs, Mortuary Affairs is augmented with 374th FSS Airmen from multiple career fields. It provides...

CAMP MURRAY, Wash. -- Building partnerships with our foreign allies is critical to the success of the U.S. military. That is why Maj. Sameer Puri, the chief information officer for the Washington Army National Guard, took part in the Yudh Abhyas 21 Exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska...

U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India -- Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on the margins of the G20 Summit in Rome to discuss efforts to deepen the U.S.-India Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership.Secretary Blinken and...

CAMP MUJUK, Gyeongsangnamdo, Republic of Korea -- On the morning of October 19, U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 2nd Class Ferdinand Chua and Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyler Van Iderstine, both with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, Marine Logistics Group-Forward, responded to...

SAIPAN -- The submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) completed a weapons handling exercise involving the transfer of a MK-48 inert training shape to a submarine, Oct. 22. This was the first expeditionary reload Frank Cable has conducted outside of Guam since 2012.Working alongside the Los...

U.S. Embassy in Malaysia -- Malaysian Armed Forces and U.S. Army Pacific announced today their participation in Exercise Keris Strike 2021, to be held in and around Gurun, Kedah, Malaysia from 1-12 November.Keris Strike is an annual, bilateral exercise sponsored by U.S. Army Pacific and hosted by...