21 October 2021 Task Force 70 Conducts Change of Command YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Commander, Task Force 70 held a change of command ceremony Oct. 21 at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka’s Benny Decker Theater.Rear Adm. Michael Donnelly relieved Rear Adm. Will Pennington as Commander, Task Force 70, and Commander, Carrier Strike Group 5.Pennington assumed...
21 October 2021 Navy and Army Demonstrate Advanced Hypersonic Technologies WASHINGTON -- The Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) and the Army Hypersonic Program Office (AHPO) successfully conducted a High Operational Tempo for Hypersonics flight campaign on October 20, 2021.This flight campaign was executed by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) from the National...
21 October 2021 U.S. Launches New Project with the National University of Laos to Build Organizational Capacity VIENTIANE CAPITAL, U.S. Embassy in Laos --Continuing the United States’ support to the Lao PDR in strengthening academic institutions, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Education and Sport (MOES) launched the new “Study and Modeling of Management Capacity and...
20 October 2021 MQ-4C Tritons Complete First Deployment to Japan MISAWA, Japan -- Two MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems returned to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, following a deployment to NAF Misawa.The deployment of VUP-19 and their two MQ-4C Triton to Japan helped to develop the concept of operations, including expeditionary basing, and fleet learning...
20 October 2021 U.S. Military Donates Medical Supplies to COVID-19 Response in Palawan MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- U.S. military service members in Palawan delivered intensive care unit (ICU) beds and COVID-19 vaccine cold storage units, valued at over Php758,750 ($15,175) on Oct 19, to the Palawan provincial government to assist local partners battling COVID-19.The...
20 October 2021 Pacific Fleet Leverages NPS, Silicon Valley to Advance Solutions to Key Challenges MONTEREY, Calif. -- With the constant evolution of Strategic Competition, Navy leaders must explore all avenues to master complex advanced technologies to maintain an advantage over competitors.Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Adm. Samuel Paparo traveled to the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Oct...
20 October 2021 U.S. Marines Depart Australia's Top End DARWIN, NT, Australia -- The 2021 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin has departed from the Northern Territory, bringing to a close the tenth rotation of U.S. Marines through Australia’s Top End.This year’s rotation coincided with the 70th anniversary of the Australia, New Zealand, and United States...
19 October 2021 Warships from Australia, Japan, U.K., and U.S. Join Forces in Maritime Partnership Exercise 2021 INDIAN OCEAN -- Naval forces from Australia, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S. joined together in multilateral Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) 2021 to conduct naval training in the eastern Indian Ocean, Oct. 15-18.During the multinational exercise, four Indo-Pacific navies, to include the Royal...
19 October 2021 U.S. Military Supports Seoul ADEX 21 with Aerial Demonstrations, Static Displays JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --The United States military will be represented at the 2021 Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition, or Seoul ADEX 21, Oct. 19-24 at Seoul Airbase, Republic of Korea.Approximately 170 U.S. service members will showcase a cross-section of U.S...
19 October 2021 U.S. Invests an Additional $25 Million in COVID-19 Assistance for Bangladesh DHAKA, U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh -- The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced an additional $25 million in urgent COVID-19 assistance to help Bangladesh provide life-saving medical and oxygen supplies and cold chain equipment to store, transport,...