27 January 2022 Pacific WEASEL Strengthens Partnerships, Interoperability MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of Team Misawa executed a simulated defensive counter-air mission in support of a PACIFIC WEASEL (PAC WEASEL) exercise over the western coast of Japan, January 21, 2022.Exercise PAC WEASEL is a reoccurring exercise allowing joint and bilateral partners to work...
27 January 2022 TACPs Perform C2 Ops Near Arctic Ocean UTQIAGVIK, Alaska -- A 7-person team of Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Airmen assigned to the 1st Air Support Operations Group conducted command and control (C2) operations near remote Utqiagvik, Alaska, and Point Barrow, Alaska, on the coast of the Arctic Ocean in support of Exercise Polar Quake...
27 January 2022 U.S. Navy Issues COVID-19 Standardized Operational Guidance 5.0 WASHINGTON -- The Navy issued updated Standardized Operational Guidance (SOG) Jan. 15 with measures to help fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.The latest SOG version 5.0 reinforces the need to protect the health of individuals and units while preserving operational readiness. Although the guidance...
26 January 2022 USINDOPACOM Statement on DPRK Missile Launch We are aware of the ballistic missile launches and are consulting closely with our allies and partners. While we have assessed that this event does not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to our allies, the recent series of DPRK ballistic missile tests highlight the...
26 January 2022 U.S. INDOPACOM AND JAPAN JOINT STAFF CONDUCT EXERCISE KEEN EDGE 2022 CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii – U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the Japan Joint Staff will begin Keen Edge 22, a bilateral command post exercise, on Jan. 26, 2022, at various locations in Hawaii and Japan. Keen Edge, scheduled to run until Feb. 3, is an annual U.S.-Japan exercise series that alternates...
26 January 2022 USS Sampson Supports Disaster Relief Efforts in Tonga with International Forces PACIFIC OCEAN -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102), is underway, Jan. 25, supporting the disaster relief efforts in Tonga following the volcanic eruption and tsunami in the country.Sampson, a U.S. Navy destroyer, along with its embarked MH-60R Seahawk helicopters...
26 January 2022 The U.S. Provides 1,698,840 Doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine to Lao PDR VIENTIANE, U.S. Embassy in the Laos -- The U.S. officially handed over 1,698,840 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Lao PDR, Jan. 26, which were delivered to the country through the COVAX Facility. COVAX is a partnership co-led by Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness...
26 January 2022 Airmen Team Up Across the Force to Make Augmented Reality a Reality JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- A jet engine is a complex machine with thousands of individual parts. Layers and layers of pipes, tubes, connectors, and electronics are invisible without taking things apart, making learning the anatomy difficult.Airmen from the 3rd Maintenance Squadron...
26 January 2022 USAID Announces Additional $2.5 Million In Humanitarian Assistance In Response To Volcanic Eruptions And Tsunami In Tonga U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu -- The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $2.5 million in humanitarian assistance to support people affected by volcanic eruptions and tsunami waves in Tonga. On January 14,...
26 January 2022 3rd ASOS Participates in Command and Control Exercise JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS) participated in Exercise POLAR QUAKE Jan. 11 through 13 throughout Alaska.POLAR QUAKE was held at stations on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Eielson Air Force Base, and Utqiaġvik, and was designed...