JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Total Force Airmen from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam completed a multi-faceted, air-combat exercise April 22, flying more than one hundred sorties alongside partners from the Royal Australian Air Force and other U.S.-based units.The exercise, Pacific Edge...

WASHINGTON -- During a Friday visit to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, the secretary of defense visited the agency charged with attempting to locate, identify and return to families the remains of service members who were lost in combat.Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III told the...

WASHINGTON -- A lot of progress has been made against COVID-19, but it's still a global pandemic. As part of a whole-of-government effort to slow and eventually end the pandemic, the United States is sending medical supplies and equipment to India as that country battles the most recent...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) held a change of command ceremony April 30 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where Adm. Philip Davidson relinquished command to Adm. John Aquilino.Aquilino becomes the 26th Commander of USINDOPACOM, the nation’s oldest and largest combatant...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. --Though it is another season for the books, the 2020-2021 season of Operation Deep Freeze (ODF) ends as a highlight for one Reserve Citizen Airman’s career.Chief Master Sgt. Ty Brooks, a loadmaster assigned to the 313th Airlift Squadron, has been participating in ODF...

CAMP Kinser, Okinawa, Japan -- Marines and Sailors with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3d Marine Logistics Group, honed their Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations capabilities and “Fight Now” concepts in support of III Marine Expeditionary Force, on training areas throughout Okinawa during...

MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- U.S. soldiers from the 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) arrived in the Philippines last month to conduct their first-ever partner training rotation with the Philippine Army, with bilateral training events taking place April to June 2021, in...

WASHINGTON -- President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke today with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, committing that the United States and India will work closely together in the fight against COVID-19.The President pledged America’s steadfast support for the people of India who have been impacted...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Pacific Air Forces hosted an orientation course for chief master sergeant selects here, April 12 - 16.The course further sharpened the leadership skills and defined expectations for Chief selects by covering a wide range of leadership topics and guest...

OKINAWA, Japan -- As hostile forces seized nearby islands, isolating western portions of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Area of Responsibility, they cut off vital sea lines of communication to the east. In response, during the hours of darkness, “STINGER 45” and “STINGER 46” departed a small...