U.S. Embassy & Consulate in the Republic of Korea -- Republic of Korea (ROK) Minister of Foreign Affairs Chung Eui-yong and Minister of National Defense Suh Wook hosted a Joint Foreign and Defense Ministerial meeting with United States (U.S.) Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of...

OKINAWA, Japan -- U.S. Marine Corps exercises have, historically, featured hundreds of Marines storming ashore under cover of aircraft, with Navy ships looming ominously on the horizon, and the roar of gunfire, smoke and shouted commands permeating every aspect of a forced landing en masse. By...

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III reiterated America's ironclad commitment to the defense of the Republic of Korea in his first face-to-face meeting with South Korean Minister of National Defense Suh Wook today in Seoul.The alliance was signed in 1953. South Korea had endured...

INDIAN OCEAN -- The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) conducted a live-fire exercise in the Indian Ocean March 12.Units from the strike group engaged inflatable surface targets with a variety of weapons systems. F/A-18E Super Hornets from the “Golden Warriors” of Strike Fighter...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from the 199th Fighter Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, landed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni March 12.The operation includes Airmen from the 199th Fighter Squadron and the 19th Fighter squadron, a mixture...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Air Force readiness can be defined in terms of how efficiently the military can generate air combat capabilities along with steadfast personnel to execute military operations anywhere in the world with speed, force, and precision.The 18th Maintenance Group is a prime...

WASHINGTN -- Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby provided the following readout:Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III held his first in-person bilateral engagement with Japanese Minister of Defense Nobuo Kishi, today in Tokyo. During the meeting, Secretary Austin reaffirmed the importance of the...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. and Japanese defense and foreign affairs leaders agreed today that China's behavior has become more aggressive, and the U.S. and Japan will work together to counter China's destabilizing efforts.Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III...

MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- Representatives from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Defense, and U.S. Coast Guard joined Philippine National Police – Maritime Group (PNP-MG) Director, Police Brigadier General John Mitchell Jamili, for the handover of Php3.65 million...

U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Japan -- The United States Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (DHS/CISA), Department of State (DOS), and Department of Energy (DOE) are proud to have supported the Japan – US Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Week...