16 December 2024 Military Police train during Yama Sakura 87 U.S. Army military police (MP) with the 382nd Military Police Detachment and 422nd Military Police Company, both with 96th Military Police Battalion, 11th Military Police Brigade, flew halfway across the globe this December to support Yama Sakura 87, an annual trilateral training exercise involving...
16 December 2024 The 38th ADA Brigade shifts gears during Yama Sakura 87 The 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade hit the ground running during Yama Sakura 87, providing air defense expertise through new lines of communication and areas of operation during the exercise...
16 December 2024 Largest Yama Sakura exercise concludes; solidifies lasting commitment to regional security Yama Sakura 87 comes to an end with service members from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, the Australian Defence Force, and America’s First Corps gathering to take part in the event’s closing ceremony held at Camp Asaka, Japan, Dec. 14...
14 December 2024 Marine Corps Community Service hosts Okinawa Comic Con | 2024 Over 4,000 Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) personnel, service members, and local Japanese residents participated in Comic Con Okinawa 2024 at Camp Foster from Dec. 7-8. The two-day comic convention featured voice actor panels, booths, merchandise vendors, cosplay competitions, costume workshops,...
13 December 2024 USINDOPACOM hosts Transnational Security Cooperation Course 24-2 Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, hosted 36 senior U.S. and international military and civilian officials at USINDOPACOM for the Daniel K. Inouye-Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies’ Transnational Security Cooperation Course 24-2, Dec. 12, 2024...
13 December 2024 SECDEF visits Japan, highlights multilateral cooperation and U.S.-Japan alliance Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited Japan from Dec. 8-11, meeting with defense officials, senior U.S. and Japanese leaders to reaffirm the two nations’ alliance and discuss regional security concerns...
13 December 2024 Joint Statement on the Japan – U.S. CBRN Defense Policy Dialogue Mr. Ueda Koji, Deputy Director General, Defense Policy Bureau, Japan Ministry of Defense, and Mr. Richard Johnson, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Policy, held a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense Policy...
12 December 2024 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Concludes Thirteenth Visit to the Indo-Pacific Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following statement: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III concluded his thirteenth official visit to the Indo-Pacific this week. ...
12 December 2024 Armed Forces of the Philippines launches NGAUS-inspired Reservist Organization Over 2,000 Armed Forces of the Philippines Reservists, active-duty leaders, and members of the Guam and Hawaii National Guard State Partnership Programs celebrated the inaugural General Assembly of the Association of Reservists and Reservist Administrators of the Philippines Inc. (ARRAPI)...
12 December 2024 U.S. Air Force 51st LRS, KSC build relationships, readiness The 51st Logistics Readiness Squadron coordinated with 7th Air Force to practice a new interactive strategy with the Korean Service Corps Pyeontaek Mobilization Station members, they conducted a simulated contingency operations training from Camp Humphreys to Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea on Dec...