PHILIPPINE SEA -- A Montrose, Colo. native and 2011 Montrose High School graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56).Petty Officer 3rd Class Jenny Fuentes is an Operations Specialist who also serves as the Search and Rescue...

WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department has identified additional personnel authorized to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in administering COVID-19 vaccinations at community vaccination centers around the country."The secretary authorized an additional 10 Type 2 teams for future...

WASHINGTON -- No nation can afford to ignore half its population.  That's the premise of the United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 on the Women Peace and Security program. It is good to remember this on International Women's Day.In 2017, Congress passed the Women Peace and Security Act...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Innovation and resourcefulness are key in making sure air power is ready to be delivered anytime, anywhere. The 18th Component Maintenance Squadron (CMS) at Kadena Air Base is taking steps to incorporate both in their daily routines.The 18th CMS is responsible for the...

U.S. Embassy in Mongolia -- On March 5, 2021, U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Gregory May and the Civil-Military Support Element (CMSE) handed over a donation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Rapid Antigen Test Kits to the Deputy Minister of Health Dr. M. Battuvshin. “As a strategic...

MANILA, Philippines -- The United States welcomes the successful arrival of 487,200 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines on Thursday, March 4. These vaccines were made available through the COVAX Advance Market Commitment, a global initiative to support equitable access to...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The U.S. Embassy was honored to host distinguished guests from the Indonesian, Australian, and U.S. Navies, Armed Forces, and Governments for a day of remembrance of shared history in commemoration of the Battle of Sunda Strait, on 1 March 2021. After playing the national...

WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- At this year’s Virtual Air Warfare Symposium, the Air Force Association held a panel Feb. 23 with Department of the Air Force senior leaders titled “No Fuel, No Fight: The Future of Warfighting Energy Requirements.” The purpose of the panel was to discuss the inherent...

WASHINGTON -- Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby provided the following readout:Today, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke on the phone with his Singapore counterpart, Minister of Defence Ng Eng Hen.Minister Ng congratulated Secretary Austin on his confirmation as Secretary of Defense,...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- “Out in the back of my grandpa’s house there were mangrove trees just above the water line after the tide came in. I would love going back there and build forts with wood that I’d find, like I would in America, and people wouldn’t understand what I was doing. It was...