06 December 2024 MRF-SEA Marines Strengthen Ties with Brunei Forces During CARAT Exercise After completing the first three exercises of their current rotation in the Indo-Pacific, a group of subject matter experts from Marine Rotational Force - Southeast Asia (MRF-SEA) traveled to Brunei to join the U.S. Navy for its most recent iteration of the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training...
06 December 2024 Strengthening our Alliance: Yama Sakura 87 showcases interoperability; shared commitment to regional security Yama Sakura 87, the trilateral scenario-driven command post exercise and part of U.S. Army’s Pacific’s Operation Pathways, kicked off with an opening ceremony with service members from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, the Australian Defence Force, and the U.S. Army at Camp Asaka, Japan, Dec 6...
06 December 2024 Space Force activates component field command in Japan The U.S. Space Force activated its sixth service component, United States Space Forces – Japan (USSPACEFOR-JPN) at Yokota Air Base, Japan, 4 December 2024...
05 December 2024 Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone The combined armed and defense forces of Japan, the Philippines, and the United States, demonstrating a collective commitment to strengthen regional and international cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific, conducted a Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity within the...
05 December 2024 Historic Trilateral Military Exercise to Launch with Concurrent U.S. Army Simulated Warfighter Exercise In a groundbreaking advancement of interoperability and cooperation, military forces from Japan, Australia and the United States will strengthen their Alliance when the military exercise, Yama Sakura 87, takes place from December 6 through December 14...
05 December 2024 From concept to command: Celebrating five years of the U.S. Space Force The sixth branch of the U.S Armed Forces was established on Dec. 20, 2019, when President Donald J. Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020...
05 December 2024 VMFA-312 participates in Aviation Training Relocation program at Misawa Air Base Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312, landed at Misawa Air Base, Japan in preparation for flight operations as part of the Aviation Training Relocation program, Nov. 29, 2024...
04 December 2024 Keris MAREX 24: ENDEX U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, attached to Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, alongside Indonesian marines with 10th Marine Infantry Battalion, Indonesian Korps Marinir, conduct a battlesight-zero, jungle survival and patrol subject matter expert exchanges, machine gun,...
04 December 2024 Task Force 70 joins Republic of Korea Navy Maritime Task Flotilla 7 for Composite Warfare Committee Meeting Representatives of the Republic of Korea Navy’s Maritime Task Flotilla (MTF) 7 and the U.S. Navy’s Task Force 70 met in Yokosuka, Japan, for the latest in the two forces’ regular Composite Warfare Committee Meetings (CWCM) from Dec. 3-5, 2024...
04 December 2024 446th AW Leadership visits Team McChord Airmen supporting ODF 446th Airlift Wing leadership recently returned from Christchurch, New Zealand, where they connected with Airmen from the 446th and 62d Airlift Wings to recognize the Airmen and gain further insight into the critical role of Team McChord in Operation Deep Freeze...