PHILIPPINE SEA -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) is scheduled to join the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) during a multinational group sail from waters near Hawaii to Guam beginning Sept. 9, to...

KOROR, Palau -- A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules delivered U.S. Army Pacific (USAPAC) Soldiers onto the newly renovated Angaur Airfield for training exercises in the Republic of Palau, Sept. 5.The successful arrival of the military cargo plane validates the airstrip’s use by military and commercial...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued a hunter who was critically injured in a 100-foot fall Sept. 6 near the Eagle River Nature Center north of Anchorage.Alaska Air National Guard Maj. Wesley Ladd, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center...

SUVA, Fiji -- Today, the United States Ambassador Joseph Cella presented certificates at a completion event for participants of an Asset Management training in Fiji. The training consisted of four courses designed to provide a solid foundation in asset management and the skills required to ensure...

SAN DIEGO, California -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) returned to San Diego, Sept. 3,marking the completion of the ship's maiden deployment. Rafael Peralta spent seven and a half months in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.Rafael Peralta deployed...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii -- Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) continues to deliver strategic predictability and operational unpredictability using Agile Combat Employment to secure a free and open Indo-Pacific.Using mainstay bombers, tankers and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance...

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) Soldiers wrapped up their first mission to the Indo-Pacific region Monday, despite hurdles presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.During the mission, nearly 60 Soldiers from the 5th SFAB trained alongside the Royal Thai Army on a host of...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- U.S. Air Force Col. Kirsten Aguilar, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) and 673d Air Base Wing commander, participated in 673d Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) immersion tour at JBER, Alaska, Aug. 28, 2020.The focus of Aguilar’s tour was to get to know the...

ANGARU, Republic of Palau -- The Engineer Platoon of Task Force (TF) Koa Moana (KM) 20, I Marine Expeditionary Force, integrated with a joint U.S. team for an expansion project at the Angaur Airfield in the state of Angaur, Republic of Palau, Aug. 19-26, 2020.The airfield, which is publicly owned by...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Just like America's World War II generation, today's citizens will defend "democracy, liberty, sovereignty, human rights, mutual respect and the rule of law," Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper said in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii today.The secretary spoke at the ceremony aboard the...