KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, Japan -- 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) Marines conducted a Joint Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team rapid deployment drill in support of continued Alert Contingency Marine (ACM) Air Ground Task Force training here Aug. 18, 2020.The drill was conducted to ensure...

EAST CHINA SEA -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) joined Japan’s Akizuki-class destroyer JS Suzutsuki (DD 117) to conduct integrated operations in the East China Sea, Aug. 15, as part of ongoing shared commitments to regional stability through cooperation.Arleigh...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON -- The old Army saw is “If it ain’t rainin’, we ain’t trainin’.”Accordingly, the sappers of Company A, 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conducted team-level training Aug...

CAMP ZAMA Japan -- At Camp Zama, securing joint Army and Air Force training can be as easy as an Airman seeing Soldiers outside working and walking up to ask them.That is what Air Force Tech. Sgt. Roger Alvarez, a Radio Frequency Transmissions Systems supervisor assigned to the 374th Communications...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- In an effort to return more Airmen to duty quicker, the Air Force is rolling out a new medical model to restore the overall readiness of our military.The 354th Medical Group (MDG) will be reorganized in the upcoming weeks, with the official activation scheduled for...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The growing security environment in the Pacific demands now more than ever that like-minded nations join forces to build trust and collective strength to ensure a continuing free and open Pacific for all nations. It is my honor to be standing side-by-side with capable,...

SOUTH CHINA SEA -- The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group entered the South China Sea, Aug. 14, and conducted maritime air defense operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.The strike group – USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, USS Antietam (CG 54), USS Mustin (DDG 89),...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- RED FLAG-Alaska 20-3, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise, concluded Aug. 14, 2020.Flying participants completed roughly 560 sorties and racked up approximately 1,500 flying hours which contributed to the pilots gaining the confidence needed to execute combat...

WASHINGTON -- The United States and Japan share common goals in the Indo-Pacific region such as freedom of navigation, economic prosperity within the rules of international law, and deterrence of aggression from nations such as China, Russia and North Korea, as well as from terrorist...

WASHINGTON -- On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I extend my heartfelt congratulations to the Indonesian people as you celebrate your 75th year of independence on August 17.The 75th anniversary is a momentous occasion and a time to recognize the immense strides the...