KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Across the globe, COVID-19 is challenging Airmen to maintain mission effectiveness in new and unique ways. With operations still going at a record pace, support service elements are meeting this challenge with just as much tenacity.Members of the 18th Logistics Readiness...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Dressed in his usual uniform but adding kevlar body armor and a combat helmet, Alaska Army National Guard Spc. Carlos Polidura, a military police Soldier with the Military Police Ground Based Interceptor Security Company at Fort Greely, stood out.His stern...

WASHINGTON -- Conditions-based reopenings have worked well for the Defense Department to date, and the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness anticipates the same stringent requirements will remain in place.Matthew Donovan, whose Pentagon office is the epicenter of DOD's anti-COVID-19...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- After a 1,500-feet leap of faith to the ground, a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Airman is responsible for directing airstrikes at the right time and place.The three-day flight event was the 25th Air Support Operations Squadron's (ASOS) mid-year progress...

MANILA, Philippines -- The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), launched the Philippines Sustainable Interventions for Biodiversity, Oceans, and Landscapes (SIBOL) project that will support the sustainable management of the country’s natural...

WASHINGTON -- On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I am pleased to congratulate the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the ASEAN Secretariat on the 53rd anniversary of the founding of ASEAN on August 8. For decades, ASEAN has fostered...

TINIAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (NNS) -- Rear Adm. John Menoni, commander of Joint Region Marianas, Capt. Eric Correll, commodore of Commander Task Force 75, and CNMI and Tinian government and civilian leaders joined U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3’s Detail...

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Washington -- Team Fairchild’s KC-135 Stratotankers provided essential air refueling support during field training exercise RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 20-3, August 3-12.RF-A 20-3 is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. and international forces flown...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor loading readiness, technical expertise and teamwork were tested during the 2nd Quarterly Wing Load Crew competition where members of the 525th and 90th Aircraft Maintenance Unit battled for the win at Joint Base...

WASHINGTON -- Operation Warp Speed is a public-private partnership whose goal is to deliver 300 hundred million doses of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines by the end of the year.The Department of Health and Human Services and the Defense Department are partnered to work with private industry and...