COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- The U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), awarded US $1.5 million to the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement to support local community leaders in developing emergency response and mitigation strategies in disaster-prone areas across...

DHAKA, Bangladesh -- United States Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller visited Madhya Khatiamari village in Gaibandha district with Government of Bangladesh officials to observe U.S. assistance to those affected by the flooding. Ambassador Miller spoke with families receiving emergency assistance...

Palau -- The island of Peleliu, Republic of Palau, is a tropical paradise with dense jungles, coral rock beaches, stretching reefs and sandbars just below the surface of the clear turquoise waves. However, encounters with unexploded ordnance (UXO) from World War II are a fact of life in Peleliu that...

U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu -- Ambassador Joseph Cella and Fiji’s Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yogesh Karan signed the Defense Cooperation Agreement which allows the United States to provide defense and security funding and training...

CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa -- The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and subordinate units, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Reinforced), and Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 31, wrap up two weeks of crisis response readiness missions...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- Twenty Soldiers graduated from a distance-learning Basic Leader Course (BLC) held here July 7 through 31, and are now ready for the next step toward becoming a noncommissioned officer.Soldiers in Japan normally attend the monthlong course at the Eighth Army NCO Academy in Korea...

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Relocating to a new military installation in another country can be a stressful task, especially during the current COVID-19 pandemic. With so many uncertainties involving the pandemic’s impacts of changing living standards, a special group of professionals...

PACIFIC OCEAN -- The U.S. Navy and Air Force are conducting joint integrated training off the coast of Northern Japan. Units and personnel assigned to the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, Navy Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 131, and the Air Force 35th Fighter Wing began coordinated operations...

PORT OF MALAKAL, Republic of Palau -- Task Force Koa Moana 20 (TF KM20), composed of U.S. Marines and Sailors with I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) from Camp Pendleton, California, was tested for a second time by the Palau Ministry of Health (MOH) on August 5, 2020. All task force personnel, as...

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper, Air Force Secretary Barbara M. Barrett and Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen. Mark A. Milley applauded retiring Gen. David L. Goldfein's 37 years of service and welcomed Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., who succeeds Goldfein as the Air Force chief of staff...