12 November 2024 MSC Far East, USNS City of Bismarck Visit Learning Center in Thailand Members of Military Sealift Command (MSC) Far East and civilian mariners assigned to expeditionary fast transport ship USNS City of Bismarck (T-EPF 9) visited the Learning Center of the Human Help Network Foundation in Pattaya, Thailand, to interact with children during a community outreach event,...
06 November 2024 Forging the Future: Carrier Air Wing Five’s return to USS George Washington Based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, CVW-5 recently rejoined George Washington for their first round of air operations together since 2015, returning with an upgraded lineup that includes the sleek F-35C supersonic stealth strike fighter...
05 November 2024 Camp Fuji Fire Remembered 45 Years Later On October 19, 1979, a typhoon’s destructive winds led to a fire breaking out on Camp Fuji...
29 October 2024 DoD Releases National Defense Industrial Strategy Implementation Plan The Department of Defense (DoD) today published the unclassified National Defense Industrial Strategy Implementation Plan (NDIS-IP), detailing how the DoD will achieve the four strategic priorities laid out in the NDIS. Released by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base...
29 October 2024 Remarks by Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks at the 2024 Microelectronics Commons Annual Meeting (As Delivered) Good morning, everybody. Thank you, Dr. [Dev] Shenoy, first, for the introduction, and thanks to all of you in the defense research and engineering enterprise, for what you do every day to lead us...
24 October 2024 'Maritime Big Play' in Pacific Demonstrates AUKUS Partner Compatibility This month Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. — all members of the AUKUS trilateral partnership — participated in "Maritime Big Play," a series of integrated experiments and exercises held in the Indo-Pacific region, meant to enhance capability development and improve interoperability between the...
24 October 2024 Defense Official Statement on AUKUS Pillar 2 and Exercise Maritime Big Play The following statement can be attributed to Ms. Madeline Mortelmans who is currently performing the duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities. Her office is lead for both pillars of AUKUS within the department and is in close partnership with all of the DOD...
24 October 2024 AUKUS Partners Complete Successful Tests of Autonomous and Networked Systems in Maritime Experimentation In a significant development for maritime security, the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom (AUKUS) have completed successful tests of several autonomous and networked systems during a three-week maritime experimentation called Autonomous Warrior 24 in Australia. The event was part of...
22 October 2024 U.S. Marines Participate in Keen Sword 25 III Marine Expeditionary Force Marines and Sailors will participate in exercise Keen Sword 25, a joint-bilateral biennial exercise, alongside the Japan Self-Defense Force from October 23 through November 1, 2024, throughout Japan...
18 October 2024 Arctic Aloha concludes with Spartan Brigade jump Nearly 800 paratroopers assigned to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, conducted a large-scale joint forceable entry operation onto Malemute Drop Zone in Alaskan history for Arctic Aloha as part of Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 25-01, Oct. 15, 2024...