WASHINGTON -- Strengthening alliances and attracting new partners is one of the National Defense Strategy's lines of effort, and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency is a large part of that effort.Attracting new partners doesn't get as much discussion as it should, but that doesn’t mean the...

NAVAL COMMUNICATION STATION HAROLD E. HOLT, WA, Australia -- Navigation systems, weather forecasts, precision-guided weapons – in the modern age of rapid communication, it is space-based satellite communication that allow for most daily life conveniences. Those same systems also provide mission...

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WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper discussed the immediate operations against COVID-19 and the second order of effects the pandemic will have on the U.S. military during a Brookings Institution webinar.The secretary gave Brookings senior fellow Michael O'Hanlon an overview of the...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Misawa has a new “star” tearing up its airspace!On a day-to-day basis, Maj. Josiah “Sirius” Gaffney works at the 35th Operation Support Squadron as the assistant director of operations, helping to ensure Misawa’s airfield, range and support capacities are providing the...

WASHINGTON -- While the coronavirus pandemic has reshaped U.S. government priorities, Americans must remember that the world remains a dangerous place, Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper said during a Brookings Institution webinar.Americans need to concentrate on the virus, but other threats and...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --B-1B Lancers returned to the Indo-Pacific region May 1 to conduct bomber task force operations out of Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam.Four bombers and approximately 200 Airmen from the 9th Bomb Squadron, 7th Bomb Wing (BW), Dyess Air Force Base, Texas,...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii --Air chiefs and leadership representing 19 air forces across five continents came together for a video teleconference hosted by Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, here April 29.“Like the symposium that brought many of us together in person just...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- As COVID-free Sailors move aboard to prepare the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) to go back to sea and execute their mission, the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet commander and the fleet master chief visited the crew to see the operation firsthand and thank the...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Gen. Robert “Abe” Abrams, U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Walter Tagalicud, USFK command sergeant major, visited Kunsan Air Base to learn more about how the Wolf Pack has remained 100 percent free of the coronavirus, April 28.Abrams and...