ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Service members from the U.S. Air Force, Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (Koku Jietai), Royal Australian Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), and volunteers from the local community came together for a day of bundle building during Operation Christmas Drop...

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper and Singapore Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen met on the sidelines of the Reagan National Defense Forum where they discussed a range of issues on the bilateral defense relationship. They affirmed the importance of continuing to enhance our defense...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- As the seasons change, December often times leads to trees without leaves, snow, and frigid air signaling what is the holiday season. For the island of Guam and many others scattered throughout the Pacific, the holiday season is marked not by the arrival of the more...

SASEBO, Japan -- Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) joined the U.S. 7th Fleet forward-deployed amphibious force in Sasebo, Dec. 6, after transiting the Pacific Ocean from its former homeport of San Diego."America’s Sailors and Marines are ready to join the high-performing team of 7th Fleet...

CAMP MURRAY, Wash. -- Officers from the Royal Thai Army joined the Washington National Guard in a military-operations-other-than-war exchange, the Thai version of domestic operations."The Thai military has a significant role in domestic response operations in Thailand," said Maj. Jae Kim, executive...

MANILA, Philippines -- Representatives from the U.S. Joint Interagency Task Force West (JIATF West), the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's counternarcotics task force in the Indo-Pacific region, and officials from the Philippine National Police – Maritime Group (PNP-MG) presided over a ribbon cutting...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS) fuels team’s C.B. hose was named one of two Pacific Air Forces Spark Tank nominees to compete in the 2020 Air Force Spark Tank.The C.B. hose, short for Cox-Bernier hose, is designed to alleviate complications when...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members from Yokota Air Base, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Nippo Corporation performed a ground breaking ceremony for the new AFSOC Airfield Apron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 5, 2019.The AFSOC complex will...

OKINAWA, Japan -- The command deck of 3rd Transportation Support Battalion is strewn with trophies. On a plain wooden bookshelf there is a second place trophy for the 2018 Southern Camp Commander’s Bowling Cup. Next to it is another for the same award from 2017. Nearby shelves are adorned with...

SINGAPORE - U.S. Navy divers and civilian mariners aboard the Military Sealift Command salvage ship USNS Salvor (ARS 52) rendered assistance to a Micronesian passenger ship that ran aground off the coast of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, during a storm, Dec. 1.USNS Salvor was in Chuuk’s Weno...