07 December 2021 Indo-Pacom, Southcom Leaders Discuss Allied Security at National Forum WASHINGTON -- Advancing U.S. security through partnerships and alliances with other nations was the topic discussed by two combatant command leaders at Saturday's Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.Navy Adm. John Aquilino, commander of...
02 December 2021 RED HORSE Delivers Airlift Support Expansions to Yokota Air Base YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The red baseball cap wearing 800th RED HORSE Group, or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, have been seen at Yokota Air Base flightline construction sites throughout the year as they steadily toil to build permanent expansions to the...
17 November 2021 Commander of Marine Forces Pacific Visits Republic of Palau KOROR, Republic of Palau – The commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC) met with the Marines and Sailors of Task Force Koa Moana 21 during a visit to the Republic of Palau Nov. 5-8, 2021.U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Steven R. Rudder, commander, MARFORPAC, visited the Marines and...
16 November 2021 Diplomacy Is Critical to Denuclearization of Korean Peninsula, DOD Official Says WASHINGTON -- The way to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula lies in exploring diplomacy with North Korea in a calibrated approach, a Defense Department official said today.Richard C. Johnson, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for countering weapons of mass destruction and...
03 November 2021 First Responders | Navy Corpsmen Provide First Aid Care to Republic of Korea Citizen CAMP MUJUK, Gyeongsangnamdo, Republic of Korea -- On the morning of October 19, U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 2nd Class Ferdinand Chua and Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyler Van Iderstine, both with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, Marine Logistics Group-Forward, responded to...
04 October 2021 Exercise Noble Jaguar: Navy-Marine Corps Team Brings Integrated Lethality in the Littorals OKINAWA, Japan -- U.S. Marines and Sailors from across III Marine Expeditionary Force and elements of U.S. 7th Fleet executed Noble Jaguar, an integrated naval exercise in and around Japan, Sept. 27-31, 2021.While closely monitoring simulated adversary activities, these forces received the order to...
30 September 2021 New York National Guard Funeral Honors Korean War MIA SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. -- Maj. Gen. Michel Natali, the assistant adjutant general of New York, joined New York Army National Guard Soldiers Sept. 20 to salute a Korean War Soldier whose remains were laid to rest 71 years after he fell in combat.An Army National Guard Military Forces Honor Guard...
24 September 2021 Okinawa III MEF Marines Receive Recognition for Big Ideas CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, Japan -- The second annual Big Ideas Challenge concluded with an awards ceremony held virtually between Okinawa, mainland Japan, and Hawaii on September 15th, 2021. Lt. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy, III, the III Marine Expeditionary Force Commanding General, awarded Maj. Jenkyn...
23 September 2021 Air Combat Command Commander Speaks on Fighter Roadmap at AFA ‘21 NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- The Air Force must continue to rebalance its fighter portfolio investment in order to keep pace and compete with China, according to the commander of Air Combat Command.During his keynote presentation at the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference, Sept. 22,...
01 September 2021 Kendall’s First Trip Highlights Air and Space Force Roles in Responding to China, Strategic Competitors JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AFNS) -- Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall didn’t as much foreshadow his motivation as leader of the Air and Space Forces as broadcast it in large, bright neon letters. “We achieve deterrence by having a strong enough force that the potential enemy is...