03 June 2019 Message from the Secretary of Defense: Indo-Pacific Strategy Report WASHINGTON -- The Indo-Pacific is the Department of Defense’s priority theater. The United States is a Pacific nation; we are linked to our Indo-Pacific neighbors through unbreakable bonds of shared history, culture, commerce, and values. We have an enduring commitment to uphold a free and open...
15 March 2017 Support for Human Rights Council Resolution on Sri Lanka Washington, DC -- On Monday, March 13 at the UN Human Rights Council the United States and other members of the Friends of Sri Lanka Core Group tabled a draft resolution on promoting reconciliation, accountability, and human rights in Sri Lanka that reflects our enduring commitment to lasting peace...
16 September 2014 HIANG Unit Conducts First Pacific Unity Operation in Papua New Guinea Pacific Unity has been ongoing in the Asia-Pacific region since 2010, however the current iteration in Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea marks the first time the Air National Guard has taken the lead on the humanitarian assistance based operation. Pacific Unity is a bilateral Engineering Civic Action...
28 June 2023 Language-Enabled Airmen Strengthen Commitment to Regional Allies During Exercise Cope North 2023 Two Japanese Language Enabled Airman Program Scholars worked alongside U.S. Air Force airfield experts to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific through the exchange of skills with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force partners during Exercise Cope North 2023 (CN23), which...
11 January 2022 Air Force Moves Forward with $28.9M Contract Award at Andersen AFB ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Detachment 2 successfully led the award of a $28.9 million contract recently to construct new reinforced munitions storage magazines known as “igloos” at Andersen Air Force Base.The project is the third of a...
24 October 2024 The Future of Cross-Servicing Kunsan Air Base hosted its first “cross-servicing” demonstration to showcase interoperability between U.S. Air Force and Republic of Korea Air Force personnel on October 18, 2024...
29 July 2020 Yokota Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Training Adapts to Pandemic Constraints YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of the 374th Civil Engineering Squadron Emergency Management team have found a way to continue the mission while limiting the risk of COVID-19 transmission by moving Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear training to the great outdoors, July 22, 2020, Yokota...
12 August 2014 Australia To Sign 25-Year US Marine Agreement Australia and the United States will sign a 25-year deal allowing 2,500 US Marines and Air Force personnel to train Down Under, Defence Minister David Johnston said Monday, describing it as a “win-win situation.”The agreement will be inked Tuesday when US Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense...
03 August 2015 Issuing Army Prepositioned Stocks in Support of Pacific Reach 2015 YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Army Field Support Battalion-Northeast Asia exercisedtheir ability to issue Army Prepositioned Stocks 4 watercraft to 7thTransportation Brigade (Expeditionary) during Exercise Pacific Reach 2015, whichwas held in May.The Army has more than 100 watercraft manned bySoldiers. Some of...
21 November 2014 Army Prepositioned Stock-4 Partners U.S. Army Pacific for PULSE-W Exercise The Pacific Utility and Logistics Support Exercise-Watercraft, or PULSE-W is a U.S. Army Pacific initiative to utilize Army Prepositioned Stock, or APS, watercraft stored in Japan to support various exercises as part of Pacific Pathways. This event has proven to be a great way for the Army to...