14 September 2022 USNS Mercy Team Concludes Pacific Partnership in Solomon Islands HONIARA, Solomon Islands – The Solomon Islands-Pacific Partnership 2022 team wrapped up two weeks of collaboration across several lines of effort during a closing ceremony on board USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), Sept. 10, 2022.Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational...
13 September 2022 Pitch Black 2022 Concludes International Interoperability Exercise DARWIN, Australia – Approximately 110 U.S. Airmen from Pacific Air Forces participated in Exercise Pitch Black 2022, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Chief of Air Force’s biennial capstone international engagement activity with forces drawn from a wide range of regional, coalition and Allied...
12 September 2022 MRF-D Trains in Every Climate and Place DARWIN, Australia – Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22 participated in Australian led courses that will enhance their ability to conduct operations in every clime and place.“I believe in my soul that Marines are different. Our identity is firmly rooted in our warrior ethos. This is the force that...
08 September 2022 Alaska, Washington National Guard Join Exercise Gobi Wolf BAYANKHONGOR, Mongolia – Exercise Gobi Wolf 2022, a multinational civil and military training exercise, commenced with an opening ceremony and expert academic discussion Sept. 5.The six-day exercise is part of the Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (DREE) program, which...
07 September 2022 MRF-D 22 Ground Combat Element Integrates Into 1st Brigade To Enhance Combined Littoral Lethality The Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22 ground combat element, led by 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, participated in exercise PREDATOR’S RUN, integrating into the Australian Defence Force’s 1st Brigade to enhance combined and littoral capabilities in a simulated combat environment from August...
07 September 2022 Littoral Combat Ships Conduct Joint Oceania Maritime Support Initiative PACIFIC OCEAN – Independence-variant littoral combat ships USS Jackson (LCS 6) and USS Oakland (LCS 24) deployed to the Oceania region with embarked U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team detachments to conduct maritime law enforcement operations in support of U.S. and Pacific Island...
06 September 2022 Navy Engineers Busy as Bees Throughout Solomon Islands SOLOMON ISLANDS -- U.S. Navy engineers, known as Seabees, are conducting repairs and enhancement projects throughout Honiara as part of Pacific Partnership 2022.“Seabees are providing construction support and updating several public spaces, which were identified for us,” said Petty Officer First...
06 September 2022 Asst. Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Dr. Ratner's Travel to India & Vietnam WASHINGTON -- Department of Defense Spokesperson Lt. Col. Martin Meiners provided the following statement:Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Dr. Ely Ratner will depart for a trip to India and Vietnam this week to deepen the United States' cooperation with each of these...
06 September 2022 Osan Hosts NASA operations OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- This year Osan is hosting numerous national scientific agencies in support of the Asian Summer Monsoon Chemical and Climate Impact Project (ACCLIP) from late July until early September.In addition to NASA, the National Science Foundation’s National Center for...
06 September 2022 Third Tranche of U.S. Government-Donated COVID-19 Vaccines Arrive in Kiribati SUVA, U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu -- A total of 10,350 COVID-19 Pfizer vaccines donated by the U.S. government arrived today in Kirimati (also known as Christmas Island), part of Kiribati. The donation, through the COVAX facility, is part of the 53,820 life-saving...