17 February 2022 Jungle Warfare Exercise 22: 7,500 Marines, Carrier Strike Group Rehearse Rapid Deployment, Joint Operations during Large-scale Training Exercise OKINAWA, Japan -- More than 7,500 U.S. Marines across III Marine Expeditionary Force teamed up with the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group during Jungle Warfare Exercise 22 (JWX 22) in the vicinity of Okinawa Feb. 13 to 18.The exercise provided an opportunity to rehearse rapid deployments and...
17 February 2022 36th Medical Group Provides Vital Support to Cope North ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Cope North (CN) 2022 ends this Friday, Feb. 18, and service members from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Royal Australian Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force will return safely to their perspective home stations thanks to the 36th Medical...
17 February 2022 U.S. Navy, Royal Australian Navy Hold Strategic Dialogue WASHINGTON -- Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans and Strategy, Vice Adm. Bill Merz and his Australian counterpart, Rear Admiral Chris Smith, Royal Australian Navy, Deputy Chief of Navy, co-hosted a strategic dialogue via video teleconference Feb. 16.The dialogue was an...
17 February 2022 Naval Postgraduate School, U.S. Pacific Fleet launch Nimitz Research Group MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and U.S. Pacific Fleet announced the establishment of the Nimitz Research Group, Feb. 16. Under the aegis of NPS’ Naval Warfare Studies Institute, the new organization will leverage NPS’ interdisciplinary education and research capabilities and...
17 February 2022 Philippine Marine Corps-Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Staff Talks CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii -- Staff members of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC) and representatives of the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) came together for the annual PMC-MARFORPAC Marine-to-Marine Staff Talks, Feb. 7-11, 2022, on Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.The talks provide an opportunity to...
16 February 2022 Barksdale B-52s Deploy to Indo-Pacific for Bomber Task Force ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- More than 220 Airmen and four B-52’s assigned to the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrived at Andersen AFB, Guam, to conduct Bomber Task Force (BTF) missions in support of Pacific Air Forces’ training efforts with...
16 February 2022 Coast Guard Cutter Stratton Visits Fiji during Operation Blue Pacific Patrol SUVA, Fiji -- The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton visited Fiji in February after being underway for 50-days in the Pacific combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.During the visit, Capt. Stephen Adler, the Stratton’s commanding officer, met with members of the Fijian...
16 February 2022 Secretary Blinken Commends Indonesia’s G20 Leadership on Global Health WASHINGTON -- Nearly three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, global suffering continues despite heroic efforts by our healthcare workers, private citizens, institutions, organizations, countries, and economies. Throughout, it has remained a fact that no one country acting alone can stop the virus...
16 February 2022 U.S. Hands Over Early Grade Reading Materials to Support Literacy for Magindanawn Language Learners MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), recently handed over nearly Php10 million worth of early grade reading materials in the Magindanawn language to the Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical...
15 February 2022 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Returns Home from Deployment SAN DIEGO -- The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) returned to San Diego, marking the end of an eight-month deployment to U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleets areas of operation, Feb. 14.After an accelerated departure from San Diego, the Carl Vinson CSG supported integrated operations in the Hawaiian...