24 January 2022 White House Praises DOD Acquisition Professionals for COVID-19 Efforts Around the World WASHINGTON -- A group of professionals with the Defense Department's acquisition workforce who worked on the White House and DOD COVID-19 supply chain global effort were honored today with a letter of appreciation from President Joe Biden in a ceremony at the Pentagon.Conducted virtually, Deputy...
24 January 2022 U.S. Marine Corps Deactivates 2d Battalion, 3d Marines MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII – 2d Battalion, 3d Marines cased their colors during the unit's deactivation ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii Jan. 21, 2022.2/3 first activated May 1, 1942, at New River, North Carolina as 3d Training Battalion and assigned to Division Special Troops, 1st Marine...
24 January 2022 899,730 Pfizer Doses Donated by the United States Arrive in Lao PDR VIENTIANE, U.S. Embassy in Laos -- Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) received a new shipment of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine via direct donation by the United States through the COVAX Facility. COVAX is a partnership co-led by Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations...
21 January 2022 U.S. Army Hawaii Breaks Ground on $80 Million Maintenance Hangar on Historic Airfield WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii -- Army leaders from U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii, the 25th Infantry Division and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers broke ground today on a multi-year aviation maintenance project designed to replace the aging 90-year old World War II era facilities.“For 90 years, these...
21 January 2022 Arctic Guardians Support Response to Yakutat Local Disaster JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON (JBER), Alaska -- Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing worked late into the night of Jan. 11 to ensure 20 Alaska National Guard Soldiers and Airmen were ready to depart JBER on a 211th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II Jan. 12 for the Southeast Alaska...
21 January 2022 Joint Statement on the January 11, 14, and 17 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Ballistic Missile Launch United States Mission to the United Nations -- The following is a joint statement as delivered by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, on behalf of Albania, Brazil, France, Ireland, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United...
21 January 2022 U.S., Indonesia, and Switzerland Celebrate Water and Sanitation Gains for Millions of People JAKATA, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- As a result of a five-year partnership between the United States and Indonesia, more than 1.6 million Indonesians, including nearly 530,000 people from low-income communities, now enjoy access to clean water, and more than 965,000 people have secured...
20 January 2022 7th Fleet Destroyer Conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation in South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA -- On Jan. 20, USS Benfold (DDG 65) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the vicinity of the Paracel Islands, consistent with international law. At the conclusion of the operation, USS Benfold exited the excessive claim and continued operations in the South China Sea.20JAN22...
20 January 2022 Coast Guard Cutters begin Operation Aiga in Oceania HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The crews of the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper (WLB 201) and Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) will aim to extend the Coast Guard’s at-sea enforcement presence in the region through a 40-day patrol.“Aiga,” the Samoan word for family, is designed to integrate Coast Guard capabilities and...
20 January 2022 NMCB-5 Concludes Indo-Pacific Deployment, NMCB-3 Assumes Authority of Naval Construction Force Tasking in the Indo-Pacific OKINAWA, Japan -- U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 transferred authority of Naval Construction Force tasking in the Indo-Pacific region to NMCB-3 during a relief in place/transfer of authority (RIP/TOA) ceremony onboard Camp Shields in Okinawa, Jan. 18.he Seabees with NMCB-5...