08 June 2021 Jungle Warfare Exercise: U.S. Marines Put Littoral Combat Skills to the Test during Realistic Force-on-Force Operations OKINAWA, Japan -- The heavy blades of helicopters thud overtop of the thick jungle canopy where hundreds of U.S. Marines silently maneuver through the stifling terrain to gain a positional advantage against a peer-level adversary. Meanwhile, a platoon of Marines executes an amphibious assault into...
08 June 2021 U.S Again Delivers Emergency Medical Supplies to Bangladesh to Combat Covid-19 DHAKA, U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh --The U.S. through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), delivered to Bangladesh its most recent shipment of emergency medical supplies to save lives, stop the spread of COVID-19, and meet the urgent health needs of the Bangladeshi people. This...
07 June 2021 General Charles Flynn Takes Command of U.S. Army Pacific FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii -- Gen. Charles A. Flynn assumed command of U.S. Army Pacific from Gen. Paul J. LaCamera in a ceremony held June 4, 2021, on Historic Palm Circle at Fort Shafter, Hawaii.Flynn comes to Fort Shafter after serving as deputy chief of staff for U.S. Army operations, plans and...
07 June 2021 U.S. Embassy Bangkok Partners with Duang Prateep Foundation to Stop the Spread of COVID-19 U.S. Embassy and Consulate in Thailand -- U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Michael Heath, together with U.S. Embassy Bangkok Senior Defense Official Colonel Wayne Turnbull, visited the Duang Prateep Foundation in Klong Toey to donate COVID-19 relief supplies. This donation to the Foundation, under the...
07 June 2021 Readout of Under Secretary Colin Kahl's Call With Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdullah Shahid WASHINGTON -- Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl spoke by phone today with Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid. Under Secretary Kahl and Minister Shahid expressed their commitment to further strengthening the U.S.-Maldives bilateral partnership and expanding its role in advancing...
07 June 2021 U.S. Marines in Australia Are Ready to Rapidly Provide Assistance to Regions Affected by a Natural Disaster DARWIN, NT, Australia -- Marine Rotational Force – Darwin and the Australian Defence Force successfully completed a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise called “Crocodile Response,” May 28, 2021.The focus of Crocodile Response was to increase the readiness of the U.S. Marines and...
04 June 2021 U.S. Pacific Submarine Force Participates in Exercise Agile Dagger 21 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Multiple submarines departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to participate in Exercise Agile Dagger 2021 (AD21).AD21 is a training exercise, with one-third of the Pacific Submarine Force getting underway, to assess warfighting readiness and build capacity for the joint...
03 June 2021 Official Talks DOD Policy Role in Chinese Pacing Threat, Integrated Deterrence Kahl spoke to an all-hands meeting of the policy office in the Pentagon last week. He spoke about "getting China right," emphasized the importance of integrated deterrence, and called on members of the office to be flexible as they deal with a complicated, messy and often violent world.The top...
03 June 2021 U.S. INDOPACOM Commander Visits Republic of Korea CAMP SMITH, Hawaii – The commander for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Adm. John C. Aquilino, traveled to the Republic of Korea as part of his first overseas trip to meet with senior government officials and reaffirm the United States’ commitment to the security of the Republic of Korea.“The U.S.-ROK...
02 June 2021 3D MLG, NMCB-4 Rehearse Naval Integration for Exercise Posideon’s Watchtower OKINAWA, Japan --Marines and Sailors with 3rd Marine Logistics Group and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 are conducting Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations training on islands around Okinawa, Japan, during exercise Poseidon’s Watchtower from June 2-17.Poseidon’s Watchtower serves as an...