20 July 2020 US Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Flex Mine Warfare Capabilities during Exercise 2JA OKINAWA, Japan -- Mine warfare forces from the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) started Mine Warfare Exercise (MIWEX) 2JA 2020 off the coast of northern Japan, July 20.“Working with our JMSDF allies to keep our mine countermeasure skills sharp is absolutely essential,” said...
16 November 2016 Japan and U.S. Forces Complete Amphibious Operations during Keen Sword 2017 PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- U.S. Forces and Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) combined to complete a series of amphibious operations as part of Keen Sword 2017 on Nov. 11.Keen Sword is a joint and bilateral exercise held biennially off the coast of Japan and for the first time held simultaneously off Guam...
15 December 2022 Joint Press Statement of the 19th meeting of the India-USA Counter Terrorism Joint Working Group U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India -- The 19th meeting of the India-USA Counter Terrorism Joint Working Group and the 5th session of the India-USA Designations Dialogue were held on December 12-13, 2022, in New Delhi. Mr. Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint Secretary for Counter Terrorism, Ministry of External...
30 October 2020 Secretary Michael R. Pompeo And Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi JAKARTA, Indonesia -- REMARKS TO THE PRESS; MICHAEL R. POMPEO. MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, the joint press statement will now start.FOREIGN MINISTER MARSUDI: Your Excellency Secretary Pompeo, colleagues from the media, ladies and gentlemen. Secretary Pompeo, dear Mike, welcome back to...
15 December 2021 The U.S. and Indonesia Sign Agreements on Maritime Cooperation, Education, and People-to-People Exchanges JAKARTA, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- Secretary Blinken: Let me just speak very briefly to what we just did, the agreements that we just signed. I think they illustrate the work that we’re doing together, and it was really an honor to be able to do that. We are taking steps, we’re...
03 April 2023 Missile Defense Agency Test Successfully Intercepts Ballistic Missile Target PACIFIC OCEAN -- The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, successfully conducted Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 31 Event 1a (FTM-31 E1a).The test demonstrated the capability of a ballistic missile defense (BMD)-configured Aegis ship to detect, track, engage, and intercept...
29 March 2024 MDA, Navy Conducts Successful Intercept with SM-6; Advances collaboration with Australia On March 28, 2024, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, successfully conducted an intercept of an advanced Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) test target utilizing the Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Dual II with Software Upgrade (SWUP)...
17 January 2019 Balikatan '19 Builds Contracting Skills for NCO JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- Contracting Soldiers from the 902nd Contracting Battalion are supporting operations between U.S. and Philippine military forces as part of Exercise Balikatan '19.The annual bilateral training exercise fosters operational planning between the two...
03 July 2019 Contracting Teams Support Pacific Exercises JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- Contracting Soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, recently supported a series of exercises in the Philippines and Palau aimed at improving tactical interoperability and strengthening relations between the nations.Members of the 676th...
01 June 2018 Joint Base Lewis-McChord Contracting Soldiers Supporting I Corps in Mongolia JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- Two 902nd Contracting Battalion Soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Washington, are in Mongolia through June 10 supporting disaster preparedness and response by multinational civil and military authorities.Gobi Wolf 2018 is a reoccurring...