13 January 2026 Air Force Reserve wing forges critical alliances with Philippine Air Force through mobile training team MANILA, Philippines — In today’s environment of increasingly complex security challenges, the importance of allied partnerships in intelligence have become even more critical to national defense...
13 January 2026 Japan Minister of Defense visits Hawaii, speaks at Honolulu Defense Forum HONOLULU — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, the commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, welcomed Japanese Minister of Defense Shinjirō Koizumi to USINDOPACOM headquarters at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, Jan. 12, 2026...
11 January 2026 USS Fitzgerald returns to San Diego following seven-month underway SAN DIEGO – Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) returned to its homeport of Naval Base San Diego following a seven-month underway to the U.S. 3rd, 5th, and 7th Fleet areas of operation, Jan. 6, 2026. While underway, Fitzgerald conducted a wide range of operations,...
11 January 2026 V16 sharpens skills in South Korea during Unit Deployment Program USAG CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — It’s not about practicing until you get it right; it’s about practicing until you can’t get it wrong.U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, forward deployed with 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program, honed...
08 January 2026 75th Anniversary of the Korean War, January 1951 SOUTH KOREA — 75 years ago, January 1951 started with UNC forces defending Seoul against communist attacks before pulling south of the Han River to avoid encirclement and established defensive lines that ran just north of Pyeongtaek...
07 January 2026 MSC Reservists Support Operation Deep Freeze 2026 Loadout PORT HUENEME, Calif. — Navy reservists from Military Sealift Command Pacific’s Expeditionary Port Unit (EPU) are supporting cargo operations in Port Hueneme, Calif. The team is overseeing the loadout of supplies and equipment being loaded onto the Military Sealift Command chartered heavy lift ship...
07 January 2026 ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command Hosts Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense Ahn Gyu-back visited Camp Humphreys on Jan. 6, 2026, for the first time since taking office, meeting with U.S. Army Gen. Xavier Brunson, commander of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea,...
07 January 2026 USARPAC Ceremony Honors Incoming and Outgoing Australian Generals FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — The U.S. Army Pacific welcomed Maj. Gen. Giles J.S. Cornelia as the new Deputy Commanding General for Strategy and Plans and bid farewell to Lt. Gen. Scott A. Winter during a ceremony at Historic Palm Circle on Jan. 6, 2026...
06 January 2026 U.S. Forces deliver critical aid to Sri Lanka following Cyclone Ditwah SRI LANKA — U.S. military forces delivered critical disaster relief to Sri Lanka following the impact of Cyclone Ditwah, which made landfall on November 28.The U.S. response leveraged the rapid deployment capabilities of U.S. forces in the Indo-Pacific by delivering a pair of C-130J Super Hercules...
06 January 2026 Washington Guard, Thailand Participate in Aviation Exchange CAMP MURRAY, Wash. — Guard members from the Washington National Guard’s 96th Aviation Troop Command conducted an Aviation Subject Matter Expert Exchange, or SMEE, with Royal Thai aviation partners across multiple locations in Thailand from Nov. 28 to Dec. 16, 2025, strengthening long-standing...