MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — The U.S. Marine Corps’ Japan-based aviation forces received their first F-35 deployment from the continental United States on March 8, 2025. Based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, an F-35B squadron of...

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea - Eighth Army began its portion of Freedom Shield 2025 Sunday, March 9...

BUSAN, South Korea – The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group departed Busan, Republic of Korea, March 7, after conducting a scheduled five-day port visit...

We are aware of the DPRK’s multiple ballistic missile launches and are consulting closely with the Republic of Korea and Japan, as well as other regional allies and partners. The United States condemns these actions and calls on the DPRK to refrain from further unlawful and destabilizing acts. ...

KORAT, Thailand - During the Cobra Gold 2025 Joint Exercise, U.S. Space Force Guardians from Indo-Pacific Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and Fort Buckner, Japan, displayed their technological capabilities with allies and partner nations...

GUAM - Two U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft operating under Commander, Task Force (CTF) 72, one from Patrol Squadron (VP) 16 and one from VP 47, joined Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance (MPRA) communities from Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Indian Navy (IN), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force...

SATTAHIP, Thailand - U.S. Marines with the 1st Light Armour Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conducted combat marksmanship practice at a short bay range with marines from the Royal Thai Marine Corps and Republic of Korea Marines at the Thai Reconnaissance Battalion base in Thailand...

BANGKOK, Thailand-- U.S. Army leaders from America’s First Corps came together to host the Indo-Pacific Motorized Forum 25 in Bangkok, Thailand, from Feb 26-27, 2025...

HONOLULU, Hawaii - Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, addressed international participants of the Comprehensive Security Cooperation 25-1 Course at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu, March 5, 2025...

POHANG, South Korea - U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Logistics Group, U.S. Navy Sailors with Naval Beach Group 1, and Republic of Korea Marines with the ROK Marine Corps’ MLG conducted an instream offload at the beach outside of ROKMC Base Pohang during exercise Freedom Banner 25 in Pohang, South...