05 October 2023 WAANG, ORANG, and Royal Thai Air Force participate in first ever Enduring Partners engagement Airmen from the Washington Air National Guard’s 141st Air Refueling Wing and the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing participated in the first ever Enduring Partners engagement with the Royal Thai Air Force Sept. 11-21 at Korat Royal Thai Air Base in Thailand...
04 October 2023 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Meeting With Japanese Minister of Defense Kihara Minoru Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following readout:Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III welcomed Japanese Minister of Defense Kihara Minoru to the Pentagon today during Minister Kihara's first visit to Washington, D.C., as the Minister of Defense. Secretary Austin...
04 October 2023 Pacific Marines Exercise Stand-In-Force Operations Pacific Marines from U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific along with forces from I Marine Expeditionary Force, III MEF, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and the Hawaii Air National Guard demonstrated Stand-in-Force capabilities during Force Design Integration Exercise, Sept. 25-28, 2023...
03 October 2023 Priority Theater’s Senior Enlisted Leaders Strengthen Partnership at Largest Ever Indo-Pacific Armies Gathering NEW DELHI, India - The Indo-Pacific's most experienced and trusted senior enlisted leaders gathered for the 9th Senior Enlisted Leadership Forum (SELF), Sep. 26-27, in New Delhi, India, to discuss interoperability and developing the next generation of Soldiers. SELF was part of the largest...
03 October 2023 Koa Moana 23 Concludes in Oceania U.S. Marines and Sailors with I Marine Expeditionary Force concluded Task Force Koa Moana 23 in the Indo-Pacific region on Sept. 30, 2023. The task force was task-organized into multiple detachments with expertise in providing engineering, medical, maritime law enforcement, and explosive ordnance...
02 October 2023 US, Philippines Partner with Allies During Exercise Sama Sama 2023 The U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Armed Forces of the Philippines joined allies to commence the seventh iteration of exercise Sama Sama in the city of Manila, Philippines, October Oct. 2nd...
02 October 2023 Japan, U.S. Host 13th Annual Joint Senior Leaders Seminar General Yoshihide Yoshida, Chief of Staff of the Japan Joint Staff and Admiral John Aquilino, Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command co-hosted the thirteenth Joint Senior Leaders Seminar (JSLS) in Tokyo, Japan, Sep. 28-29...
29 September 2023 Strength of the Combined Force: Australian, Filipino, U.S. Forces Coming Together to Demonstrate Readiness for Crisis and Contingency Response Marines and Sailors of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) joined members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Australian Defence Force (ADF) for Exercise Alon, part of Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2023...
29 September 2023 U.S. Special Operations Command Korea selected for Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation Today the Republic of Korea’s (ROK) President, Yoon Suk Yeol, awarded U.S. Special Operations Command Korea (SOCKOR) with the Presidential Unit Citation at the 75th Anniversary ceremony of the ROK Armed Forces Day at Seoul Air Base (K-16), Seongnam, ROK...
28 September 2023 20 Military Intelligence Chiefs Meet for 16th Annual IPICC The 16th annual Indo-Pacific Intelligence Chiefs Conference (IPICC) 2023 kicked off, Sept. 10, bringing together directors of military intelligence from 20 countries to Vancouver, Canada to discuss regional issues and shared security challenges...