WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will host Japanese Minister of Defense Nobuo Kishi, in an enhanced honor cordon ceremony and bilateral meeting at the Pentagon, 11 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, May 4.All journalists desiring to cover the arrival ceremony must obtain a wristband from...

PHNOM PENH, U.S. Embassy in Cambodia -- Today, the United States, in partnership with COVAX, UNICEF, and WHO donated two million Pfizer vaccine doses to the Royal Kingdom of Cambodia. These safe and effective vaccines will protect the Cambodian people and help prevent dangerous new variants from...

We are aware of the DPRK’s ballistic missile launch today and are consulting closely with the Republic of Korea (ROK) 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 destabilizing acts.  While we have...

SINGAPORE -- The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) arrived at Changi Naval Base in Singapore May 2, as part of a rotational deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.Aside from brief stops, Jackson’s arrival to Singapore will be the first by an LCS since USS...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska residents watching the skies may have noticed some unusual aircraft over the past few weeks.U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles assigned to the 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno, California, trained with F-22 Raptors from the 3rd Wing at Joint Base...

OKINAWA, Japan -- Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 (HMLA-369), stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan executed a mass formation launch known as a “Fly the Barn,” event in support of the squadron’s required annual training on April 29th, 2022.“Since we deployed to...

APIA, U.S. Embassy in Samoa -- The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), handed over 45,630 life-saving Pfizer vaccines to support the Government of Samoa’s efforts to combat COVID -19. “The U.S. is committed to providing 1.2 billion doses of safe,...

PERTH, Australia -- The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Springfield (SSN 761) completed a weapons handling exercise involving the transfer of an inert training shape from Royal Australian Navy assets ashore to the submarine, while moored at HMAS Stirling navy base, April 28, 2022.The...

RED FLAG-Alaska 22-1, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise, kicked off April 28 and is scheduled to run through May 13 on JBER...

SASEBO, Japan -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) departed Fleet Activities Sasebo after completing an eight day voyage repair availability (VRAV).The VRAV comes nearly four months into Spruance’s scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. The...