SYDNEY, Australia -- The Emory S. Land-class submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) departed Sydney, Australia, April 6.Sydney was Frank Cable’s second port visit since departing her homeport of Guam, March 1, 2022. Frank Cable and her crew of nearly 500 Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil...

CAMP ZAMA Japan -- Cadets from Zama Middle High School’s (ZMHS) Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps battalion visited the U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan (USABBJ) here April 7 to learn from the Soldiers as part of their Cadet Leadership Challenge.As part of the day’s event, the cadets also...

WASHINGTON -- At $773 billion, the fiscal 2023 Defense Budget Request is huge, but that doesn't mean that painful choices are not necessary, defense leaders told the Senate Armed Services Committee today.A case in point is divestiture of capabilities no longer needed as the National Defense Strategy...

COLOMBO, U.S. Embassy in Sri Lank -- A delegation from the U.S. Department of State visited Sri Lanka from April 3-8, 2022, to review U.S.-funded demining projects in Kilinochchi, Jaffna, Vavuniya, and Muhamalai. The United States contributed $8.3 million to demining efforts in Sri Lanka in 2021,...

SASEBO, Japan -- Capt. Ken Ward, sixth commanding officer of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, USS America (LHA 6), turned over command to Capt. Shockey Snyder in a ceremony aboard America, April 7.The ceremony was held on the ship’s flight deck, with Capt. Greg Baker,...

U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh -- SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a pleasure to have Foreign Minister Momen here and to be able to work together on strengthening more the partnership between the United States and Bangladesh. We are in fact celebrating 50 years of diplomatic...

DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. -- Lieutenant General Steven Rudder, Commander of Marine Corps Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC), visited the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) and the Australian Northern Command on March 25.“Two-thirds of the Fleet Marine Force operates within the Indo-Pacific, and MRF-D is a...

WASHINGTON -- Right now, U.S. Cyber Command has about 133 cyber mission teams spread across the services, which make up its Cyber Mission Force (CMF) — the "action arm" of Cybercom, said Army Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, who serves as both the commander of Cybercom and the director of the National...

JAKARTA, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia --Today, the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced a five-year project in partnership with Indonesia to increase access to safely managed drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) for residents in...

NORTHERN LUZON, Philippines -- The 3d Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR) Headquarters (HQ) conducted its inaugural deployment in the first island chain, working shoulder-to-shoulder with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) during exercise Balikatan 22 (BK22) , which is scheduled to run March 28 to...