BATURAJA, INDONESIA -- Among the hundreds of people present during the joint airborne operations in support of Super Garuda Airborne on Aug. 3, 2022, 1st Sergeant Dan Alexander, First Sergeant, A Company., 2-35 Infantry Battalion, spotted the Ranger tab on the shoulder of a Tentara Nasional...

Adm. John C. Aquilino, Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, visited Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on an overseas trip Aug. 7⁠–⁠9, 2022, where he met with His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, The Sultan of Brunei Darussalam, Maj. Gen. Dato Paduka Haszaimi, Commander of Royal Brunei Armed...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) has been giving the United States Air Force and its allies extensive simulated combat training for decades, and this year is no different.This year marks the F-22 Raptor’s 25th anniversary of consistently providing America and its...

KANAGAWA, Japan -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Japan District personnel accompanied Advanced Individual Training recruits from the Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) 4th Engineer Group to Lake Miyagase for a training exercise on August 5th.Trekking out to the body of water located...

MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed the United States’ support for the Philippines’ COVID-19 response during a turnover of medical equipment and supplies in Manila on August 6.“As the Philippines continues to work to vaccinate people, to...

OLD HARBOR, Alaska -- Army Reserve Soldiers from units around the Pacific have assembled in a very rural location in Alaska to help with the development of a community, testing their mettle while strengthening bonds among the local residents.“Six, seven, eight,” Sgt. Robert Laux, a construction...

U.S. Embassy in Samoa -- Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met today with Samoan Prime Minister Afioga Fiame Naomi Mataafa in Apia to discuss shared priorities for the Pacific region. Deputy Secretary Sherman and Prime Minister Fiame discussed bilateral cooperation to address climate change...

U.S. Department of State -- The United States will host Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Exercise Fortune Guard 22 on August 8-12, 2022, in Honolulu, Hawaii.Fortune Guard 22 is part of the PSI’s Asia-Pacific Exercise Rotation series. The exercise will bring together 21 countries to address...

PHILIPPINE SEA -- Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70 conducted flag talks with their counterparts from Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Fleet Escort Force, aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 5.During the talks,...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM -- The world’s largest international maritime exercise concluded Aug. 4 following more than a month of realistic, relevant combined operations training conducted in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California.Twenty-six nations, 38 surface ships, three...