ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- “In a domestic operation, it won’t strictly be a military-lead event,” said Brig. Gen. Wayne Don, director of the Joint Staff of the Alaska National Guard. “So it’s important that we have interoperability amongst agencies, organizations and uniformed personnel to respond...

Pentagon Spokesman Eric Pahon provided the following readout:...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Hundreds of National Guard and active-duty counterparts, Canadian military forces and civilian first responders are responding to a simulated large-scale natural disaster during the Arctic Eagle-Patriot 22 (AEP22) exercise Feb. 22-March 9.More than 900 Air and Army National...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Working with the Government of Samoa, crews from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Juniper (WLB 201) and USCGC Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) conducted security patrol operations in Samoa’s exclusive economic zone throughout February 2022, to protect fisheries and other natural...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii -- Secretary of the Navy, Carlos Del Toro, visited Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) February 27 to discuss the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) with shipyard and Naval Facilities Engineering...

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, Thailand -- With a snap to attention and salutes rendered to their commanders, Exercise Hanuman Guardian 2022 (HG22) officially kicked off for the troops of the 29th Brigade Engineer Battalion, part of the famed 25th Infantry Division “Tropic Lightning,” and their counterparts...

MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S., in partnership with the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility, donated 769,860 more doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines as part of its worldwide effort to end COVID-19 and its commitment to partner with the...

BANGLADESH AIR FORCE (BAF) BASE BANGABANDHU, Bangladesh -- U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 36th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and members of the Bangladesh air force (BAF) shared tactical airlift knowledge during a subject matter expert (SME) exchange Feb. 19, 2022, as part of Exercise Cope...

WASHINGTON -- Joint All-Domain Command and Control, aka JADC2, is a system being developed that aims to connect any sensor to any shooter in any domain across the joint force, enabled by artificial intelligence for combined effects.Spotlight: Artificial IntelligenceDefense Department officials...

OKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Four seas, two hemispheres and nearly eight-thousand miles separate Tokyo, Japan from Canberra, Australia.Canberra, is home to the 337th Air Support Flight, a tenant unit part of the 374th Airlift Wing on Yokota Air Base and Tech Sgt. Amanda Osborne, 337th ASUF flight...