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 -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Pentagon, March 28, to reaffirm the enduring U.S.-Singapore bilateral defense relationship.The two leaders discussed a broad range of issues, to include Russia’s unprovoked and...

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S. government, through the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and the Global Security Contingency Fund, commemorated the delivery and installation of outboard motors worth Php31.5...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Special Agents from the Department of the Air Force, Office of Special Investigations, Region 6 (Pacific), Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and the Headquarters OSI Behavioral Sciences Division, Quantico Marine Corps Station, Virginia, hosted a mental...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Members of the 354th Fighter Wing (FW) participated in a capabilities demonstration during a routine readiness exercise at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, March 25, 2022.The demonstration is part of the base’s training operations exercising how the 354th FW is able...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- U.S. Space Force Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, Chief of Space Operations, visited Guardians, Airmen and leadership during his first trip to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 25-26, 2022.Raymond’s primary stop was the Space Force’s 21st Space Operations Squadron,...

FORT MAGSAYSAY, Philippines -- U.S. Army Pacific Soldiers and Philippine Army 1st Brigade Combat Team Soldiers concluded the annual iteration of Salaknib during a closing ceremony at Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, March 24, 2022.Salaknib is an annual Philippine Army led, U.S. Army Pacific...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen assigned to the 18th Wing have found another way to increase agile combat employment (ACE) capabilities in the Pacific by conducting hot-pit refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker on March 22, 2022.This event marks the first time the procedure was conducted in the...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- During a routine flight deep in the Alaska Interior, a small jetliner crashes with a dozen passengers.All survive the harrowing incident without serious injury, but now they’re facing subzero temperatures with the sprawling and towering Alaska Range...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Gen. Shunji Izutsu, Japan Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff, and local Japan leaders visited U.S. Forces Japan to attend a U.S.-Japan Leadership Program gathering, reaffirming the importance of the U.S. Air Force – Japan Self-Defense Force alliance, March 19, 2022.The...