ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The 36th Contracting Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base recently partnered with the government of Vietnam to help bring COVID-19 relief by purchasing and sending 77 ultra-low temperature freezers at a total value of $691,000.The purchase of the freezers fulfills an...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- More than 35 aircraft and approximately 800 Airmen from Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and Air Combat Command deployed to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s area of responsibility (USINDOPACOM’s AOR) in July to participate in Operation Pacific Iron 2021. Yokota Air Base provided...

MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) instructors have concluded four weeks of Advanced Boarding Officer Course training with Philippine maritime agencies, supporting U.S.-Philippine cooperation and enhancing maritime law enforcement capabilities.The July 12-23 course...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- An Alaska Army National Guard CH-47F Chinook helicopter from the 211th General Support Aviation Battalion transported a skid-steer loader by way of slingload, July 27, from Nikolai to Telida, two villages located in the Alaskan interior.The movement of the...

HANOI, U.S. Embassy Consulate in Vietnam -- The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi and the Institute of Population, Health and Development (PHAD) will collaborate to host the 2022 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Virtual Regional Workshop: Enhancing Human Capital in Health with the...

ASAN, Guam -- The United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group (CSG), led by aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), pulled into Apra Harbor in the midst of the CSG21 deployment to the Indo-Pacific region, Aug. 6.The deployment is the U.K.’s first by a carrier strike group in the Indo-Pacific for almost...

WASHINGTON -- Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr. met with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at the Pentagon to discuss ways to strengthen the ties between the two nations to provide for a secure and free Indo-Pacific.The Republic of Palau is 340-plus islands strategically placed in the...

CORAL SEA -- USS America Expeditionary Strike Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), will conduct operations alongside Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Canberra (L 02) and HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155), and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's JS Makinami (DD 115), Aug. 5-8, in support of...

U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Vietnam -- The United States is revitalizing our multilateral partnerships to advance our shared prosperity, security, and values in the Indo-Pacific.This week, I was honored to represent the United States at the annual U.S.-ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. The United...

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii -- Education, collaboration, and connection brought together seven innovation units from around the Pacific for the first-ever PACAF Innovation Conference with the aim of driving the Air Force into the future.Innovation units, or Spark Cells, provide Airmen the...