ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- A team of weather systems maintainers from the 557th Weather Wing’s 2nd Combat Weather Systems Squadron traveled from Hurlburt Field, Florida, to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 5-15 to install a Portable Doppler Radar weather system.The system was requested by...

SANTA RITA, Guam -- The Coast Guard’s three newest Fast Response Cutters were commissioned Thursday during a ceremony presided over by Adm. Karl Schultz, the Coast Guard’s commandant.The Coast Guard Cutters Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139), Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) and Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) were...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Traveling from a multitude of different bases, Airmen gathered at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to participate in a decontamination training exercise July 12 through 16.Normally hosted at Camp Bullis, Texas, the Patient Decontamination Course was...

U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Vietnam -- HEATLH SUPPORT TO VIETNAM SINCE 1994. In 1994, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) initiated support to HIV/AIDS programs. Since that time, almost $1 billion in health assistance has been provided to Vietnam through a whole of...

SOUTH CHINA SEA -- Comprised of ships and personnel from three U.S. 7th Fleet task forces, Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100), and a detachment from Commander, Task Group (CTG) 75.1/Explosive Ordnance Disposal...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The 412th Theater Engineer Command’s (TEC) Deployable Command Post (DCP) 1 prepares for an international mission unlike any other. DCP 1 Soldiers, partnered with United States Marines and Airmen from the 36th Medical Group, and other foreign servicemembers, assembled...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Cyber experts from the Alaska National Guard participated Cyber Shield, the Department of Defense’s largest unclassified cyber defense exercise, from July 10-23.Alaska Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Scheunemann, 176th Communications Flight, said the...

U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India -- Secretary Antony J. Blinken. Thank you. Good morning. It is wonderful to see all of you here. I think we have some colleagues coming with us virtually hooked. And hello, it’s good to see the youngest staff members are here today, too.Atul, thank you so much not...

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III took a break from security discussions in Singapore to congratulate U.S. service members competing in the Olympics and Paralympics.Austin spoke via Zoom to 15 service members on the teams. Some were in Tokyo, others in the United States.''I...

WASHINGTON --The Defense Department today revealed the prisoner of war/missing in action commemorative poster which, leading up to POW/MIA Recognition Day in September, will highlight ongoing efforts made by the department to provide the fullest possible accounting of the soldiers, sailors, Marines...