26 July 2021 Three Million More U.S.-Donated Moderna Vaccine Doses Arrive in Vietnam HANOI, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Vietnam -- The United States delivered three million life-saving doses of the Moderna mRNA vaccine through the COVAX Facility to assist Vietnam in its fight against COVID-19. Half of the three million doses arrived in Ho Chi Minh City and half will arrive in Hanoi...
26 July 2021 Austin Says Alaska Is Strategic Hotspot for Indo-Pacific, Arctic Operations WASHINGTON -- Alaska is a strategic hotspot for defending the United States, the Indo-Pacific region and the Arctic, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said during a visit to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, yesterday.The secretary met with troops and leaders at Eielson and Fort Wainwright,...
26 July 2021 Rappahannock, Alan Shepard drill with Australian Navy during Talisman Sabre CORAL SEA -- USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204) and USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3) participated in exercise Talisman Sabre 21 (TS21), a large-scale, bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States, which began July 18 off the northeast coast of Australia.“Providing maritime logistics to...
26 July 2021 Secretary Blinken’s Travel to India NEW DELHI, U.S. Embassy and Consulates in India -- Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to New Delhi, India and Kuwait City, Kuwait July 26-29 to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to strengthening our partnerships and underscore cooperation on our shared priorities.In New Delhi on...
23 July 2021 USS Mustin Returns to San Diego after 15 Years of Service in Japan SAN DIEGO -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) returned to San Diego, July 22, after 15 years serving in the Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) in Japan.Mustin executed a change of station to the United States to conduct a planned depot modernization period and will...
23 July 2021 Flying Jennies Train in Alaska JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Leaving the heat, humidity and rain of the south and heading north for cooler temperatures, the 815th Airlift Squadron (AS) put their Reserve Citizen Airmen to the test in Alaska with both the temperatures and the terrain, July 13-16.Working with the 4th...
23 July 2021 Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron/HMLA-169 Goes the Distance MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 169 executed one of the longest maritime HMLA self-deployment flights in 1st Marine Aircraft Wing history during exercise Tiltrotor/Rotary Wing (TR/RW) 2107. TR/RW 2107 is a unilateral exercise at Misawa Air Base,...
23 July 2021 Logistics Readiness Squadron Puts Up Thousands ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The 36th Installation Deployment Readiness Cell (IDRC) of the 36th Logistics Readiness Squadron is the lead section for the wing’s reception, staging, onward movement, and integration mission on Andersen AFB. The IDRC in tandem with all the other support functions...
22 July 2021 U.S. Navy and JMSDF Strengthen Ties through Mine Warfare Exercise 2JA SASEBO, Japan -- Mine warfare forces from the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commenced Mine Warfare Exercise (MIWEX) 2JA 2021 off the coast of northern Japan, July 19.MIWEX 2JA is part of a series of annual exercises between the allied navies designed to increase proficiency...
22 July 2021 U.S. Donates 500,000 Rapid Diagnostic Tests to Sri Lanka for Early COVID-19 Detection COLOMBO, U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka -- The United States donated 500,000 Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) as part of its commitment to support Sri Lanka’s fight against COVID-19. These tests, worth 300 million Sri Lankan rupees (USD 1.5 million), were delivered to the Sri Lanka Ministry of Health...