KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The United States was pleased to deliver one million life-saving jabs of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to assist Malaysia in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, July 5th, 2021. Shipments of the vaccine first arrived at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport for distribution to vaccine...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard and Honolulu Fire Department rescued two people from a downed Boeing 737 inter-island transport plane 2-miles south of Kalaeloa, Friday.Both people aboard were rescued by an Air Station Barbers Point MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and Honolulu Fire Department rescue...

U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh -- Two air deliveries from the United States, one tonight and another in about eight hours, are bringing 2.5 million doses of Moderna vaccine to Bangladesh.This is a gift, at no cost, from the American people. We share these vaccines with the singular objective of saving...

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAI -- On June 30, 2021, Lance Cpl. Tercell T. Byrd, a rifleman with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his heroic actions saving a woman's life in the face of significant personal risk.On April 28, 2018, Byrd, a native of Newport News,...

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KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- After 28 dutiful years, the HH-60G Pave Hawk with the tail number 26401 landed on the flight line at Kadena Air Base, Japan, one last time after completing its final flight on June 22, 2021.The helicopter, often referred to as 401, is the first of its kind to retire at...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- Soldiers from the Camp Zama Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers program, or BOSS, along with the members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Noncommissioned Officers Association, “SoYou-kai,” volunteered to clean up Zama Yatoyama Park, located near the installation,...

TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka -- The U.S. Navy, Sri Lanka Navy and Air Force, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) concluded week-long training during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise, June 30.CARAT Sri Lanka, the first CARAT event to be held in 2021, concluded after two...

CAMP COURTNEY, Okinawa, Japan -- Marines with 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade conducted an exercise that tested their ability to rapidly mobilize and validate command and control techniques during a crisis scenario in the Indo-Pacific region, June 30, 2021.The exercise, known as an Alert...

AIBANO TRAINING AREA, Japan -- Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment “Black Lions,” 3rd Infantry Division, took part in air assault training utilizing UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters on Aibano Training Area, Japan, June 28, as part of exercise Orient Shield.Soldiers began the training by...