PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG) participated in two days of bilateral maritime exercises with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 31 to Sept. 1.The exercises were designed to address common maritime security priorities and concerns,...

DHAKA, U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh -- U.S. Ambassador Earl Miller handed over 20 vessels to the Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Coast Guard in a virtual ceremony with Bangladesh Assistant Chief of Naval Staff for Operations Rear Admiral M Ashraful Haq and Rear Admiral Ashraf Hoq Chowdhury, Director...

DILI, U.S. Embassy in Timor Leste -- The U.S is pleased to announce an additional $2.3 million in assistance to help Timor-Leste fight COVID-19 and strengthen health security. The new funding will be used to build health facilities to better enable the Government of Timor-Leste to save lives. Since...

SOUTH CHINA SEA -- Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16) joined Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG) during presence operations in the South China Sea.The integration marks the first time an LCS has operated as part of a carrier strike group in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of...

CHENNAI, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India --The U.S. Consulate General Chennai, in association with the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), hosted a two-day virtual conference titled “Nontraditional Security Challenges in South Asia: Improving Disaster Management Cooperation” on September...

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia -- The U.S, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), provided 50 ventilator test lungs for training medical personnel and ventilator calibration to support the Government of Mongolia’s efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. These test lungs...

WASHINGTON -- There have been relations between America's military and the militaries of other nations since the United States first became a country. However, it wasn't until 1971 that the Defense Department created the Defense Security Assistance Agency — later renamed the Defense Security...

Ulaanbaatar, U.S. Embassy in Mongolia -- The United States is delighted to announce that the U.S. donation of 188,370 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses has arrived in Mongolia. These doses were delivered through COVAX and came directly from the Pfizer manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The...

SOUTH CHINA SEA -- USS Benfold (DDG 65) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the Spratly Islands, consistent with international law. This freedom of navigation operation ("FONOP") upheld the rights, freedoms, and lawful uses of the sea. USS Benfold demonstrated that Mischief Reef, a low-tide...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Air chiefs and senior enlisted leaders from the Indo-Pacific region gathered for the Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium 2021 (PACS-21) and the first-ever Senior Enlisted Leadership Summit at Headquarters Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), Aug. 31 to Sept 2.U.S. Air Force...