HONOLULU, Hawaii -- A Coast Guard law enforcement detachment, embarked aboard the Navy littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16), conducted a maritime law enforcement boarding in the Western Pacific,Thursday.The joint mission was in support of the Secretary of Defense’s Oceania Maritime Security...

U.S. Embassy & Consulate in the Republic of Korea -- Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong in London. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Chung reaffirmed that the U.S.-ROK Alliance is the linchpin of peace, security, and prosperity...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Approximately 15,000 U.S. service members, six U.S. Navy ships and 240 aircraft will participate in Northern Edge 2021 (NE21), a joint field training exercise May 3-14 from various locations in and around Alaska.Locations include Joint Base...

SASEBO, Japan - Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7 completed its third COVID-free deployment in April, following the arrival of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship, USS Ashland (LSD 48), to Fleet Activities Sasebo, May 4.In early 2020 as the world started to learn of a potentially contagious...

KATHMANDU, U.S. Embassy in Nepal -- As COVID-19 cases surge, and as Nepal enters another challenging time, the United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announces an additional $8.5 million in emergency response funding to combat the disease and to...

GULF OF ALASKA -- The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) began Exercise Northern Edge 2021 (NE21) in the Gulf of Alaska, May 3.The exercise includes assets from TRCSG, Makin Island Amphibious Readiness Group (MKIARG) and embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and other U.S. military...

DILI, Timor-Leste -- The U.S. Embassy in Timor-Leste is donating 20 continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines and oxygen therapy hoods to the Government of Timor-Leste’s Integrated Crisis Management Office as part of its ongoing support for Timor-Leste’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic,...

WASHINGTOM -- Hypersonic systems are among the highest priorities in the Defense Department's modernization strategy to ensure continued U.S. battlefield dominance, said the principal director for hypersonics in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.Michael E...

WASHINGTON -- Deterrence has always been the first line of defense. Preventing conflict, when possible, is greater than engaging, said the secretary of defense."The cornerstone of America's defense is still deterrence, ensuring that our adversaries understand the folly of outright conflict,"...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Total Force Airmen from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam completed a multi-faceted, air-combat exercise April 22, flying more than one hundred sorties alongside partners from the Royal Australian Air Force and other U.S.-based units.The exercise, Pacific Edge...