JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Just weeks after delivery to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, the F-15EX – both 001 and 002 – have taken to the Alaska skies for exercise Northern Edge 21, May 3-14.The purpose of the F-15EX’s participation in Northern Edge is to allow for immediate deep-end...

U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India -- Through a massive mobilization effort, the U.S. Government is delivering on its commitment to stand with the people of India as they fight a devastating second wave of COVID-19. Over the past week, the U.S. government rapidly deployed six planeloads of...

WASHINGTON -- Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin H. Kahl spoke with Indian Defense Secretary Dr. Ajay Kumar by phone today. Dr. Kahl underscored the United States’ commitment to support the people of India as they battle a surge in COVID-19 cases. Dr. Kahl assured Defense Secretary...

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo assumed command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, May 5. He relieved Adm. John C. Aquilino, who became the 26th commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command at Camp H.M. Smith in Halawa in a ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam's Kilo Pier, April 30...

PACIFIC OCEAN -- U.S. Sailors from the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group began receiving Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine while underway, April 29.Carrier Strike Group Nine offered the vaccine to every Sailor on a voluntary basis.“The strike group is ecstatic to have the...

U.S. Embassy in Singapore -- Chargé d’Affaires Rafik Mansour launched U.S. Embassy Singapore’s USSG55 campaign celebrating 55 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and Singapore, April 5, 2021.Starting this month, a combination of digital and traditional media elements branded with...

PACIFIC OCEAN -- Marines and Sailors with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived off the coast of Alaska, May 2, to participate in Exercise Northern Edge 21, the largest joint exercise of 2021, led by U.S. Indo-Pacific...

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...