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...

WASHINGTON -- During a Friday visit to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, the secretary of defense visited the agency charged with attempting to locate, identify and return to families the remains of service members who were lost in combat.Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III told the...

WASHINGTON -- A lot of progress has been made against COVID-19, but it's still a global pandemic. As part of a whole-of-government effort to slow and eventually end the pandemic, the United States is sending medical supplies and equipment to India as that country battles the most recent...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) held a change of command ceremony April 30 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where Adm. Philip Davidson relinquished command to Adm. John Aquilino.Aquilino becomes the 26th Commander of USINDOPACOM, the nation’s oldest and largest combatant...