11 September 2020 U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Forces Come Together for Valiant Shield 2020 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- U.S. Indo-Pacific Command forces are participating in exercise Valiant Shield (VS), Sept. 14-25, on Guam and around the Mariana Islands Range Complex.Participants include USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS America (LHA 6), USS New Orleans (LPD 18), USS Germantown (LSD 42) and...
11 September 2020 Intersessional Meeting of the U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue WASHINGTON -- Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Dean Thompson and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs David Helvey joined their Indian counterparts today for a virtual Intersessional Meeting of the...
11 September 2020 U.S. Army Japan Fields Army Ten-Miler Team Virtually during Pandemic CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- U.S. Army Japan is holding a virtual qualifier for its Army Ten-Miler team, which will also compete virtually this year due to COVID-19, and still needs two active-duty women Soldiers to complete the team.The team needs to have six active-duty Soldiers who are men and two who are...
10 September 2020 Defender Pacific 2020 Expands Across Breadth of the Theater FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii -- U.S. Army units from Joint Base Lewis-McChord are in final preparations with U.S. Air Force partners for Joint Operations into the Aleutian Islands as part of Defender Pacific 20.America’s First Corps and 7th Infantry Division are employing their tactical operations centers...
10 September 2020 Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, Australian Defence Force Complete Exercise Koolendong Darwin, Australia -- U.S. Marines from Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) and Australian Army soldiers and have completed a live-fire, high-end warfighting exercise in the Northern Territory.Conducted at the Mount Bundey Training Area from 1 to 11 September, Exercise Koolendong enhanced our...
10 September 2020 Secretary Pompeo’s Participation in ASEAN-United States Foreign Ministers’ Meeting U.S. Embassy in Cambodia -- The below is attributable to Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus:Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo joined the annual Association of South East Asian Nations ( ASEAN)-United States Foreign Ministers’ Meeting with his counterparts from the 10 ASEAN member states via...
10 September 2020 Searching for the Missing ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- She dug through tons of dirt, mud, clay and scorpions in her search for two missing pilots. From May 25 through June 13, 2019, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dotey Lynn, commander’s support staff for the 36th Wing Comptroller Squadron and a group of multi-branched...
10 September 2020 Esper Says Artificial Intelligence Will Change the Battlefield WASHINGTON -- One aspect of the return of great power competition is the race to develop artificial intelligence, Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper said at the virtual Joint Artificial Intelligence Center symposium.Artificial intelligence has the potential to change the battlefield, and the...
09 September 2020 U.S. Navy Joins Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea for Multinational Group Sail PHILIPPINE SEA -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) is scheduled to join the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) during a multinational group sail from waters near Hawaii to Guam beginning Sept. 9, to...
09 September 2020 U.S. Military Lands C130 on Newly Renovated Angaur Airfield in Palau KOROR, Palau -- A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules delivered U.S. Army Pacific (USAPAC) Soldiers onto the newly renovated Angaur Airfield for training exercises in the Republic of Palau, Sept. 5.The successful arrival of the military cargo plane validates the airstrip’s use by military and commercial...