21 August 2020 7th Communications Battalion Competes in Global Capture the Flag Cyber Contest CAMP COURTNEY, Okinawa, Japan -- Marines with Defensive Cyberspace Operations - Internal Defensive Measures Company, 7th Communications Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, competed in a 12-hour international capture the flag cyber contest hosted by the Royal Thai Armed...
21 August 2020 Former Army Nurse, 100, Recalls World War II Experiences WASHINGTON -- World War II was raging in 1944. American troops were instrumental in the effort to take back France, including the beach landings in Normandy that caught the Germans off guard. American forces took possession of Rome, and a Soviet counterattack pushed Germany back into Poland.In the...
21 August 2020 From Fiji to 5th Fleet: Sterett Sailor Works Hard to Make Dreams Reality U.S. Navy -- A Sailor from Fiji reflects on his journey from an island in the ocean to sailing oceans across the globe, on a U.S. Navy ship.The Red Sea is a long way from Fiji, where Retail Services Specialist Seaman Peni Tovehi grew up in a small village with his grandparents and five...
20 August 2020 25th Infantry Division Conducts the First Joint Artillery Exercise with the Marine Corps on the Island of Oahu SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment (FAR), 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and Marines of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing conducted the first joint artillery exercise at Makua Valley, Hawaii August 11, 2020.Two Marine...
20 August 2020 Naval Safety Training Keeps Momentum with Virtual Learning WASHINGTON -- The Naval Safety and Environmental Training Center (NAVSAFENVTRACEN) is adapting to the current operating environment to ensure Sailors and Marines continue receiving critical training.In a typical operational year, NAVSAFENVTRACEN conducts roughly 550 courses worldwide, training...
20 August 2020 DOD Developing Small, Unmanned Aerial System for Warfighters WASHINGTON -- For the first time, the Defense Department and the entire federal government will have access to secure, trusted, and American-made commercial drones on the General Service Administration schedule, Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Michael Kratsios announced...
19 August 2020 U.S., Japan Build on 60 Years of Regional Cooperation PHILIPPINE SEA -- The USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group joined Japan's Murasame-class destroyer JS Ikazuchi (DD 107) to conduct joint integrated operations in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 15, as part of ongoing shared commitments to regional stability through cooperation.Symbolizing the strength of...
19 August 2020 The United States Provides Second Shipment of 100 Ventilators to India U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in coordination with the Government of India and the Indian Red Cross Society, donated the second shipment of 100 new, state-of-the-art ventilators to assist India in its...
19 August 2020 USS Mustin Transits the Taiwan Strait PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Aug. 18 local time.The Mustin conducted the routine transit from the East China Sea to the South China Sea in accordance with international law. U.S. Navy ships...
19 August 2020 USAID Provides Ventilators to Fiji, Kiribati, and Nauru to Respond to COVID-19 SUVA -- The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has donated 50 brand-new, state-of-the-art ventilators to Fiji, Kiribati, and Nauru to assist their fight against COVID-19.U.S. Ambassador to Fiji, Nauru and Kiribati Joseph Cella said, “The United States of...