PHILIPPINE SEA - Vice Adm. Bill Merz, commander of U.S. 7th Fleet, visited USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), May 30.While aboard, Merz met with the officers and crew of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5, toured departmental spaces, and discussed the critical nature of the maritime mission in the U.S. 7th Fleet...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Pacific Air Forces will conduct a rotation of RQ-4 Global Hawks to Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 30, from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to ensure continuous operations in support of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s reconnaissance requirements.The rotation of Global Hawks, owned...

WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department's Cooperative Threat Reduction Program has supported COVID-19 requests for assistance from 13 nations totaling about $2.9 million, said Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction David Lasseter, whose office provides...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- It is Yuko Sano’s job to help people throughout one of the most vulnerable and uncertain situations they may ever experience, and she could not be more proud of that fact.Sano has worked for the last 14 years as a medical translator at Camp Zama’s BG Crawford F. Sams U.S. Army...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded today a $10 million firm-fixed price contract to Icon SI (Aust) Pty Ltd of South Perth, WA Australia for the construction of Earth Covered Magazines (ECM) at Royal Australian Air Force Base,...

WASHINGTON -- To Sailors, Marines, and all men and women of the Department of the Navy serving across this great world: Today marks the honor of my life, taking the oath of office to become the 77th but more importantly...Your Secretary of the Navy.I am incredibly humbled to stand before You, the...

WASHINGTON -- Some practices adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic have benefitted the troops and may be continued after the pandemic abates, Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper said.During a visit yesterday to Marine Corp Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, Esper said at a virtual Pentagon...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – Sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, Detachment 6, the “Archangels,” have spent the past few weeks conducting training and maintenance with their Army aviator counterparts here during an extended visit.“[Having the Sailors here] has definitely...

U.S. Embassy in Fiji -- The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing nearly $1.1 million to boost the capacity of Tongan communities to prepare for and mitigate the impacts of natural disasters, particularly for the most vulnerable members...

WASHINGTON -- Handling the symptoms of stress and anxiety begins at home with self-care, a panel of medical experts said during a media roundtable.The experts speaking in yesterday's session said staying mission-ready while sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic can be difficult for...