01 August 2024 Special Operations Forces cut through Kunsan’s rainy skies to demonstrate strike capability The Republic of Korea’s summers are famous for cloudy skies and torrential downpours that may appear at a moment’s notice. However, during a week in mid-July, members of the Wolf Pack at Kunsan Air Base observed a spectacle precipitate from the open skies unlike the typical monsoon Kunsan Air...
01 August 2024 German Defence Minister visits U.S. Indo-Pacific Command German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius visited U.S. Indo-Pacific Command at Camp H.M. Smith, participating in an honors ceremony and official briefings during his travels to Honolulu, July 30-31, 2024...
01 August 2024 US, ROK test unmanned vehicles in live fire exercise during RIMPAC 2024 The U.S. Navy and Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy successfully held a live-fire exercise using a common unmanned surface vessel (CUSV) during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 12. The CUSV, equipped with six Poniard rockets, successfully engaged a target...
31 July 2024 U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s PMTEC is changing how the Joint and Coalition force conducts training U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s Pacific Multi-Domain Training and Experimentation Capability Program Office achieved several milestones while supporting Valiant Shield 2024 in Guam, June 9-16. ...
31 July 2024 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Concludes Eleventh Visit to the Indo-Pacific Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Ms. Sabrina Singh provided the following release:...
31 July 2024 U.S. Air Force embeds with Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail Unit, improves interoperability during Pitch Black 24 Beginning in 2022, the U.S. Air Force began embedding Airmen into Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail units through the Military Personnel Exchange Program in preparation of replacing the aging E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System...
31 July 2024 Malaysian Armed Forces and Washington Air National Guard Focus on Leadership Development Ten members of the Washington Air National Guard visited their counterparts in the Malaysian Armed Forces in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from July 22 to 26, 2024. The purpose of the visit was to exchange ideas on leadership development and strengthen the existing State Partnership Program between the...
30 July 2024 U.S. Embassy Koror and Indo-Pacific Command Strengthens Palau Law Enforcement Capabilities Through Narcotics Investigations Course A week-long Narcotics Investigations Course concluded on May 3, 2024, in Koror, Palau...
30 July 2024 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Meeting with Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met today with Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro. The two officials discussed the historic momentum in U.S.-Philippine defense ties and reaffirmed their mutual commitment to strengthening the alliance, which has supported peace and...
30 July 2024 Joint Statement on the Philippines-United States Fourth 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue Secretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique A. Manalo, Secretary of National Defense Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr., Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III (referred to collectively as "the Secretaries") convened the fourth Philippines-United States 2+2 Ministerial...