SEOUL, U.S. Embassy & Consulate in the Republic of Korea -- U.S. Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Ambassador Sung Kim will travel to Seoul June 2-4. Special Representative Sung Kim and Japanese Director-General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Funakoshi...

BARRIGADA, Guam – Mientras mas megai libidtaña, mas megai babaña. This Chamorro proverb (translation: “the more liberty, the more license") speaks to the indigenous peoples of the Mariana Islands chain that includes Guam and serves as a watchword for the National Guard Soldiers and Airmen charged to...

APRA HARBOR, Guam -- Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), the flagship for Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22), arrived in Guam, May 26, for a logistics stop. This marks Mercy’s first visit to Guam in four years, with Pacific Partnership 2018 being the last time the ship moored...

SAN DIEGO -- Twenty-six nations, 38 surface ships, four submarines, nine national land forces, more than 170 aircraft and approximately 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise scheduled June 29 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern...

SUVA, U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalue -- The Fiji Police Force hosted a graduation ceremony on May 27, recognizing 57 personnel who completed U.S.-instructor led training courses in Fiji. The graduates included Fiji Police Force and the Republic of Fiji Navy personnel, who...

SEOUL, U.S. Embassy and Consulate in the Republic of Korea -- The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union.We, the G7...

WAKUNI, Japan -- Amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) completed its first foreign port visit to Iwakuni, Japan, May 20-22, 2022.While pier side at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, the crew demonstrated the U.S. Navy’s commitment to strengthening relations with Japan. They also took...

DARWIN, Australia -- Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) participated in Exercise SOUTHERN JACKAROO 22, a tri-lateral infantry integration exercise featuring Marines and Sailors with MRF-D, Australian Defence Force (ADF) members, and Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) personnel from May...

WASHINGTON -- On Memorial Day, we come together as a nation to pay tribute to the brave Americans who have lost their lives in defense of the nation that they loved, and we mourn anew alongside our cherished Gold Star and surviving families. In this first Memorial Day since the end of America’s...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard assisted the Solomon Islands this week by patrolling their exclusive economic zone while maintenance was being conducted on the Royal Solomon Islands Police Vessel Taro.The Coast Guard Cutter Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139) crew helped to fill the operational presence...