CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- The director of U.S. Army Installation Management Command–Pacific (IMCOM-Pacific) presented a career roadmap Tuesday aimed at helping civilians climb the ladder during a town hall meeting here.Craig L. Deatrick said training and experience are both vital to developing the...

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosted their Indian counterparts, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar for the fourth Ministerial Dialogue between the two countries.The...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- The first-ever Expert Soldier Badge (ESB) competition for U.S. Army Japan (USARJ) is set to take place next week as more than 140 Soldiers vie for the chance to wear the coveted badge.The ESB, which a Soldier can earn by completing 30 warrior tasks, was created in 2017 to provide...

DARWIN, Australia -- The Marine Rotational Force–Darwin (MRF-D) command element writes a new chapter in the story of MRF-D.The flexibility and agility of a Marine Corps Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) is realized though the coordination of individual actions across the entire formation. This...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III co-chaired the fourth U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue alongside Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh, and Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar, April 11 in Washington, D.C.During their...

YOKOTA AIR FORCE BASE, Japan -- Yokota Air Force and Royal Thai Air Force Airmen participated in a C-130 airframe immersion and training opportunity 27 March to 2 April, at Don Muang Air Base, Thailand.This engagement focused on furthering the strong U.S.-Thailand alliance as well as paving the way...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Logistics can be an extreme challenge for a military. On the top of the list of critical items is fuel, whether it's for heating, mobility, or powering a pilot's tablet.Trucking fuel in a contested area can be difficult and dangerous or flatly impossible,...

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- To maintain readiness and respond to contingencies, Team Osan hosted a joint-branch training event focusing on combat search and rescue training techniques (CSARTE).The process of recovering personnel from austere locations brought together more than 200 joint...

MANILA, Philippines -- The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) and the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) participated in the Philippine-led exercise Balikatan March 28 to April 8.Balikatan featured field and maritime training events...

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City -- Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S. military gathered here today to celebrate the successful completion of Balikatan 2022, the 37th iteration of the annual bilateral exercise.Over the last two weeks, nearly 9,000 exercise participants from...