JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs from the 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, for a dynamic force employment deployment, December 3, 2021.During the deployment the U.S. Air Force will...

DAVAO CITY, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines --The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department of Defense (DOD), delivered close to Php26.4 million ($528,000) worth of medical supplies and resources to bolster Davao City’s COVID-19...

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JAPAN -- The expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Puerto Rico (T-EPF 11) is supporting the U.S. Marine Corps during Resolute Dragon 21 in Japan, Dec. 4 - 16.“The crew of USNS Puerto Rico is proud to work with the Marines of III Marine Expeditionary Force on our maiden deployment and our first port...

WASHINGTON -- In a complex and changing security environment in the Indo-Pacific, one constant is the ironclad alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said today in Seoul.The secretary and Minister of National Defense Suh Wook spoke...

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida recently hosted the Weapons System Evaluation Program-East November 8-19, 2021. WSEP is a formal evaluation of a squadron's ability to conduct air-to-air live fire missions. It affords aircrew the...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- U.S. and partner nation Airmen are set to participate in the Department of Defense’s longest running humanitarian assistance training mission out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, beginning Dec. 6, 2021Operation Christmas Drop, or OCD, is an annual U.S. Air Force...

WASHINGTON -- While the U.S. was involved for 20 years in the Middle East with conflicts in both Iraq and Afghanistan, the Chinese military studied how the U.S. military operates and also embarked on its own large-scale modernization effort."A more powerful Chinese military helps to underwrite...

CAMP HOVEY, South Korea -- American Soldiers from the Fort Stewart, Georgia-based 92nd Chemical Company are helping to keep a rotational U.S. Army unit ready to fight and win on the Korean Peninsula.The company is deployed to support the Fort Bliss, Texas-based 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The red baseball cap wearing 800th RED HORSE Group, or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, have been seen at Yokota Air Base flightline construction sites throughout the year as they steadily toil to build permanent expansions to the...