15 November 2021 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Conducts Port Call in Guam NAVAL BASE GUAM -- Ships assigned to Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group arrived at Naval Base Guam for a scheduled port visit on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) and USS Stockdale (DDG 106) will resupply, conduct maintenance, and provide the crew time for rest...
15 November 2021 U.S. Military Donates Medical Supplies to Support COVID-19 Response Across Southern Philippines ZAMBOANGA CITY, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- Between October 2 and November 10, the U.S. military donated intensive care unit (ICU) beds and COVID-19 vaccine cold storage units, valued at over Php6.9 million ($138,600), across the southern Philippines.The donations were made during seven small...
15 November 2021 Team Andersen Engineers Test Rapid Airfield Damage Assessment System ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Airmen from the 36th Civil Engineering Squadron and 544th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer recently conducted Rapid Airfield Damage Assessment System (RADAS) on Northwest Field, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.RADAS is one of the Air...
15 November 2021 Connecting Cyberspace and Airspace JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --The 747th Cyberspace Squadron (CYS), the Air Force’s first cyberspace squadron, is now performing operations with the 535th Airlift Squadron with its Mission Defense Team (MDT) aboard the C-17 Globemaster III.The MDT is made up of a team of cyber and...
08 November 2021 U.S. Army Garrison Daegu Honors World War II Airmen Killed in Action during Namhae Memorial Ceremony NAMHAE, South Korea -- U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Daegu Deputy to the Garrison Commander Raymond S. Myers and Command Sgt. Maj. Jonathon J. Blue joined Korean Veterans and local dignitaries for the Namhae memorial ceremony on Nov. 5—honoring the memory of 11 fallen U.S. Airmen. The solemn ceremony...
08 November 2021 3d Marine Division Transfers Command OKINAWA, Japan -- Command of 3d Marine Division transferred from Maj. Gen. James Bierman to Maj. Gen. Jay Bargeron Nov. 8, 2021 at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan.After leading 3d Marine Division since August 2020, Bierman will assume command of III Marine Expeditionary Force Nov. 9, 2021.Reflecting...
08 November 2021 USAID, Quezon City Launch Mobile COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Initiatives MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Quezon City government launched six new COVID-19 mobile testing units and one mobile vaccination team to support the city’s fight against COVID-19.U.S. Embassy in...
08 November 2021 4 Reconnaissance Squadron “Crows” Return from Annual Deployment ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- After spending over 120 days deployed to Yokota Air Base, Japan, the 4th Reconnaissance Squadron (RS) “Crows “and its RQ-4 Global Hawks have returned to their home station of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.The 4 RS deploys annually from Guam to Japan in order to avoid...
08 November 2021 Tech Advantage Critical to Prevail in Strategic Competition With China, DOD Official Says WASHINGTON -- Technological capability on an ongoing basis is critical to the United States maintaining its edge against other nations, such as China, Michael Brown, director of the Defense Innovation Unit, said yesterday.At the 2021 Aspen Security Forum in Washington, D.C., Brown discussed...
08 November 2021 Vietnam Receives 2,873,520 Additional Pfizer Vaccine Doses from COVAX Made Available by the U.S. HANOI, U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Vietnam -- The U.S. Mission to Vietnam is proud to partner with Vietnam to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The United States, in partnership with COVAX, is providing 2,873,520 additional life-saving doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to Vietnam. 1,316,250 doses...