20 July 2021 U.S. Launches Delivery of Php24 Million in ICU Beds to Support Philippine COVID-19 Response MANILA, Philippines -- U.S. Embassy in the Philippines Chargé d’Affaires (CDA) John Law officially turned over 420 intensive care unit (ICU) beds on July 15, valued at Php23.9 million ($498,000), to Philippine Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III at the Department of Health...
20 July 2021 World War II Veteran Visits Alaskan Paratroopers JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- World War II paratrooper, machine gunner, Bastogne legend, and storyteller, Vincent Speranza, visited the Spartan Brigade this week.Speranza served with H Company, 501st Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, and fought during the Battle of the...
20 July 2021 U.S. Donates Over 1.5 Million Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines to Sri Lanka COLOMBO, U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka -- The U.S. has donated over 1.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka. These vaccines, delivered through COVAX, will save lives and increase COVID-19 vaccination coverage essential to ending the pandemic.“These vaccines are given at no cost to...
20 July 2021 OSI Has a Blast Training with Explosive Ordnance Disposal MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The Office of Special Investigations (OSI) Detachment 623 and the 35th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) teamed up with 35th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) to simulate an investigation of an explosive ordnance at Misawa Air Base, Japan, July...
19 July 2021 U.S. Navy Installations to Conduct Citadel Pacific 2021 Exercise WASHINGTON -- Navy installations will exercise their security forces during Citadel Pacific 2021 (CP21), an annually reoccurring force protection exercise assessing emergency response in Navy Region Japan (July 19-23), Navy Region Hawaii (August 9-13), Navy Region Korea (August 23-27) and Joint...
19 July 2021 US Army Launches Patriot Missiles During Talisman Saber 21 QUEENSLAND, Australia -- U.S. Army Pacific Air and Missile Defense units working with Australian Defence Force counterparts completed the first ever Patriot surface-to-air missile firing on Australian soil during Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland,...
19 July 2021 U.S. Provides More Than 3.2 Million Johnson & Johnson Vaccines to the Philippines MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- On July 16 and 17, the United States delivered a total of 3,240,850 one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines to the Philippines as part of its worldwide effort to help end COVID-19. This is the first time the Philippines has received the Johnson & Johnson...
19 July 2021 The United States Donates 150,080 Moderna Vaccine Doses to Fiji SUVA, Fiji -- Over one hundred and fifty thousand life-saving doses of the Moderna vaccine arrived in Fiji through the COVAX Facility. The donation aims to assist Fiji in its fight against COVID-19. Today’s shipment is part of the 80 million doses of vaccine that President Biden committed from the...
19 July 2021 Alaska Air National Guard Medevacs Injured U.S. Army Alaska Paratrooper JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing medically evacuated an injured U.S. Army Alaska paratrooper July 14 from Malamute Drop Zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER).The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center was contacted by U.S. Army Alaska...
16 July 2021 HMLA-169 GOES THE DISTANCE OKINAWA, Japan --Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 executed one of the longest maritime HMLA self-deployment flights in 1st Marine Aircraft Wing history during exercise Tiltrotor/Rotary Wing 2107. TR/RW 2107 is a unilateral exercise at Misawa Air Base, Japan that demonstrates...