KOROR, Palau -- Three F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to the 354th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) deploy to Palau in support of exercise Valiant Shield 2022, June 10.Operating in the Western Pacific island country of Palau increases the U.S. Joint Forces' forward presence and its ability to respond...

DARWIN, Australia -- Lieutenant General George Smith, Commanding General of I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), visited the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) on June 7 - 8.“The MAGTF is doing a great job of training alongside the ADF, and has been for years,” said General Smith, who leads the...

WASHINGTON -- During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, military medical teams were well positioned on the battlefield to support the "golden hour" response — the ability to get wounded warfighters off the battlefield and delivered to the care of a full-scale military hospital within about an...

HANOI, U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Vietnam -- U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met on June 13 in Hanoi with Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, Vice Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc, Chairman of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Commission on External Relations Le Hoai Trung, and Deputy Minister...

MCAS IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, Japan -- The 354th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) became the first in the U.S. Pacific Air Forces to utilize an innovative F-35A Lightning II Alternate Mission Equipment Mobility (AME) Storage Rack during an agile combat employment training event at Marine Corps Air Station...

SG BULOH, Malaysia -- U.S. Army Pacific and the Malaysian Army officially began the 26th edition of Keris Strike 2022 after a combined opening ceremony at Camp SG Buloh, Malaysia, June 11, 2022.Keris Strike is a bilateral Army-to-Army exercise between the Malaysian Army and United States Army...

PHILIPPINE SEA -- Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 3 Sailors, embarked on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), conducted a helicopter visit, board, search and seizure training aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) in...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (DDG 121), arrived at its homeport at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam June 13, after completing its maiden voyage from Charleston, South Carolina where the ship was...

KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, Japan -- The skies over the Keystone of the Pacific have featured some unique guests recently, as several visiting F-22 A Raptors and Airmen from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, have conducted a series of missions at Kadena Air Base, Japan.While here, the...

DoD News -- The U.S. military effort in Thailand is truly a joint endeavor and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III had the opportunity to see it as he met with soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines of the Joint U.S. Military Advisory Group – Thailand today.The group – established in 1953 –...