HANOI, U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Vietnam --Today, June 12, at Bach Mai Hospital, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman joined Vietnamese government and public health leaders to celebrate the start of the installation of a new liquid oxygen system provided by the U.S. Agency for...

DOD NEWS -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III held several meetings with allies and partners at the Shangri-La Dialogue today.The meetings followed Austin's major speech to the defense meeting detailing U.S. strategy in the Indo-Pacific region. That strategy is based on building partnerships...

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III traveled to Thailand, June 12-13, 2022 for his first visit to Thailand as Secretary of Defense. During his visit, Secretary Austin met with Thailand’s Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Prayut Chan-o-cha, and had the opportunity to meet with...

SHIZUOKA CITY, Japan -- Representatives from Yokota Air Base, Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Shizuoka City attended a U.S.-Japan Joint Memorial Service June 11, 2022, at Mt. Shizuhata, Shizuoka city, Japan, to honor the fallen and reflect on acts of heroism showcased in the aftermath of a raid of...

DOD NEWS -- "We're not the prettiest looking group, but we're dynamite when the music starts playing."That's what Frank Wareham III, chief mate of the dry cargo ship USNS Carl Brashear, told Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III during a visit to the men and women who work to make possible U.S...

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - Naval Oceanography hosted representatives from the Republic of Korean Navy (ROKN) for a two-day tour of U.S. Navy (USN) commands at NASA Stennis Space Center, MS and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two navies, June 7-8, 2022.This MOU, a...

WASHINGTON -- Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles, Japanese Minister of Defense Kishi Nobuo, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III, convened a Trilateral Defense Ministerial Meeting in Singapore on June 11 during the 19th International Institute for...

DOD News, Singapore -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met today with Singaporean Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen, the first in an intense round of meetings with Indo-Pacific allies.Austin is attending the International Institute for Strategic Studies' Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. The...

SANTA RITA, Guam -- The U.S. Coast Guard and Japan Coast Guard completed a joint counter-narcotics exercise off Guam, Tuesday.The exercise was the first operational exchange between U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam and the Japan Coast Guard and was designed to promote cooperation...

DOD Release -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met with Southeast Asia defense ministers from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam in Singapore today to discuss ways to deepen cooperation to address regional security...