23 February 2021 USAID Donates Php16M in Learning Equipment to Support Out-of-School Children and Youth MANILA, Philippines -- As part of the United States’ ongoing commitment to support the Philippine government’s Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan during the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) turned over 371 laptop computers worth more than Php16...
22 February 2021 US Forces, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Participate in Resilient Shield 2021 YOKOSUKA, Japan -- U.S. and Japan Self Defense Force will participate in Resilient Shield 2021 from February 22-26, at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Japan, and other command centers throughout the region.Resilient Shield is an annual computer-based Fleet Synthetic Training-Joint...
22 February 2021 USS Curtis Wilbur Conducts Trilateral Replenishment-at-sea with Japan, France PACIFIC OCEAN -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) joined the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Towada-class replenishment ship JS Hamana (AOE-424) and the French Floréal-class light frigate FNS Prairial to conduct a tri-lateral replenishment-at-sea (RAS),...
22 February 2021 Multi-capable Airmen ‘Agile Combat Employment’ Training at Cope North 21 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam --Somewhere above the vast Pacific Ocean, a fighter aircraft has flown for hours, and its fuel supply is running low. Unable to return to its home station for fuel, that's when Agile Combat Employment (ACE) comes into play. Down below on a small island, three Airmen are...
22 February 2021 U.S. Military Turns Over C-130 Hercules Aircraft to Philippine Air Force MANILA, Philippines -- Chargé d’Affaires (CDA) John Law, alongside representatives from the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines’ Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group (JUSMAG), on Thursday turned over the first of two C-130H Hercules Aircraft to be delivered under a recent transfer to Secretary of...
19 February 2021 From the Tundra to the Tropics, F-35As Make Their Debut in Cope North 21 GUAM, UNITED STATES -- In April 2020, the Pacific Air Forces celebrated the arrival of its first F-35A Lightning II to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Now, in February 2021, PACAF is celebrating another milestone with the aircraft’s debut in Cope North 2021.The F-35As are joining flying units from...
19 February 2021 Misawa Fighters “Agile Combat Employment” Trilateral Exercise Cope North 21 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- More than 230 Airmen and 15 F-16’s from the 35th Fighter Wing forward deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as the lead wing for Cope North 21 (CN21), Feb. 3-19.CN21 is an annual exercise that serves as a keystone event enhancing United States, Australian and...
19 February 2021 Amphibious Squadron 11 Ships Take the Fight to COVID-19 OKINAWA, Japan -- In a critical move for readiness, resiliency and safety, ships of Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 11 received their first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine last weekend in Okinawa.The amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18), along with the amphibious dock landing ships...
19 February 2021 Arctic Airlift, 374th AW Assists Army in Sub-zero Training JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Working outside in 40 degrees below zero isn’t something a person generally thinks of doing, at some point, the numbers start to lose value and cold is just plain cold. But that didn’t stop the U.S. Army and Air Force from what they do every year for...
18 February 2021 Naval Postgraduate School Coursework in Great Power Competition, Focused on China WASHINGTON -- The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is once again expanding its graduate education offerings on the subject of Great Power Competition (GPC). While NPS has recently launched a distance learning GPC certificate program, NPS’ Department of National Security Affairs (NSA) will launch two...