19 January 2021 U.S. Ambassador to Fiji Announces Additional US$200,000 for Tropical Cyclone Yasa Recovery U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu -- U.S. Ambassador to Fiji Joseph Cella announced on 15 Jan. 2021, approximately US$200,000 (FJD$406,394) in additional funding to support recovery efforts following the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Yasa, one of the most powerful...
19 January 2021 Ambassador to Bangladesh Miller Visits Children’s Home “Shishuder Jonno Amra” DHAKA, U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh -- United States Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen visited children’s home Shishuder Jonno Amra, 18 Jan. 2021, to provide donations to the children and to discuss human trafficking with President and Founder Hazera Begum...
15 January 2021 Misawa Operates Through Record Breaking December Snowfall, Demonstrates Joint and Allied Force Readiness MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Joint and allied personnel at Misawa Air Base executed mission-essential training and defense operations directly supporting the Indo-Pacific Command mission while simultaneously receiving a record breaking 72.4 inches of snowfall during the month of December in 2020.The...
15 January 2021 USS Ralph Johnson Returns from Maiden Deployment EVERETT, Wash. -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) returned to its homeport of Naval Station Everett, Washington, Jan. 14, following its first deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation.Ralph Johnson first departed Naval Station Everett April...
15 January 2021 DOD's Autonomous Vessel Sails Through Transit Test, Participates in Exercise Dawn Blitz WASHINGTON -- A Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessel, part of a partnership between the Defense Department's Strategic Capabilities Office and the Navy, recently traveled a distance of more than 4,700 nautical miles, almost entirely autonomously. Afterward, it participated in exercise Dawn...
15 January 2021 U.S. Military and Philippine National Police Partner to Provide First Responder Training in Zambales MANILA, Philippines -- The United States Civil Military Support Element – Philippines (CMSE PHL), in partnership with the Philippine National Police Maritime Group (PNP-MG) – on January 12 and 13, Zambales, conducted training for 25 first responders in Masinloc, Zambales.First responders from the...
15 January 2021 Largest Multi-Site Distribution Complex in DOD Delivers for Operation Warp Speed WASHINGTON -- As part of Operation Warp Speed's mission to develop and distribute COVID-19 vaccine, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution began shipping Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Defense Department employees outside the continental U.S., the deployed U.S. Navy Fleet and a limited number of...
14 January 2021 USS Ronald Reagan Begins COVID-19 Vaccinations YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), began receiving initial COVID-19 vaccinations at Command Fleet Activities, Yokosuka (CFAY), Jan. 7.The Ronald Reagan vaccinations followed U.S. 7th Fleet’s initial vaccinations,...
14 January 2021 Partnerships Key to Space Force Delivering Warfighting Capabilities WASHINGNTON -- The Space Force is responsible for delivering space capability to the joint and coalition forces, including such items as navigation, timing, electromagnetic operations, orbital warfare, GPS, missile warning, satellite communications and launch space domain awareness.Many of those...
14 January 2021 Trusted Capital Marketplace Reduces Vulnerability to Adversarial Capital WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department stood up the Trusted Capital Marketplace in December, and already both capability and capital providers are signing up to participate, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment said today.In order to ensure adversary nations are not investing...