HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) conducted a port call in Honolulu after completing the first stage of their expeditionary patrol in the Pacific to curtail illegal fishing and strengthen maritime law enforcement self-sufficiency with Kiribati partners.The crew of...

WASHINGTON -- There's been significant progress in getting the COVID-19 vaccines out to the states, said Army Gen. Gustave F. Perna, the chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed.Thus far, 25 million doses of the Moderna and the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech vaccines have been sent to 16,000 locations...

U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka -- The United States donated a mobile testing unit to the Regional Health Services in Moneragala, received by Dr. B.M.C. Dasanayaka, as part of the effort to fight COVID-19 in Sri Lanka and protect lives through early detection.The mobile unit will administer PCR tests and...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM -- Two P-8 Poseidon aircraft from Patrol Squadron 5 (VP-5), the “Mad Foxes,” joined several partner nations to kick off multinational anti-submarine warfare exercise Sea Dragon 2021, Jan. 12.The Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance aircraft (MPRA) with VP-5, traveled to...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor, Jan. 11, following a deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations.William P. Lawrence, along with Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 37 Detachment...

MANILA, Philippines -- The U.S. Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), in partnership with the Philippine Department of Agriculture, the Bureau of Animal Industry, and the local Cagayan community, completed the construction and...

SUVA -- The United States Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu and Tonga, Joseph Cella announced that the Republic of Nauru has joined the Clean Network, a comprehensive, enduring strategy addressing the long-term threats to data privacy, security, human rights, and trusted...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --The Air Force Health, Readiness, and Optimism program, or HeRO, is an initiative designed to improve the quality of life of Airmen across the force.The 15th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s HeRO Team uses data from the 15th Medical Group Health Promotion to...

PYEOUNGTAEK, South Korea -- The 65th Medical Brigade Chief of Staff, Col. Yvette McCrea, presided over the 131st cycle graduation of the Integrated Service of Republic of Korea (ROK) Military Health Care Personnel Program (ISRMHCPP) January 8, 2021 at the Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Over the last several weeks, vaccines for COVID-19 have been rolled out to locations throughout the Indo-Pacific region.The vaccines are currently only approved for emergency use and are not mandatory for Department of Defense personnel and beneficiaries at this time. However,...