07 January 2021 Camp Zama Rolls out COVID-19 Vaccine, Encourages Community Participation CAMP ZAMA, Japan – Although the COVID-19 vaccine is voluntary, Army leaders who received doses here Jan. 6 wholeheartedly recommend getting it.“It’s an important step toward getting back to a sense of normalcy and making sure our community is healthy and safe,” said Col. Thomas Matelski, commander...
07 January 2021 Farewell Address by Ambassador Kenneth I. Juster: Ambition and Achievement in the U.S.-India Partnership U.S. Embassy and Consulates in India -- Good afternoon everyone.Thank you very much Sunjoy for that kind introduction, and thanks as well to ORF for hosting this event.I come before you today to give my Farewell Address as the United States Ambassador to India. For me, it is a time of deep gratitude...
06 January 2021 U.S. 7th Fleet Sailors Receive COVID Vaccine YOKOSUKA, Japan — Forward Deployed Naval Forces from U.S. 7th Fleet began receiving the initial COVID-19 vaccinations Jan. 5 at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka.Vice Adm. Bill Merz, members of the 7th Fleet staff, and Sailors from USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), 7th Fleet Flagship, were among the first forward...
06 January 2021 Nation’s Sole Heavy Icebreaker Arrives in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, for First Visit Since 2013 DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska -- The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) arrived Tuesday in Dutch Harbor for a logistics stop 30 days into a months-long Arctic deployment to protect the nation’s maritime sovereignty and security throughout the polar region.The 44-year-old heavy icebreaker...
06 January 2021 Spartan Medics and Physicians Receive First Vaccinations JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA – Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, “Spartan Brigade,” received their initial dose of the COVID-19 vaccine here Jan. 4, 2021Spartan medics and physicians were the first to receive the first of two doses...
06 January 2021 DOD's Inaugural Foray Into 5G Experimentation on Track WASHINGTON -- The United States Department of Defense has taken historic action to advance the application of 5G communications for America's warfighters.In October 2020, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Michael Kratsios announced $600 million in award contracts to 15...
06 January 2021 Readout of U.S.-Maldives Inaugural Defense and Security Dialogue WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Defense and the Ministry of Defense of the Maldives held their inaugural Defense and Security Dialogue January 5 in Male, Maldives. Mr. Anthony Tata, performing the duties of under secretary of defense for policy, co-chaired the meeting alongside Maldivian...
06 January 2021 COVID-19 Vaccinations Begin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- An initial shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 31, 2020, and inoculations began the same day.The vaccine is part of Operation Warp Speed, a national initiative to...
05 January 2021 DOD and Mongolia Ministry of Defense Conduct 17th Annual Bilateral Consultative Council WASHINGTON -- U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Heino Klinck and Mongolia Ministry of Defense State Secretary D. Gankhuyag met virtually to conduct the 17th annual U.S.-Mongolia Bilateral Consultative Council, Jan. 5 (Washington, D.C.) and Jan. 6 (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia). Mongolian...
05 January 2021 Army Distributes COVID-19 Vaccine to Troops in Korea CAMP CARROLL, South Korea -- Teams at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea (USAMMC-K), working in collaboration with the Defense Logistics Agency, began receiving, storing and distributing the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 25.USAMMC-K, the theater lead agent for medical materiel, exercised its...