PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77) returned to its homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, June 4, after a seven-month Western Pacific deployment.O’Kane departed Pearl Harbor, Nov. 4, to conduct ballistic missile defense operations near the American territory...

FORT WAINWRIGHT, ALASKA -- Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, held a unit colors casing ceremony June 1 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska in advance of a routine nine-month rotational deployment to the Republic of Korea.1st Battalion, 25th Aviation will be...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Marine Aircraft Group 12 (MAG-12), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), deployed several F-35B Lightning II’s for a regularly scheduled aviation training relocation to Misawa Air Base, May 9, 2018. Aircraft training relocations are designed to...

WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN -- The forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) completed embarkation of Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW) 5 off the coast of Japan, June 3.The three-day fly-on and requalification of flight deck crew and aircrew involved more than 60 aircraft and included a...

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and Indo-Pacific regional leaders discussed security issues during a series of meetings at the 2018 International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, according to officials.Yesterday, Mattis met with Malaysian Minister of...

PUERTO PRINCESA, Republic of the Philippines -- USNS Millinocket (T-EPF 3) and embarked U.S. 7th Fleet staff Sailors and Marines arrived in Puerto Princesa, Republic of the Philippines June 4 as part of the U.S. 7th Fleet theater security cooperation (TSC) patrol.The 7th Fleet team, consisting of...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The U.S. Air Force deployed a squadron of RQ-4 Global Hawks, June 1, 2018, intra-theater to Misawa Air Base, Japan from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in order to maintain theater-wide Global Hawk operations through the Summer and Fall.This rotational...

NHA TRANG, Vietnam -- Service members and mission personnel participating in Pacific Partnership 2018 departed Nha Trang aboard the U.S. Navy’s hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) June 2, after a successful two-week mission in Vietnam.This mission in Nha Trang included personnel from the Japan...

WASHINGTON -- Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with U.S. treaty allies and other partners, America seeks to build an Indo-Pacific region where sovereignty and territorial integrity are safeguarded and the promise of freedom is fulfilled and prosperity prevails for all, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis...

WASHINGTON -- North Korea was a topic in almost all of his bilateral talks with leaders of other nations, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis told reporters last night on his return flight from Singapore and his Indo-Pacific region trip.The secretary’s trip first took him to Honolulu to attend the...