Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii – Joint Interagency Task Force West (JIATF West) held a change of command ceremony June 25 at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, where Rear Admiral Robert Hayes relinquished command to Rear Admiral Charles Fosse...

SEA OF JAPAN – USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) concludes a 5-day multi-domain maritime presence operation in the Sea of Japan, June 11–15. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer routinely operates across the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, maintaining the necessary readiness, flexibility...

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby provided the following readout:Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met virtually with his Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) counterparts, along with counterparts from the other ASEAN Dialogue Partners, at the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting...

The U.S Army may celebrate its birthday on June 14, but the crew of a Military Sealift Command ship salutes the service of its Army namesake Soldier all year long.USNS Seay (T-AKR 302) is named for Army Sgt. William W. Seay, a driver with the 62d Transportation Company who served in the Vietnam War...

MANILA, Philippines —U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Bill Merz arrived in the Philippines on June 10 to engage with counterparts within the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for a scheduled two-day visit. During his visit, Merz met with the Chief of Staff of the AFP, General Cirilito...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Total Force Airmen from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam completed a multi-faceted, air-combat exercise April 22, flying more than one hundred sorties alongside partners from the Royal Australian Air Force and other U.S.-based units.The exercise, Pacific Edge...

CAMP Kinser, Okinawa, Japan -- Marines and Sailors with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3d Marine Logistics Group, honed their Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations capabilities and “Fight Now” concepts in support of III Marine Expeditionary Force, on training areas throughout Okinawa during...

MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- U.S. soldiers from the 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) arrived in the Philippines last month to conduct their first-ever partner training rotation with the Philippine Army, with bilateral training events taking place April to June 2021, in...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Pacific Air Forces hosted an orientation course for chief master sergeant selects here, April 12 - 16.The course further sharpened the leadership skills and defined expectations for Chief selects by covering a wide range of leadership topics and guest...

PACIFIC OCEAN - Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is currently conducting dynamic interface testing operations off the coast of Southern California.The operations are tests for compatibility usage of variants of the V-22 Osprey and MH-60 Seahawk with the ship's new flight...