WASHINGTON -- Combating COVID-19 is "Job 1" for the entire government, President Joe Biden said when he took office; DOD is doing its part."I think the military is doing a phenomenal job," said Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks. She believes this is working in both the mission to protect...

INDIAN OCEAN -- The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) completed a passing exercise (PASSEX) with the Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Anzac (III) (FFH 150) in the Indian Ocean, March 10.This exercise is the first time that USS Bunker Hill operated with...

SASEBO, Japan -- The Navy‘s only forward-deployed amphibious ready group, the blue-green team of USS America (LHA 6) and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), have been recognized among the best the Navy has to offer."To say I am proud of this team would be a drastic understatement, but to say I...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Total Force Initiative (TFI) Airmen from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam executed ground refueling between two separate and contrasting airframes, Feb. 25.Airmen from the active-duty 15th Maintenance Group (MXG) and Hawaii Air National Guard 154th MXG...

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III continued his outreach to Indo-Pacific allies and partners with a call to Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne even as he was flying to meet with Indian leaders in New Delhi.Austin made the call to highlight the importance and the strength...

DILI, U.S. Embassy in Timor Leste -- The new U.S. Ambassador to Timor-Leste, Kevin Blackstone, presented his letter of credential to the President of the Republic of Timor-Leste, Francisco Guterres Lu-Olo on March 19 to officially begin his diplomatic mission.“It is an honor to present my credential...

WASHINGTON -- The American commitment to the U.S.-Republic of Korea Treaty remains ironclad, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said today following the ROK-US Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting in Seoul.Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken joined Austin for talks with South Korean...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- “Our Air Force must accelerate change to control and exploit the air domain to the standard the nation expects and requires from us. If we don’t change – if we fail to adapt – we risk losing the certainty with which we have defended our national interests for decades,”...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Editor’s note: The times and dates of the event are in Hawaii Standard Time unless otherwise noted.U.S. Air Force Guardsmen from the 155th Air Refueling Squadron, Nebraska Air National Guard deployed here, along with Coast Guard and Federated States of Micronesia...

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III reiterated America's ironclad commitment to the defense of the Republic of Korea in his first face-to-face meeting with South Korean Minister of National Defense Suh Wook today in Seoul.The alliance was signed in 1953. South Korea had endured...