INDIAN OCEAN -- The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) conducted a live-fire exercise in the Indian Ocean March 12.Units from the strike group engaged inflatable surface targets with a variety of weapons systems. F/A-18E Super Hornets from the “Golden Warriors” of Strike Fighter...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. and Japanese defense and foreign affairs leaders agreed today that China's behavior has become more aggressive, and the U.S. and Japan will work together to counter China's destabilizing efforts.Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III...

MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- Representatives from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Defense, and U.S. Coast Guard joined Philippine National Police – Maritime Group (PNP-MG) Director, Police Brigadier General John Mitchell Jamili, for the handover of Php3.65 million...

WASHINGTON -- The Indo-Pacific has always been a region of superlatives, but the terms have changed over the past decades.Now people talk about the Indo-Pacific being a "region of consequence," "the priority theater," or the "global economic engine."For decades, the U.S. military has recognized the...

SINGAPORE -- The U.S. Navy routinely conducts cooperative underway replenishments with partner nations throughout the 7th Fleet area of operations and one of the closest of those partners is the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).When it comes to planning and executing combined replenishment...

PACIFIC OCEAN -- The Navy took another critical step forward in the future of the F-35C Lightning II joint strike fighter on March 6.The Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) conducted a vertical replenishment at sea, simulating the ability to transfer an F135 jet engine...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- In the bright Japanese morning sun, stretched across the flightline, more than 500 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) members talk, rehearse jump procedures and shimmy parachute packs onto their backs. All the while, U.S. Air Force Airmen prepare 12 C-130J Super...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Every service member that enters the 36th Medical Group comes ready to perform their job, but is also assigned a wartime mission in a contingency response team, sometimes separate from their primary duty.On March 24th, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) arrived on Guam,...

PHILIPPINE SEA -- The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), currently embarked aboard ships of Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 11, conducted joint patrols with assets from the Palau Bureau of Maritime Security, U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Navy, in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 22-28, 2021.The patrols were...

U.S. Navy, 7th Fleet -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit March 10 (local time) in accordance with international law. The ship's transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open...