16 September 2020 Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. James Anderso n Co-Chairs the 11th Strategic Security Policy Dialogue in Singapore WASHINGTON -- Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. James Anderson and Singapore Permanent Secretary for Defence Chan Heng Kee co-chaired the 11th Strategic Security Policy Dialogue in Singapore today. They discussed regional developments, including the COVID-19 response across the...
07 July 2020 A B-52 Exercises Dynamic Force Employment with Joint Partners in Indo-Pacific JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- One B-52 Stratofortress bomber from the 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, took off from home station and participated in a maritime integration exercise with the USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan carrier strike groups in...
24 September 2019 U.S. Coast Guard, Partners Conduct Mass Rescue Tabletop Exercise in Saipan SAIPAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands -- U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam coordinated a Mass Rescue Operation (MRO) tabletop exercise for emergency responders in Saipan, Sept. 18.The day-long training held at the CNMI Homeland Security Emergency Management (HSEM) Emergency Operations...
11 April 2019 962nd Mortuary Affairs Welcomed Home HONOLULU, Hawaii - An official Welcome Home Warrior Citizen ceremony and Yellow Ribbon Reintegration for the 962nd Quartermaster (Mortuary Affairs) Co. Detachment 2 signifying, for a deployment spanning two years of the most geographically dispersed Army Reserve Solders to finally cross back to...
20 June 2018 Opening Ceremony kicks off Khaan Quest 2018 FIVE HILLS TRAINING AREA, Mongolia -- The opening ceremony for Khaan Quest 2018, a regularly scheduled, multinational exercise co-sponsored by U.S. Pacific Command and hosted annually by the Mongolian Armed Forces, marked the beginning of the exercise here June 14, 2018.KQ18 is scheduled to take...
23 October 2017 U.S. Air Force's F-35A Lightning II Scheduled for First Operational Deployment to Indo-Asia-Pacific JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Approximately 300 Airmen and 12 F-35A Lightning IIs from Hill Air Force Base, Utah’s 34th Fighter Squadron are set to deploy to Kadena Air Base, Japan for a six month rotation. The aircraft and supporting personnel are scheduled to arrive at Kadena in early...
23 October 2017 Vietnam Deputy Defense Minister Makes Historic Carrier Visit PACIFIC OCEAN -- Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) hosted the highest ranking Vietnamese official to ever embark a U.S. aircraft carrier, Oct. 19.Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, deputy minister of National Defense for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and 11 other...
23 October 2017 Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Expands Its Refueling Capabilities MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- U.S. Marines with Logistics Department Fuels Division conducted the first hot refuel utilizing the new Aircraft Direct Fueling System with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 19, 2017.This...