21 June 2018 U.S. Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force Integrate Over Queensland JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber integrated with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Australian Defence Force (ADF) during a routine Continuous Bomber Presence (CBP) mission over south-east Queensland, Australia, June, 19, 2018.The bomber...
21 June 2018 Pacific Angel 18-1 Unsung Heroes Enabled Medics, Engineers in Timor-Leste SUAI, EAST TIMOR -- Logistics, contracting, finance, security, host nation lodging and contractors and many more make up a small team of unsung heroes who nearly a year before Pacific Angel 18-1 kicked off planning the mission with a site visit in January and again in March this year.The logistics...
21 June 2018 Pacific Partnership 2018 Concludes PACIFIC OCEAN -- The 13th annual Pacific Partnership mission concluded June 21 after completing mission stops in Japan and throughout South and Southeast Asia.The annual multilateral, multi-service mission featured partner nation counterparts working together in eight Indo-Pacific nations to improve...
21 June 2018 Sailors Honor Pearl Harbor Survivor in Hawaii PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Sailors from seven homeported surface ships in Pearl Harbor saluted, cheered and thanked 97-year-old former Chief Boatswain's Mate Ray Emory in a surprise ceremony, June 19.Emory thought he was visiting the site of where his beloved USS Honolulu (CL 48) was berthed Dec. 7,...
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...
20 June 2018 Vice Chairman Discusses Building DoD Partnership With Humanitarian Agencies WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department is a resource unlike any other in the world for aiding civilian agencies as they confront natural or man-made disasters, and DoD continues to look for better ways to work alongside civilian agencies, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here...
20 June 2018 Statement on United States Relations with Sri Lanka U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka -- Secretary Pompeo has announced that the United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council effective June 19, 2018. Ambassador Keshap met with senior Sri Lankan officials to convey the assurance of the United States Government that we will remain fully...
19 June 2018 USS Carl Vinson Departs for Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2018 SAN DIEGO -- Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) departed San Diego, June 18, to participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California.Carl Vinson is joining more than 50 surface ships and submarines from 26...
19 June 2018 U.S., JMSDF, Indian Naval Forces Conclude Malabar 2018 PHILIPPINE SEA -- Trilateral maritime exercise Malabar 2018 was conducted off the coast of Guam from June 7 through June 16.Initiated in 1992 as an exercise between the U.S. and Indian Navy, Malabar 2018 is the 22nd rendition of the exercise and included the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force...
19 June 2018 Mongolian Armed Forces, U.S. Navy Provide Healthcare Outreach in Mongolia ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia -- Fourteen-year-old Erdenebileg's face betrayed the throbbing pain he described to U.S. Navy Lt. Ryan Davis, a general dentist with 3rd Dental Battalion.After tooth decay compromised Erdenebileg's molar, bacteria invaded the tooth's fleshy pulp and caused an infection...