PEARL HABOR, Hawaii -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) returned to its homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Oct. 29, following a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet and U.S. 7th Fleet area of operation.Halsey left Pearl Harbor April 10, following a two-week pierside...

WASHINGTON -- When the coronavirus swept through the European and Indo-Pacific regions earlier this year, Army units stationed in those parts of the world had to immediately adapt to the pandemic.With 20,000 Soldiers originally planned to leave the U.S. for Defender-Europe 20 in the spring, leaders...

ANDAMAN SEA -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) joined the Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155) during integrated operations in the South China Sea, Oct 27, 2020.Both ships conducted maneuvering drills, integrated tactical...

U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Vietnam -- “Over the last quarter century, our two countries have built a partnership and friendship founded on shared interests, mutual respect, and people-to-people ties. Our everyday interactions are highlighted by increasing trade and investment ties, strategic...

Yokota Air Base, Japan -- Team Yokota members participated in a week-long Samurai Readiness Inspection exercise, Oct. 26-30.The full-scale exercise is designed to enhance base readiness through training and practicing skillsets, ensuring the base is ready to respond to potential real-world...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Providing combatant commanders with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for the theater of operations all over the world can seem to be a grueling responsibility, but the Air Force’s E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System team from the 116th and 461st...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- REMARKS TO THE PRESS; MICHAEL R. POMPEO. MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, the joint press statement will now start.FOREIGN MINISTER MARSUDI: Your Excellency Secretary Pompeo, colleagues from the media, ladies and gentlemen. Secretary Pompeo, dear Mike, welcome back to...

U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- “The strategic partnership the United States and Indonesia have forged remains more important than ever…we will continue to strengthen the bonds that our two countries enjoy based on our shared democratic values, our deep economic ties, and our commitment to...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. and India Two-plus-Two Conference among the defense and foreign affairs leaders of both nations has charted just how far cooperation between the two democracies has come, said a senior defense official speaking on background.The meeting — held in New Delhi — was among Defense...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. and Indian leaders made more progress today on building what Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper called "one of the most consequential relationships for the United States in this century."Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, Indian Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar,...