WASHINGTON -- When Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper talks about the Indo-Pacific he talks about it becoming a "networked region" — not in the information technology sense, but as like-minded countries working together.His travels to the region this week and previously are to encourage this...

PACIFIC OCEAN -- Live fire from ships and aircraft participating in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise sank the decommissioned amphibious cargo ship ex-USS Durham (LKA 114), Aug. 30.The sinking exercise (SINKEX) provided participating units the opportunity to gain proficiency and confidence in...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- On August 29, Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper hosted Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono in Guam, where they reaffirmed the strength of the U.S.-Japan Alliance and discussed ways to deepen and expand bilateral defense cooperation.Secretary Esper and Minister Kono...

NAVAL SUPPORT FACILITY, Diego Garcia -- Expeditionary airpower is vital to meeting the Department of Defense’s National Defense Strategy, and members of the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS) evolved that concept as it employed U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command’s first overseas mobile...

CHITOSE AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Airmen conducted bilateral training centered on honing defensive counter-air and Agile Combat Employment capabilities and developing Multi-Capable Airmen during an Aviation Training Relocation event at Chitose Air Base,...

WASHINGTON -- It's election season again – that time when federal, state and local political campaigns kick into high gear. Whether you're extremely involved in politics or you aren’t even registered to vote, the Defense Department has expectations for the way its military service members and...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) conducted a freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea, Aug. 27.The U.S. Navy conducts freedom of navigation operations, or FONOPs, to contest excessive maritime claims and reinforce laws of the sea in international...

WASHINGTON -- The Pacific is full of American graves.  Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper and Palauan President Tommy Remengesau placed wreaths in the water above the sunken wreckage of a Navy TBM Avenger that crashed in the waters off the city of Koror, Palau, in 1944. All three of the bomber's...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The 25th Fighter Squadron (FS), assigned to the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan Air Base, South Korea, are honing their flight skills while at the Farallon de Medinilla Range (FDM Range), Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands while deployed here, Aug. 10- 21.The 25th FS...

Yokota Air Base, Japan -- Airmen assigned to the 459th Airlift Squadron, 374th Security Forces Squadron and 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES), worked together with Soldiers assigned to the Public Health Activity – Japan (PHA-J), Veterinary Treatment Facility (VTF), to participate in a...