VIENTIANE PROVINCE, LAO PDR -- Continuing the United States’ ongoing support for education in the Lao PDR, U.S. Ambassador to the Lao PDR Dr. Peter M. Haymond presented supplementary reading materials on behalf of the United States to Dr. Daravone Kittiphanh, Director of Permanent Secretary,...

PACIFIC OCEAN -- USS Antietam (CG 54) conducted a tomahawk land attack cruise-missile (TLAM) strike scenario, Sept. 20, targeting the Farallon de Medinilla range, located on an uninhabited 200-acre island off the coast of Guam as part of Valliant Shield 2020.Valiant Shield is a U.S. only, biennial...

HANOI, Vietnam -- On September 18, 2020, the representatives of U.S. Embassy Hanoi and Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) held a ceremony in Hanoi to recognize National POW/MIA Recognition Day in honor those who were held captive and returned, as well as those who remain missing from past...

PACIFIC OCEAN -- U.S. joint armed forces conducted a multi-platform live-fire missile exercise, Sept. 19, involving surface, air, and subsurface launched ordinance to sink the decommissioned frigate USS Curts (FFG 38) as part of exercise Valiant Shield 2020.The sinking exercise (SINKEX) combined an...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The Arctic Fox 20-2 readiness exercise was completed Sept. 18 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. “Arctic Fox is a readiness exercise to evaluate Eielson’s cargo deployment function (CDF) for an F-35A Lightning II operational deployment,” said U.S. Air Force Master...

WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii -- Mahdi Al-Husseini had his whole career figured out as he enrolled in Georgia Institute of Technology back in 2013. He knew he would graduate with a joint degree in biomedical engineering and public policy before attending graduate school for computer science.From...

WASHINGTON -- Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist paid tribute to prisoners of war and service members missing in action during a Pentagon ceremony marking POW/MIA Recognition Day, saying Americans should keep POWs and MIAs in their hearts every day."Let today serve as an active reminder,...

U.S. Embassy in Samoa -- A shipment of U.S. government-funded medical supplies takes to the water this afternoon bound for Apia.Ambassador Scott Brown, U.S. Ambassador to the Independent State of Samoa says he was honored to have the opportunity to assist with packing out the shipment.“The PPE we’re...

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Team Osan commemorated our nation’s prisoners of war and those missing in action during a POW/MIA Memorial ceremony on base, Sept. 16, 2020.Indebted to these heroes’ protection of our freedoms and way of life, participants laid engraved bricks in their honor.“Each...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard released a new strategy to enhance global safety, security and stewardship of the maritime domain by combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, Thursday.IUU is a collection of dishonest fishing practices threatening the sustainability of fish...