WASHINGTON -- Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) announced the official name change for all Coastal Riverine Forces to Maritime Expeditionary Security Forces (MESF) Thursday.While history and tradition are important to the U.S. Navy there are times when a name does not capture the role and...

WASHINGTON -- Open and reliable access to the Internet is essential for global security and prosperity. However, growing cyber threats from state and non-state actors threaten those values, the Defense Department's principal director for Cyber Policy said.Madeline Mortelmans, spoke today at an event...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 3rd Maintenance Squadron recently finished a Time Compliance Technical Order to replace all low-pressure turbine blades on all F-22 Raptors in the JBER fleet, and they are the first base to do so.​The purpose of the TCTO is to recognize and replace all...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Pacific Air Forces and Washington Air National Guard Airmen met with their Royal Malaysian air force (RMAF) counterparts during virtual Airman-to-Airman Talks (A2AT), September 14.This is the third iteration of A2AT between the two nations. Pacific Air Forces...

YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Yokosuka completed a first-of-its-kind continuity of operations exercise (COOPEX) to test its ability to perform mission essential functions in a contested environment for its customers and mission partners.COOPEX...

MANILA, Philippines -- U.S. Ambassador Sung Kim today visited the Delpan Quarantine Facility in Tondo, Manila, to hand over 5,000 hygiene kits and 16 handwashing stations to Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno in support of the city government’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.“The U.S...

WASHINGTON -- In this era of great power competition, the Defense Department has prioritized China, then Russia as its top strategic competitors, the defense secretary said."These revisionist powers are using predatory economics, political subversion and military force in an attempt to shift the...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- An additional 400 ventilators from the United States have arrived in Indonesia, completing the donation of 1,000 ventilators pledged by President Trump to President Joko Widodo.“This donation complements Indonesia’s ongoing efforts to combat COVID-19 and demonstrates the...

Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash. -- ‘Thunderbolts’ with the 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade deployed High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) to Eareckson Air Station, Shemya Island, Alaska on September 12th, in support of Defender Pacific 2020.This...

SOUTH CHINA SEA -- The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) executed a simulated visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) mission, here, Sept. 6, 2020.The exercise began with detailed planning across all three ships assigned to the America ARG. During the...