07 October 2021 Joint Forces Execute Exercise PACIFIC WEASEL MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of Team Misawa executed a simulated defensive counter-air mission in support of a PACIFIC WEASEL (PAC WEASEL) exercise over the western coast of Japan, Oct. 1, 2021.Exercise PAC WEASEL is a reoccurring exercise allowing joint and bilateral partners to work together...
07 October 2021 U.S. Delivers Additional 5.57 Million Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccines to the Philippines MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S., in partnership with the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility, delivered an additional 5,575,050 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines as part of its worldwide effort to help end COVID-19.The vaccines,...
07 October 2021 554th RED HORSE Leads Guam’s Silver Flag ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Since October 2020, the 554th RED HORSE Squadron has conducted eight different Silver Flag exercises at Northwest Field while also providing humanitarian and contingency support throughout the Indo-Pacific region.Silver Flag is a contingency training function...
07 October 2021 Commander, Naval Air Force Reserve Supports First CMV-22B Osprey Carrier Strike Group Deployment PACIFIC OCEAN -- Commander, Naval Air Force Reserve (CNAFR) assisted the “Titans” of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 30, Detachment (DET) 1, to became the first-ever CMV-22B “Osprey” squadron to deploy with a carrier strike group (CSG) Aug. 2., when the detachment deployed from San...
07 October 2021 U.S. Embassy and Distinguished Guests Celebrate Start of Construction of New Building U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Thailand -- Chargé d’Affaires Michael Heath and Director-General Witchu Vejjajiva of the Department of American and South Pacific Affairs, Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with other distinguished guests, broke ground today on a new Embassy annex that is...
06 October 2021 Mongolia Receives 899,730 Additional Pfizer Vaccine Doses Donated by the United States through COVAX Ulaanbaatar, U.S. Embassy in Mongolia -- The United States is delighted to announce that the U.S. donation of 899,730 more Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses has arrived in Mongolia. These doses were delivered through COVAX and came directly from the Pfizer manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan...
06 October 2021 U.S. Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Conduct CODEP PACIFIC OCEAN -- USS Port Royal (CG 73), USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and JMSDF training ship JS Kashima (TV 3508) conducted drills in the Hawaiian Islands Operating Area, Oct. 4.The Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73), Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS...
06 October 2021 35th CSSB Soldiers Compete in Unit’s First Ever ‘Best Warrior’ Competition CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- Five Soldiers assigned to the 35th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion competed in the unit’s first ever battalion-level “Best Warrior” competition Sept. 28 through Oct. 1 on Sagami General Depot and Camp Zama, Japan.Despite his unit being comprised of Soldiers with many...
06 October 2021 U.S. Donates Additional 2.5 Million Pfizer Vaccines to Bangladesh for a Total of 11.5 Million Doses DHAKA, U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh -- Today, U.S. Ambassador Earl R. Miller handed over a donation of 2.5 million doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh, a gift from the American people. The Pfizer vaccines build on earlier U.S. COVID-19 vaccine donations for a total of 11.5 million doses...
05 October 2021 Marine Corps F-35B Conduct First Landing Aboard JS Izumo MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- At the request of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242 successfully conducted the first ever landing of two F-35B Lightning II aircraft aboard the Japanese Ship Izumo on October 3, 2021.Following a series...