WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense (MND) held the 20th Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue (KIDD) September 27-28, 2021 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Deputy Minister for National Defense Policy (DEPMIN), Mr. Kim Man-gi, led the...

U.S. Embassy in Samoa -- The Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry crew conducted patrol operations in Samoa’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in September 2021, deepening our close partnership with Samoa and promoting resource security within the area.The Oliver Berry’s crew helped to fill the policing gap...

NEW DELHI, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India -- The fourth India-U.S. Health Dialogue (September 27-28, 2021) concluded in New Delhi today, with closing remarks by the Hon. Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). Referring to the finalization of an overarching...

AIRAI, Palau -- Marines & Sailors with Task Force Koa Moana 21, I Marine Expeditionary Force, partnered with Civic Action Team Palau 36-05 and Palauan first responders to participate in a full-scale mass casualty exercise at the Palau International Airport in Airai, Republic of Palau, 15-18 Sept.,...

DHAKA, U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh -- U.S. Ambassador Earl R. Miller welcomed the arrival 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 donations of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for a total of nine million doses...

USAG Humphreys, Republic of Korea -- Thirty-two newly promoted soldiers from the 6-52 Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Battalion, along with five soldiers from the Korean Augmentation to the United States Army (KATUSA) program, joined the ranks of the Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Corps during an...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, Sung Y. Kim, joined Dr. Siti Nadia Tarmizi from the Ministry of Health, Dr. Dwi Octavia from the DKI Jakarta Provincial Health Office, and Colonel Piter Dwi Ardianto from the TNI to visit a vaccination site at Cilandak Town Square,...

WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department hopes, within the decade, to have a meshed network of low Earth orbit satellites — linked together and to warfighters — providing real-time global awareness of missile threats and the ability to respond.However, that goal was once considered cost prohibitive,...

WASHINGTON -- We, the leaders of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, convened today in person as “the Quad” for the first time. On this historic occasion we recommit to our partnership, and to a region that is a bedrock of our shared security and prosperity—a free and open Indo-Pacific,...

We are aware of the missile launch and are consulting closely with our allies and partners. While we have assessed that this event does not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to our allies, the missile launch highlights the destabilizing impact of the DPRK’s illicit weapons...