22 September 2021 U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Trains with Indonesia’s Maritime Security Agency ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) conducted operations and exercises with the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency and coast guard, the Badan Keamanan Laut (known as BAKAMLA), September 20, in the Singapore Strait.Together, the crews participated in ship-to-ship...
22 September 2021 U.S Ambassador Miller and Health Minister Zahid Maleque Inaugurate Country’s First One-Stop TB Service Center DHAKA, U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh -- U.S. Ambassador Earl R. Miller joined Honorable Minister of Health and Family Welfare Zahid Maleque, MP, and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Mission Director Randy Ali to inaugurate the country’s first one-stop tuberculosis (TB)...
22 September 2021 Army, Navy SATCOM Mission Areas Shifting to U.S. Space Force WASHINGTON -- The Chief of Space Operations announced the transfer of Army and Navy satellite communications billets, funding and mission responsibility to the U.S. Space Force.Space Force Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond made the announcement at the Air Force Association meeting in Washington, yesterday...
21 September 2021 Yokota Airmen Train with the Colossal C-5M Super Galaxy YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- There’s no mistaking the sight and sound of the largest aircraft in the U.S. Air Force fleet. It dominates by providing the heaviest intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, but consistent training across multiple specialties is necessary to keep these giants...
21 September 2021 PACAF Commander Talks ACE at AFA’s Air, Space, Cyber Conference NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces commander, shared his commander’s perspective as a guest panelist for the Air Force Association’s Agile Combat Employment panel during Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference, Sept. 20.The panel consisted of Wilsbach, Gen...
21 September 2021 U.S. Provides 2.58 Million More Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccines to the Philippines MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S. partnered with the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility to deliver an additional 2,582,190 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines as part of its worldwide effort to help end COVID-19.The vaccines, delivered in...
21 September 2021 Coast Guard Pacific Area hosts North Pacific Coast Guard Forum Summit ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The commander of U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, an Alameda-based unit that oversees U.S. Coast Guard activities from the U.S. western states to Asia and from the Arctic to Antarctica, hosted an annual forum summit with coast guard counterparts from five countries Tuesday through...
21 September 2021 The United States’ Donation of 4.6 Million Pfizer Vaccines to Indonesia Begins to Arrive JAKARTA, U.S. Embassy & Consulatesin Indonesia -- The United States Government and the American people stand with the people of Indonesia in the fight against COVID-19. Following President Biden’s pledge, the United States is donating 4.6 million doses of Pfizer vaccines to Indonesia to fight...
20 September 2021 Neptune Forager | 3d LSB Hones Mobile Command and Control Capabilities on Ukibaru Island CAMP KINSER, Okinawa, Japan -- Marines and Sailors with 3d Landing Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3d Marine Logistics Group are conducting landing support operations in support of future force concepts during exercise Neptune Forager, September 20-24 on Ukibaru Island off the coast...
20 September 2021 USS John S. McCain Departs U.S. 7th Fleet After 24-years Forward Deployed YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) departed Yokosuka, Japan, Sept. 17, as part of a scheduled homeport shift to Naval Station Everett, Washington.While forward-deployed to Fleet Activities Yokosuka, John S. McCain has operated...