JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Approximately 20 Alaska Air National Guard members are providing assistance to Operation Allies Welcome at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.Operation Allies Welcome is a Department of Homeland Security-led effort supported by the Department of...

CAMP WALKER, Republic of Korea -- USAG Daegu emergency management professionals joined Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Pacific and medical providers for a COVID-19 tabletop exercise at Daegu Middle High School on Sept. 10th.USAG Daegu Commander Col. Brian P. Schoellhorn, Command...

WASHINGTON -- To stimulate and access hardware technology innovation in the private sector, the Defense Department launched a program called National Security Innovation Capital.Located in Mountain View, California, NSIC addresses the shortfall of trusted funding from private venture capital sources...

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met with Philippines Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana at the Pentagon today to commemorate the 70th anniversary year of the U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty and discuss ways to deepen this vital alliance.In recognition of...

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...

U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Thailand -- Demonstrating the strength of our partnership and our shared commitment to ensuring a free and open maritime security environment, the United States and the Kingdom of Thailand conducted joint naval training during the 27th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness...

KOROR, Republic of Palau -- When the Marines of Task Force Koa Moana 21, I Marine Expeditionary Force, heard the only public high school in the Republic of Palau was in need of repairs, there was only one thing they could do – offer to help.“We are helping out the Palau High School by replacing the...

VIENTIANE, LAO PDR, U.S. Embassy in Laos -- USAID Country Representative to Lao PDR Mr. Michael Ronning presented 70,000 mosquito nets, 450,000 malaria diagnostic kits, along with 200,000 tablets of antimalarial drugs, valued at more than $530,000 USD, to Minister of Health Dr. Bounfeng...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine firefighters from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan teamed up to participate in joint aircraft fire training at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.The purpose of the joint training was to ensure the Marines maintained their airport...

U.S. Embassy in Mongolia -- The U.S. - through the United States Agency for International Development—announced $3.7 million (10.5 billion MNT) in additional urgent COVID-19 assistance for Mongolia. This assistance will provide life-saving medicine, testing kits, urgent medical equipment and...