27 July 2021 DOD Focuses on Aspirational Challenges in Future Warfighting WASHINGTON -- To deter China and Russia from possible future aggression, the Defense Department has come up with a concept known as "expanded maneuver," the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today.Speaking at the National Defense Industrial Association's Emerging Technologies...
27 July 2021 Missile Defense Agency Test Intercepts Target WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, conducted Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 33 in the broad ocean area northwest of Hawaii, July 24.The objective of FTM-33 was to intercept a raid of two Short Range Ballistic Missile targets with four Standard...
27 July 2021 U.S. Marines Assault Airfield on Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 QUEENSLAND, Australia -- Just as the last rays of light had retreated from the dry riverbed, a low rumble began to echo across the darkened landscape.The rumble grew to a roar as three U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys, an American multi-mission tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical and...
26 July 2021 Austin Arrives in Singapore to Highlight U.S. Reliability WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III arrived in Singapore today — the first trip by a cabinet-level official in the Biden administration to the crucial region.This is the secretary's second trip to the Indo-Pacific region and shows the importance the administration places on the...
26 July 2021 36th Wing and 525th Fighter Squadron Reunite during Pacific Iron 21 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- To understand the importance and rarity of the 36th Wing and 525th Fighter Squadron “Bulldogs” reunion, we have to step back in time and see where it all started for 525th FS, the 36th Wing and Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.“Most Air Force wings have had the same...
26 July 2021 Three Million More U.S.-Donated Moderna Vaccine Doses Arrive in Vietnam HANOI, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Vietnam -- The United States delivered three million life-saving doses of the Moderna mRNA vaccine through the COVAX Facility to assist Vietnam in its fight against COVID-19. Half of the three million doses arrived in Ho Chi Minh City and half will arrive in Hanoi...
26 July 2021 Austin Says Alaska Is Strategic Hotspot for Indo-Pacific, Arctic Operations WASHINGTON -- Alaska is a strategic hotspot for defending the United States, the Indo-Pacific region and the Arctic, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said during a visit to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, yesterday.The secretary met with troops and leaders at Eielson and Fort Wainwright,...
26 July 2021 Rappahannock, Alan Shepard drill with Australian Navy during Talisman Sabre CORAL SEA -- USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204) and USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3) participated in exercise Talisman Sabre 21 (TS21), a large-scale, bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States, which began July 18 off the northeast coast of Australia.“Providing maritime logistics to...
26 July 2021 Secretary Blinken’s Travel to India NEW DELHI, U.S. Embassy and Consulates in India -- Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to New Delhi, India and Kuwait City, Kuwait July 26-29 to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to strengthening our partnerships and underscore cooperation on our shared priorities.In New Delhi on...
23 July 2021 USS Mustin Returns to San Diego after 15 Years of Service in Japan SAN DIEGO -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) returned to San Diego, July 22, after 15 years serving in the Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) in Japan.Mustin executed a change of station to the United States to conduct a planned depot modernization period and will...