15 January 2021 U.S. Military and Philippine National Police Partner to Provide First Responder Training in Zambales MANILA, Philippines -- The United States Civil Military Support Element – Philippines (CMSE PHL), in partnership with the Philippine National Police Maritime Group (PNP-MG) – on January 12 and 13, Zambales, conducted training for 25 first responders in Masinloc, Zambales.First responders from the...
15 January 2021 Largest Multi-Site Distribution Complex in DOD Delivers for Operation Warp Speed WASHINGTON -- As part of Operation Warp Speed's mission to develop and distribute COVID-19 vaccine, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution began shipping Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Defense Department employees outside the continental U.S., the deployed U.S. Navy Fleet and a limited number of...
14 January 2021 USS Ronald Reagan Begins COVID-19 Vaccinations YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), began receiving initial COVID-19 vaccinations at Command Fleet Activities, Yokosuka (CFAY), Jan. 7.The Ronald Reagan vaccinations followed U.S. 7th Fleet’s initial vaccinations,...
14 January 2021 Partnerships Key to Space Force Delivering Warfighting Capabilities WASHINGNTON -- The Space Force is responsible for delivering space capability to the joint and coalition forces, including such items as navigation, timing, electromagnetic operations, orbital warfare, GPS, missile warning, satellite communications and launch space domain awareness.Many of those...
14 January 2021 Trusted Capital Marketplace Reduces Vulnerability to Adversarial Capital WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department stood up the Trusted Capital Marketplace in December, and already both capability and capital providers are signing up to participate, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment said today.In order to ensure adversary nations are not investing...
13 January 2021 Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak Conducts Patrol to Increase Maritime Presence in Pacific HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) conducted a port call in Honolulu after completing the first stage of their expeditionary patrol in the Pacific to curtail illegal fishing and strengthen maritime law enforcement self-sufficiency with Kiribati partners.The crew of...
13 January 2021 Officials Discuss COVID-19 Vaccine Deliveries and Prioritization Criteria WASHINGTON -- There's been significant progress in getting the COVID-19 vaccines out to the states, said Army Gen. Gustave F. Perna, the chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed.Thus far, 25 million doses of the Moderna and the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech vaccines have been sent to 16,000 locations...
13 January 2021 United States Donates Mobile Testing Unit to Fight COVID-19 in Moneragala U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka -- The United States donated a mobile testing unit to the Regional Health Services in Moneragala, received by Dr. B.M.C. Dasanayaka, as part of the effort to fight COVID-19 in Sri Lanka and protect lives through early detection.The mobile unit will administer PCR tests and...
12 January 2021 Guam Hosts Partner Nations in Exercise SEA DRAGON 2021 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM -- Two P-8 Poseidon aircraft from Patrol Squadron 5 (VP-5), the “Mad Foxes,” joined several partner nations to kick off multinational anti-submarine warfare exercise Sea Dragon 2021, Jan. 12.The Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance aircraft (MPRA) with VP-5, traveled to...
12 January 2021 USS William P. Lawrence Returns from U.S. 4th Fleet Deployment PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor, Jan. 11, following a deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations.William P. Lawrence, along with Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 37 Detachment...