MANILA, Philippines -- The U.S. Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), in partnership with the Philippine Department of Agriculture, the Bureau of Animal Industry, and the local Cagayan community, completed the construction and...

SUVA -- The United States Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu and Tonga, Joseph Cella announced that the Republic of Nauru has joined the Clean Network, a comprehensive, enduring strategy addressing the long-term threats to data privacy, security, human rights, and trusted...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --The Air Force Health, Readiness, and Optimism program, or HeRO, is an initiative designed to improve the quality of life of Airmen across the force.The 15th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s HeRO Team uses data from the 15th Medical Group Health Promotion to...

PYEOUNGTAEK, South Korea -- The 65th Medical Brigade Chief of Staff, Col. Yvette McCrea, presided over the 131st cycle graduation of the Integrated Service of Republic of Korea (ROK) Military Health Care Personnel Program (ISRMHCPP) January 8, 2021 at the Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Over the last several weeks, vaccines for COVID-19 have been rolled out to locations throughout the Indo-Pacific region.The vaccines are currently only approved for emergency use and are not mandatory for Department of Defense personnel and beneficiaries at this time. However,...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – Although the COVID-19 vaccine is voluntary, Army leaders who received doses here Jan. 6 wholeheartedly recommend getting it.“It’s an important step toward getting back to a sense of normalcy and making sure our community is healthy and safe,” said Col. Thomas Matelski, commander...

U.S. Embassy and Consulates in India -- Good afternoon everyone.Thank you very much Sunjoy for that kind introduction, and thanks as well to ORF for hosting this event.I come before you today to give my Farewell Address as the United States Ambassador to India. For me, it is a time of deep gratitude...

YOKOSUKA, Japan — Forward Deployed Naval Forces from U.S. 7th Fleet began receiving the initial COVID-19 vaccinations Jan. 5 at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka.Vice Adm. Bill Merz, members of the 7th Fleet staff, and Sailors from USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), 7th Fleet Flagship, were among the first forward...

DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska -- The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) arrived Tuesday in Dutch Harbor for a logistics stop 30 days into a months-long Arctic deployment to protect the nation’s maritime sovereignty and security throughout the polar region.The 44-year-old heavy icebreaker...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA – Paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, “Spartan Brigade,” received their initial dose of the COVID-19 vaccine here Jan. 4, 2021Spartan medics and physicians were the first to receive the first of two doses...