PACIFIC OCEAN - Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3) helped test the capabilities of the BQM-177A, the Navy next-generation Sub-Sonic Aerial Target (SSAT) while operating in the Western Pacific, Sept. 9-10.“The BQM-177A enhances our readiness because it increases our...

OKINAWA, Japan -- U.S. Marines and Sailors from across III Marine Expeditionary Force and elements of U.S. 7th Fleet executed Noble Jaguar, an integrated naval exercise in and around Japan, Sept. 27-31, 2021.While closely monitoring simulated adversary activities, these forces received the order to...

YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) arrived to its new forward-deployed location in Yokosuka, Oct. 4.Ralph Johnson is a Flight IIA multi-mission destroyer, capable of embarking two MH-60 variant helicopters with air warfare, submarine...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces commander, immediately approved seven action orders to eliminate bureaucracy, forwarded eight more to the Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff of the Air Force for their consideration, added eight...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- For more than two months, a team from the Hawai‘i National Guard Joint Task Force, Task Force Medical (TF Med) have performed more than 1,400 COVID-19 swab tests since July through September at the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) Substation location in the Chinatown Historic...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Fighter aircraft don’t usually need medical assistance, but when they do it requires innovation and teamwork.One such instance occurred when an unlikely duo, the 13th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMU) and the 35th Medical Support Squadron, teamed up to ensure F-16 Fighting...

COLOMBO, U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka -- Nearly 800,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines arrived in Sri Lanka this week to continue the fight against COVID-19, a gift from the American people. These safe and effective vaccines, donated by the United States and delivered via COVAX, will protect lives...

WASHINGTON --Defense officials from Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and the United States conducted a call on October 1, 2021 to discuss regional security affairs.Japanese Director General for Defense Policy Kazuo Masuda, ROK Deputy Minister for National Defense Policy Kim Man-gi, and U.S...

CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii -- U.S. Indo-Pacific Command virtually-hosted the 50th annual Pacific Area Senior Officer Logistics Seminar (PASOLS), where 21 countries gathered from Sept. 27-28 to offer members the opportunity to meet and discuss common logistics problems and develop mutually beneficial...

The U.S. Naval War College and Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT) co-hosted the 2021 Combined Force Maritime Component Commander (CFMCC) Flag Officer Course Sept. 23-29 in Pearl Harbor...