23 November 2021 Northern Warfare Training Center Training Soldiers to Become Arctic Experts BLACK RAPIDS TRAINING AREA, Alaska -- This past March the Army released its Arctic Strategy with plans for “Regaining Arctic Dominance” by implementing improvements to increase readiness in the Arctic. One of the keys to that readiness is the Northern Warfare Training Center (NWTC).NWTC is where...
23 November 2021 7th Fleet Destroyer Transits Taiwan Strait TAIWAN STRAIT -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Nov. 23 (local time) through international waters in accordance with international law.The ship's transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free...
23 November 2021 The U.S. Donates 3.5 Million More Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to Indonesia JAKARTA, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- Standing with the people of Indonesia in the fight against COVID-19, the United States is donating an additional 3.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccine doses to Indonesia in partnership with COVAX. 2,632,500 doses arrived at Soekarno–Hatta...
22 November 2021 Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan and the U.S. join for ANNUALEX 2021 PHILIPPINE SEA -- Naval forces from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan and the U.S. unite to conduct multilateral, multinational exercise ANNUALEX in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 21-30.Five international navies, to include the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), German Navy (GMN),...
22 November 2021 USS America First LHA to Visit MCAS Iwakuni IWAKUNI, Japan -- USS America (LHA 6), the Navy’s only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, visited Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Nov. 18-21.America, which operates out of Sasebo, Japan, is the first large-deck amphibious ship ever to visit MCAS Iwakuni. The ship hosted military and...
22 November 2021 United States Partners with Thailand to Combat COVID-19 Pandemic U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Thailand -- Today, the United States delivered one million life-saving doses of the Moderna mRNA vaccine to help Thailand fight COVID-19.Charge d’Affaires Michael Heath, Witchu Vejjajiva, Director-General of the Department of American and South Pacific Affairs, and Dr...
22 November 2021 Defense Logistics Agency Plans Ahead to Get Thanksgiving Meals to Troops Around the World WASHINGTON -- Every Thanksgiving, servicemembers around the world enjoy a holiday meal thanks to the hard work of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support and its Subsistence supply chain.Despite the effects the COVID-19 pandemic is having on supply chains, planning and communication, a...
22 November 2021 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Meeting With Malaysian Minister of Defense Hishammuddin Hussein WASHINGTON -- Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met on November 20 with Malaysian Minister of Defense Hishammuddin Hussein in Manama, Bahrain, during the annual Manama Dialogue. Secretary Austin congratulated Minister...
19 November 2021 27th CARAT Brunei Concludes, Enhances Maritime Security Collaboration BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei -- The 27th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Brunei maritime exercise concluded Nov. 19, following five days of virtual engagements that enhanced collaboration between Royal Brunei Armed Forces and U.S. military and focused on shared maritime...
19 November 2021 Mayors of Japan Tour Yokota YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Yokota Air Base leadership hosted a dozen Japanese mayors from the Kanto, Tohoku, and Hokkaido regions, who toured the base, Nov. 15, 2021.The mayors visited Yokota to reaffirm the importance of the U.S. Air Force – Japan Air Self-Defense Force alliance, and to learn the...