PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Chicago (SSN 721) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam following a six-month deployment, Feb. 9, 2021.Chicago departed Pearl Harbor, July 15, 2020, for a regularly-scheduled deployment, in which they performed a full...

WASHINGTON -- DOD's China Task Force will examine all the DOD activities relating to what Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III calls America's "pacing challenge" to ensure they are synchronized, prioritized and coordinated to the greatest extent possible, the leader of the review told Pentagon...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Wind gusts as high as 50 miles per hour, wind chills dropping to minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit, and a place where the sun does not rise above the horizon for 65 consecutive days. Arctic Survival training is not for the faint of heart however for the survival, evasion,...

SANTA RITA, Guam -- The Coast Guard accepted delivery of its newest Sentinel-class fast response cutter (FRC), the Coast Guard Cutter Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143), from Bollinger Shipyards in Key West, FL, Thursday.Frederick Hatch is scheduled to be the third FRC stationed in Guam and will arrive in...

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden announced the formation of a DOD China Task Force to provide a baseline assessment of department policies, programs and processes in regard to the challenge China poses.Ely Ratner, a special assistant to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, will lead the...

SANTA RITA, Guam -- The Coast Guard medevaced a 51-year-old crewmember from the 211-foot Japanese-flagged fishing vessel Shoyo Maru 1,501 miles east of Guam on Wake Island, Tuesday.An Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew successfully transported the man from Wake Island to awaiting...

WASHINGTON -- Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby provided the following readout:Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Philippines Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana held an introductory phone call during which they discussed a number of priority of bilateral defense issues for...

OKINAWA, Japan -- Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 (VMGR-152) and Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 (MWSS-172), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, showcased expeditionary advanced basing capabilities Feb. 7, 2020 as part of MEFEX 21, travelling from Okinawa to the Republic of Palau...

SOUTH CHINA SEA -- The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group conducted dual carrier operations with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in the South China Sea, Feb. 9.The ships and aircraft of the two strike groups coordinated operations in a highly trafficked area to demonstrate the U.S. Navy's...

DONNELLY TRAINING AREA, Alasak -- Paratroopers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, “Spartan Brigade,” executed a joint forcible entry operation into Donnelly Training Area, Alaska, to begin Exercise Arctic Warrior 21.Spartan Paratroopers conducted an airborne...