23 March 2021 USS Bunker Hill Operates with Royal Australian Navy INDIAN OCEAN -- The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) completed a passing exercise (PASSEX) with the Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Anzac (III) (FFH 150) in the Indian Ocean, March 10.This exercise is the first time that USS Bunker Hill operated with...
23 March 2021 USS America-31st MEU team wins Flatley Award for safety SASEBO, Japan -- The Navy‘s only forward-deployed amphibious ready group, the blue-green team of USS America (LHA 6) and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), have been recognized among the best the Navy has to offer."To say I am proud of this team would be a drastic understatement, but to say I...
23 March 2021 U.S.-Funded Webinar Series with Bangladeshi and U.S. Medical Doctors Improves COVID-19 Case Management DHAKA, U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh -- Today, Ambassador of the United States to Bangladesh Earl Miller virtually launched a webinar series linking medical universities in Bangladesh and the United States to share best practices in COVID-19 case management. The two part-series contributes to the...
22 March 2021 India, U.S. Look at Ways to Grow Partnership to Protect Indo-Pacific WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III came away from his meetings with Indian officials in New Delhi encouraged by the response from "an increasingly important partner amid today's rapidly shifting international dynamics."The secretary stressed the U.S. commitment to allies and...
22 March 2021 Alaska Air National Guard to Receive four Additional KC-135 Stratotankers at Eielson AFB JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Four KC-135 Stratotankers and more than two hundred active duty U.S. Air Force personnel will join the Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Wing, Guardians of the Last Frontier, to provide aerial refueling capability for the United States Air Force in the...
22 March 2021 COVID-19 Vaccines Shipped by COVAX Facility Arrive in Lao People’s Democratic Republic VIENTIANE, U.S. Embassy in Laos -- Lao PDR today received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine doses through the COVAX facility, a partnership between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO).The shipment...
22 March 2021 Hawaii Aircraft Maintenance Units Execute C-17 to F-22 Refueling JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Total Force Initiative (TFI) Airmen from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam executed ground refueling between two separate and contrasting airframes, Feb. 25.Airmen from the active-duty 15th Maintenance Group (MXG) and Hawaii Air National Guard 154th MXG...
22 March 2021 Secretary of Defense Austin Joint Remarks with Indian Defense Minister Singh U.S. Embassy and Consulates in India -- STAFF: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. His excellency Lloyd James Austin, Secretary of Defense for the United States of America. His excellency Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, Defense Minister of India. Delegation members from both countries...
19 March 2021 Austin Stays in Touch With Australian Leaders during Indo-Pacific Trip WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III continued his outreach to Indo-Pacific allies and partners with a call to Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne even as he was flying to meet with Indian leaders in New Delhi.Austin made the call to highlight the importance and the strength...
19 March 2021 USS Bunker Hill operates with Royal Australian Navy INDIAN OCEAN -- The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) completed a passing exercise (PASSEX) with the Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Anzac (III) (FFH 150) in the Indian Ocean, March 10.This exercise is the first time that USS Bunker Hill operated with...