27 April 2021 Sailors, Inalåhan Promote Environmental Awareness Inalåhan, Guam -- In celebration of Earth Day, held annually on April 23, Sailors assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron 15 and Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific, Det. Guam, partnered with the command’s sister village of Inalåhan to clean trash from the beaches and surrounding areas.The...
26 April 2021 Japan-American Partnership Builds Cyber Defense Capacity TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Members of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force visited the 552d Air Control Networks Squadron to build cyber-defense capacity April 4-10.The 552d ACNS is the Air Force lead Mission Defense Team (MDT) for the U.S. E-3 Sentry Airborne...
26 April 2021 Australian and New Zealand Army Corps: ANZAC Day Message from Secretary of State Antony Blinken Anthony J. Blinken, Secretary of State -- "On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I extend my warmest thoughts to all Australians and New Zealanders as you commemorate ANZAC Day on April 25, 2021.As we reflect on the incredible acts of bravery and sacrifice of the Gallipoli...
26 April 2021 Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on Supporting our Indian Partners WASHINGTON -- Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III: The men and women of the Department of Defense stand by our Indian partners in their hour of need. We are in this fight together.To that end, I have directed the Department to use every resource at our disposal, within our...
23 April 2021 MWSS-172, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Demonstrates Combat Readiness Under the EABO Construct OKINAWA, Japan -- The expeditionary nature of the Indo-Pacific theatre requires a focus unique to only a few areas of the world. The Aviation Combat Element fills a primary role in Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) and the Marine Wing Support Squadron is vital to the conduct of Aviation...
23 April 2021 U.S. and Philippine Forces Conclude 36th Balikatan Exercise MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- Service members from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and United States Armed Forces concluded the 36th iteration of Balikatan Exercise on Friday, April 23 with a small ceremony held at the General Headquarters at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.“The...
23 April 2021 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III Phone Call With Indonesian Minister of Defense, Prabowo Subianto WASHINGTON -- Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby provided the following readout:Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke this morning with Indonesian Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto to express his heartfelt concern over the missing Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala 402 and the uncertain fate of...
23 April 2021 US, Australia Strengthen Alliance at Dover AFB DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AFNS) -- The U.S. government’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program is a form of partnership the United States has with more than 180 countries and international organizations to transfer defense articles, services and training to international partners.One of the steps...
22 April 2021 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment Welcomes Spring with Aerial Gunnery Range YUKON TRAINING AREA, Alaska -- Alaska’s transition from winter to spring and the ensuing muddy mess that comes with all that melting snow, is usually abrupt, but this “breakup” as Alaskan’s call it, was fast by any standard.When Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment at Fort...
22 April 2021 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Sea Guardian Operates with Naval Assets SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The U.S. Navy demonstrated the successful integration of an unmanned maritime surveillance aircraft system with manned capabilities during the Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem 21 (UxS IBP 21) off the coast of San Diego, April 21.The unmanned MQ-9B Sea Guardian operated...