12 April 2021 LCS Conducts Rolling Airframe Missile Shoot during Live-Fire Exercise to Increase Surface Force Readiness PACIFIC OCEAN -- Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) conducted a successful Rolling Airframe Missile (SeaRAM) launch during a live-fire exercise, April 8.Warships and their watch teams conduct live-fire exercises, like the SeaRAM launch, in preparation for contributing...
12 April 2021 Coast Guard Cutter Kimball Returns Home from Expeditionary Patrol in the Pacific HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) returned to Honolulu Friday after completing an expeditionary patrol supporting Operation Blue Pacific, Op Rai Balang, and Op Aloha Shield in the Pacific.During the 82 day patrol the cutter’s crew worked closely with partners...
12 April 2021 Greely Welcomes Rotational Forces from California National Guard FORT GREELY, Alaska -- U.S. Army Garrison Alaska, Fort Greely and the 49th Missile Defense Battalion welcomed Soldiers of the California Army National Guard’s 330th Military Police Company to Fort Greely March 30.The group of Soldiers have mobilized to support security efforts led by the 100th...
09 April 2021 Theodore Roosevelt CSG, Makin Island ARG join forces in South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA - The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) and the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) joined forces in the South China Sea to conduct Expeditionary Strike Force operations April 9.Ships and aircraft from both strike groups coordinated operations in international...
09 April 2021 Hawaii Air Guard Wraps Up Temporary Deployment to Japan JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Dozens of operations, maintenance and support Airmen and a contingent of F-22 Raptors returned home April 4 following almost a month of temporary duty at Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station, Japan.In Japan, the Hawaiian Raptors, a Total Force Integration unit...
09 April 2021 DOD Prioritizing COVID-19 Vaccinations to Those Deployed WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department is rapidly administering COVID-19 vaccines in a tiered priority process to service members, DOD contractors and civilians and their families who are stationed overseas and who wish to have them, said DOD health leaders.Army Lt. Gen. Ronald J. Place, director,...
09 April 2021 United States Provides Disaster Assistance after Floods in Timor-Leste DILI, U.S. Embassy in Timor Leste – In response to the Government of Timor-Leste’s request for international assistance, U.S. Ambassador Kevin Blackstone has arranged for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide $100,000 in humanitarian assistance funding from the American...
09 April 2021 U.S. Secretary of State Blinken’s Call with Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Locsin U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin, Jr. Both expressed their shared concerns with the massing of People’s Republic of China (PRC) maritime militia vessels in the South China Sea, including at...
08 April 2021 Hawaii F-22s Complete Dynamic Force Employment Operations out of Iwakuni JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --A contingent of Air National Guard and active-duty Airmen based out of Hawaii were deployed to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan to conduct Dynamic Force Employment operations, March 12 through April 5.Throughout their time in Japan the Airmen, deployed...
08 April 2021 Ninety-six Percent of 7th Fleet Sailors Vaccinated PHILIPPINE SEA -- More than 14,000 personnel throughout the Navy’s U.S. 7th Fleet – 96% of the force – are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.Medical personnel began administering the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination to forward-deployed service members Jan. 5, as part of a fleet-wide effort...