WASHINGTON -- Despite the Army’s primary focus on land, leveraging the maritime domain in the Indo-Pacific can still have lasting effects, the deputy commander of U.S. Army Pacific said last week.Maritime operations can range from high-end military conflict to protecting sovereign territories from...

SAN DIEGO -- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) returned to San Diego, May 25, marking the completion of its deployment to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility.Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG), departed...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- With a goal of further assisting military and federal agency customers, the General Services Administration (GSA) has significantly cut wait times for delivery of some mission-essential products after opening four forward-supply points across the United States INDO-Pacific...

VIENTIANE, LAO PDR -- U.S. Ambassador Dr. Peter M. Haymond presented personal protective equipment and hygiene supplies to Minister of Health Dr. Bounfeng Phoummalysith, on May 25, 2021 as part of the United States’ ongoing COVID-19 support to Lao PDR. The equipment and supplies were the first of...

PACIFIC OCEAN -- America-class amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) conducted a bilateral replenishment-at-sea (RAS) with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Towada-class replenishment ship JS Hamana (AOE 424), May 22.For the Navy’s only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship,...

OKINAWA, Japan -- As hundreds of Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 36 and Marine Air Control Group 18 staged in the early hours of Friday morning with all the equipment to sustain operations for a short period of time, leaders and planners observed the culmination of 48 hours of tireless execution...

SUKU CAMEA, U.S. Embassy in Timor Leste -- U.S. Ambassador to Timor-Leste Kevin Blackstone, Minister of Health Odete Belo, Dili Municipality President Gasper Soares and Suku Camea Chief Matos da Costa joined in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 21, 2021, to inaugurate the refurbished KADABUNAK Health...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- The mission of aircraft maintainers depends heavily on the equipment they use to perform their duties being properly treated for the environment they’re in and having it all readily available for daily usage. The Aerospace Ground Equipment flight, part of the 18th Equipment...

U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Palau -- The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), airlifted plastic sheeting for shelter needs, kitchen sets, and other relief supplies — to save lives and meet the urgent needs of the Palau people in response to Typhoon...

PHILIPPINE SEA – Combined logistics planning by the French Navy, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) and the U.S. Navy culminated in ships from each country exercising its ability to sustain each other at sea.Throughout May, the French Navy's Jeanne d’Arc amphibious task group conducted...