30 June 2021 Readout: Office call with French Armed Forces Leaders PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet met with French Air Force Lt. Gen. Vincent Cousin, commander of air defense and air operations, as well as French Navy Rear Adm. Jean-Mathieu Rey, joint commander French Armed Forces in the Asia Pacific, at the Pacific Fleet...
30 June 2021 36 Contingency Response Group Sends Military Training Team to Palau ANDERSEN AIR FORCE, Guam -- The 36th Contingency Response Group assigned to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam deployed a Mobile Training Team contingent to the Republic of Palau, June 10, 2021.While there, subject matter experts are teaching members from the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Public...
30 June 2021 Appointment of Ambassador Atul Keshap as Chargé d’Affaires at Embassy New Delhi U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India -- Ambassador Atul Keshap, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, will be departing for New Delhi to serve as Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim, following the retirement of Ambassador Daniel Smith. Ambassador Keshap will bring a wealth of experience to the...
30 June 2021 U.S. Provides $500,000 to COPE to Improve the Well-being of Persons with Disabilities VIENTIANE, U.S. Embassy in Laos -- With funding support from the United States, World Education and Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise (COPE) signed a grant agreement on June 28, 2021. This grant will run from April 2021 until July 2022 and provide approximately $500,000 USD over its...
29 June 2021 U.S. Hands Over Oxygen and Emergency Medical Supplies to Help Bangladesh Combat COVID-19 DHAKA, U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh -- The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), donated emergency COVID-19 medical supplies to Bangladesh, June 29, 2021, to help save lives, stop the spread of COVID-19, and meet the health needs of the Bangladeshi...
29 June 2021 DOD Wants Partners to Up Their Cybersecurity Game, Official Says WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department wants to help its partner contractors, large and small, become better at their own cybersecurity efforts, the deputy assistant of defense for cyber policy said yesterday."We definitely want to make sure that size is not an obstacle to working with the Defense...
29 June 2021 Peterson-Schriever Garrison Celebrates First Base Renaming JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, left, Space Operations Command commander, U.S. Air Force Maj. Brandon Hammond, Detachment 3, 21st Space Operations Squadron commander, and U.S. Space Force Col. James Smith, Peterson-Schriever Garrison commander,...
29 June 2021 U.S. Government Presents COVID-19 Relief Supplies to Ministry of Health VIENTIANE, LAO PDR -- U.S. Ambassador to Laos, Dr. Peter Haymond and officials from the U.S. Department of Defense presented COVID-19 relief supplies to Dr. Sanong Thongsana, Lao PDR Deputy Minister of Health as part of the United States’ ongoing COVID-19 support to the Lao PDR, 22 June 2021.The...
29 June 2021 U.S. Ambassador Kevin Blackstone’s Remarks on the Signing Ceremony of the Joint Rehabilitation of Baucau Airfield Agreement U.S. Embassy in Timor Leste -- Good afternoon, Today is a good day. It’s a good day for Timor-Leste and for the United States, as it marks the beginning of the Joint Rehabilitation of Baucau Airfield, a project the Government of Timor-Leste has pursued for many years, and today is finally realized...
28 June 2021 U.S. 7th Fleet and III MEF Partnership in Indo-Pacific YOKOSUKA, Japan -- For decades, the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps have worked to integrate, operate, and synchronize their efforts in the Indo-Pacific region. U.S. 7th Fleet and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) have joined forces in execution of numerous operations, focused on enhancing...