30 July 2021 Paratroopers Descend on Guam during Exercise Forager 21 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Special Forces Group, and members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force conducted an early morning airborne operation as part of Forager 21, the primary training exercise in support of Defender Pacific 21, here, July 30,...
30 July 2021 Philippine President Restores Visiting Forces Agreement with U.S. WASHINGTON -- After meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III last night, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte retracted the letter terminating the country's Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States.Delfin Lorenzana, Philippine national defense secretary, made the announcement...
30 July 2021 U.S. Army Paratroopers from Alaska Jump “Down Under” QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA -- U.S. Army Pacific paratroopers jumped onto Kangaroo Drop Zone July 28 near Charters Towers Australia, as part of simulated Joint Forcible Entry Operation during Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 – the largest military exercise conducted between Australia and the United States.More...
30 July 2021 1.5 Million Pfizer Vaccine Doses, Donated by the United States, Arrive in Thailand U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Thailand -- Today, the United States donated 1,503,450 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Thailand. This historic shipment, which reaffirms U.S. support to our oldest ally in Asia, arrived at Suvarnabhumi airport this morning.We are also proud to confirm that...
30 July 2021 Alaska Army National Guard Infantry Battalion Conducts Annual Training JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Approximately 280 Alaska Army National Guardsmen from 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, conducted their two-week annual training July 10-25, primarily at Donnelly Training Area, located 107 miles southeast of Fairbanks, and west of Fort Greely.This...
29 July 2021 16th Pacific Partnership Begins in the Manila MANILA, Philippines -- Pacific Partnership 21, the annual U.S-led multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific, kicked off with a medical subject matter expert exchange at Manila Naval Hospital, July 28.The Military Sealift Command...
29 July 2021 U.S., Vietnam Discuss COVID-19 Aid, New Program to Find War Dead WASHINGTON -- Two important partnership initiatives between the United States and Vietnam will continue as both countries look for ways to help Vietnam combat COVID-19 and as both countries step up the Vietnam War-era personnel accounting program, said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III during...
29 July 2021 Portable Doppler Radar Weather System Keeps Aircraft Soaring ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- A team of weather systems maintainers from the 557th Weather Wing’s 2nd Combat Weather Systems Squadron traveled from Hurlburt Field, Florida, to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 5-15 to install a Portable Doppler Radar weather system.The system was requested by...
29 July 2021 U.S. Coast Guard Commissions 3 Fast Response Cutters in Guam SANTA RITA, Guam -- The Coast Guard’s three newest Fast Response Cutters were commissioned Thursday during a ceremony presided over by Adm. Karl Schultz, the Coast Guard’s commandant.The Coast Guard Cutters Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139), Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) and Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) were...
29 July 2021 Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Hosts Decontamination Training Exercise JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Traveling from a multitude of different bases, Airmen gathered at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to participate in a decontamination training exercise July 12 through 16.Normally hosted at Camp Bullis, Texas, the Patient Decontamination Course was...