19 July 2021 U.S. Navy Installations to Conduct Citadel Pacific 2021 Exercise WASHINGTON -- Navy installations will exercise their security forces during Citadel Pacific 2021 (CP21), an annually reoccurring force protection exercise assessing emergency response in Navy Region Japan (July 19-23), Navy Region Hawaii (August 9-13), Navy Region Korea (August 23-27) and Joint...
19 July 2021 US Army Launches Patriot Missiles During Talisman Saber 21 QUEENSLAND, Australia -- U.S. Army Pacific Air and Missile Defense units working with Australian Defence Force counterparts completed the first ever Patriot surface-to-air missile firing on Australian soil during Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland,...
19 July 2021 U.S. Provides More Than 3.2 Million Johnson & Johnson Vaccines to the Philippines MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- On July 16 and 17, the United States delivered a total of 3,240,850 one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines to the Philippines as part of its worldwide effort to help end COVID-19. This is the first time the Philippines has received the Johnson & Johnson...
19 July 2021 The United States Donates 150,080 Moderna Vaccine Doses to Fiji SUVA, Fiji -- Over one hundred and fifty thousand life-saving doses of the Moderna vaccine arrived in Fiji through the COVAX Facility. The donation aims to assist Fiji in its fight against COVID-19. Today’s shipment is part of the 80 million doses of vaccine that President Biden committed from the...
19 July 2021 Alaska Air National Guard Medevacs Injured U.S. Army Alaska Paratrooper JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing medically evacuated an injured U.S. Army Alaska paratrooper July 14 from Malamute Drop Zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER).The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center was contacted by U.S. Army Alaska...
16 July 2021 Expeditionary Strike Group 7 arrives for Talisman Sabre 21 CORAL SEA (July 16, 2021) – The forward-deployed ships of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, arrive off the coast of Australia in preparation for the biennial bilateral exercise Talisman Sabre (TS) 21, July 16.Led by the Australian Defence Force (ADF),...
16 July 2021 HMLA-169 GOES THE DISTANCE OKINAWA, Japan --Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 executed one of the longest maritime HMLA self-deployment flights in 1st Marine Aircraft Wing history during exercise Tiltrotor/Rotary Wing 2107. TR/RW 2107 is a unilateral exercise at Misawa Air Base, Japan that demonstrates...
15 July 2021 Minot B-52s deploy to Indo-Pacific in support of Bomber Task Force ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam --A group of U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses, Airmen, and support equipment from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., deployed to the Indo-Pacific region in support of Pacific Air Forces’ Bomber Task Force, July 14.The BTF demonstrates continued U.S. commitment to allies...
14 July 2021 Naval Forces Japan, Navy Region Japan Holds Change of Command YOKOSUKA, Japan – U.S. Naval Forces and Navy Region Japan held a change of command ceremony on July 14.Rear Adm. Brian P. Fort was relieved by Rear Adm. Carl Lahti, who became the 36th commander of Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Japan (CNFJ) and Commander, Navy Region Japan (CNFJ).The ceremony was...
14 July 2021 Show of strength for Talisman Sabre The stage is set for the ADF and its United States (US) partners to undertake high-end joint land combat against a capable enemy force during the field component of Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 (TS21). Starting this month, the ninth iteration of the biennial exercise will see ADF forces advancing to...