On July 12, USS Benfold (DDG 65) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the vicinity of the Paracel Islands, consistent with international law.Unlawful and sweeping maritime claims in the South China Sea pose a serious threat to the freedom of the seas, including the freedoms of navigation and...

JOINT BASE PEAR HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii --More than 35 aircraft and approximately 800 Airmen from Pacific Air Forces and Air Combat Command will deploy to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s area of responsibility in July to participate in Operation Pacific Iron 2021.Pacific Iron 2021 is a PACAF dynamic...

If you’re looking for a sign, visit the Island Memorial Chapel.On June 26, IMC personnel celebrated the newest addition to the chapel grounds: a large wooden placard bearing the chapel name and service times installed at the facility’s Ocean Road entrance. Personnel from U.S. Naval Mobile...

CAMP ITAMI, Japan – U.S. Army Japan facilitated the deployment of over 1,600 Soldiers and hundreds of pieces of equipment from the continental United States to multiple training locations throughout Japan from June 7 to July 10 as part of exercise Orient Shield 21-2. This was the largest number of...

TASMAN SEA -- Maritime forces from Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea, and the United States met in the waters off the eastern coast of Australia to conduct cooperative maritime exercise Pacific Vanguard (PACVAN) 2021 beginning July 5.The Royal Australian Navy is hosting this year’s exercise,...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- F-22 Raptors from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam completed international air-combat training July 5, with several training sorties focusing on interoperability between U.S. and French Air Force combat aircraft.From June 27 to July 5, three French Air Force...

OKINAWA, Japan -- During a recent light armored reconnaissance raid exercise on Okinawa, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) employed a medical evacuation tactic not commonly used since World War II.With elements of their Shock Trauma...

U.S. Embassy in Timor-Leste -- Your Excellencies, Vice Minister of the Interior, Tony Armindo, Secretary of State for Civil Protection Martins, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. It is my pleasure to join you to announce additional assistance from the U.S. people and their Government to...

WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department announced it's going in a new direction for enterprise cloud services to provide capabilities to warfighters across the joint force. This new effort is called the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability. The new contracts are expected to be awarded by April 2022, said...

SAN DIEGO -- Vice Adm. G. Ashok Kumar, Indian Navy Vice Chief of Naval Staff, met with Vice Adm. Steve Koehler, the commander of U.S. 3rd Fleet, during a visit to San Diego, June 28.The purpose of the meeting, held at the invitation of Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, focused on U.S. and Indian Navy...