MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Airmen assigned to the 35th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron (OMRS) Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight play a huge role in the daily lives of Team Misawa members.From ensuring water is safe for use and consumption to providing advice on potential health hazards...

TAIWAN STRAIT -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) and legend-class U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) conducted routine Taiwan Strait transits Aug. 27 (local time) through international waters in accordance with international law. The ships'...

YOKOTA AB, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky N. Rupp assumed command of United States Forces Japan and 5th Air Force from Lt. Gen. Kevin B. Schneider here, Aug. 27.U.S. Navy Adm. John Aquilino, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, presided over the U.S. Forces Japan change of command while...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- RED FLAG-Alaska 21-3 is a realistic combat training exercise that provides air to air and air to ground combat training and is essential to the success of air and space operations. With over 100 aircraft flying per day, the 354th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s fuels...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- When most people think of interior Alaska, they think of uninhabitable terrain, icy snow storms, northern lights, and maybe even that one video from Facebook of a gigantic moose walking down the median of a highway.What they don’t think of, and likely don’t know, is...

MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), turned over RT-PCR extraction kits equivalent to 3,000 tests to the Philippine Genome Center, 27 Aug. 2021. These RT-PCR extraction kits will help strengthen COVID-19...

WASHINGTON -- The Space Development Agency has already started the process of transitioning from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to the U.S. Space Force, said the agency's director.Derek M. Tournear spoke yesterday at the U.S. Space Foundation's 36th Space...

PHILIPPINE SEA -- Maritime forces from Australia, Japan, India, and the United States begin phase 1 of cooperative maritime exercise MALABAR 2021 in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 26.MALABAR is an annual maritime exercise that enhances planning, training, and employment of advanced warfare tactics between...

U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India -- Adm. John C. Aquilino, the commander for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, traveled to India this week to meet with senior government and defense officials to further strengthen our Major Defense Partnership with India.“Our network of allies and partners are our...

YOKOSUKA, Japan -- U.S. Coast Guard members aboard the Alameda-based Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) participated in a cooperative two-day deployment with Japan Coast Guard members aboard the Japan Coast Guard ship Aso in the East China Sea Tuesday and Wednesday.The engagement followed Munro’s...