ASAN, Guam -- Representatives and ships of the Indian Navy are visiting Guam for a scheduled port visit in the midst of a deployment to support exercise Malabar 2021.During the visit, Indian navy Vice Adm. Ajendra Bahadur Singh, flag officer commanding-in- chief, Indian Navy Eastern Naval Command...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) commander, Chief Master Sgt. David Wolfe, PACAF command chief, and their spouses visited Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 19-20, 2021.The visit gave PACAF leaders the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- With an average of 210 flights taking off and landing a day during RF-A, the 354th Operations Support Squadron ATCs have their hands full, but for them, it’s all in a day’s work.“There’s really no two ways about it,” said Staff Sgt. Kevin Weast, 354th OSS ATC. “210...

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PHILIPPINE SEA -- USS America (LHA 6), the Navy’s only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, participated in cyclic flight operations with HMS Queen Elizabeth (R 08) in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 22-24.The two ships conducted continuous flight operations for 48 hours, flexing dual-carrier – and...

MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- On August 18, U.S. military service members in Luzon delivered intensive care unit (ICU) beds, valued at over Php83,000 ($1,660), to Cagayan Valley Medical Center in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan to assist local partners battling COVID-19.The donation, provided...

WASHIINGTON -- Today, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III issued a memorandum for Mandatory Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination of Department of Defense Service Members.The memo directs the Secretaries of the Military Departments to immediately begin full vaccination of all members of the...

PHILIPPINE SEA -- A massive CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter touches down on Farallon de Medinilla: a windswept, uninhabited tropical island in the middle of the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific.Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) pour out of the helicopter’s tail, 53 strong,...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Space Command reached initial operational capability today and is on the path to meeting full operational capability in the near future, its commander said.Army Gen. James H. Dickinson spoke today at the U.S. Space Foundation's 36th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs,...

U.S. Army -- Spc. Kaley Schulten and Sgt. Amanda Chadwick, both Army Reserve dental assistants, were excited when they learned their unit was selected to provide real world medical services at the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana as part of the Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training...