U.S. EMBASSY KATHMANDU -- United States Ambassador to Nepal, Randy W. Berry, along with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Nepal Mission Director, Sepideh Keyvanshad, donated two liquid oxygen tanks to Bir Hospital and Paropakar Maternity Hospital in Kathmandu yesterday...

WASHINGTON -- You are not alone. Remember that what is happening now does not minimize or negate the experiences of all who served overseas. Countless service members answered the call of duty and did what was asked of them. Service is never for naught. Think about the times when valor and courage...

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- If airpower is the key to victory, then firepower is the key to airpower. One of the keys to getting firepower where the U.S. Air Force needs it on the Korean peninsula is the 51st Munitions Squadron’s retrograde operation.Retrograde operations analyze which base...

YOKOSUKA, Japan -- USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) departed Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, Aug. 18, following 25 years of service as a forward-deployed ship to U.S. 7th Fleet.Curtis Wilbur arrived in Yokosuka, Japan in September 1996 and operated in the Indo-Pacific while assigned to Task...

MANILA, Philippines -- Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) arrived in the Philippines, Aug. 16, marking the first time a commissioned U.S. Navy warship has visited the Philippines since 2019.The visit highlights the strong alliance, military relationship and renewed...

SUVA, U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu -- 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...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- U.S. joint forces conducted coordinated multi-domain, multi-axis, long-range maritime strikes in the Hawaiian Islands Operating Area during a sinking exercise on the decommissioned guided missile frigate ex-USS Ingraham, Aug. 15.Units from Vinson Carrier Strike Group...

ANDERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians from the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 242nd Ordnance Battalion (EOD) deployed to Guam for Exercise Forager July 10 – Aug. 6.The “War Falcons” EOD Soldiers supported I Corps and their subordinate Multi-Domain Task Force...

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YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, USS Higgins (DDG 76) and USS Howard (DDG 83) arrived Aug. 16, to their new forward-deployed location in Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan.The forward presence of Higgins and Howard directly supports enduring national security...