EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The beginning of RED FLAG-Alaska 21-3 brings Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircraft flying overhead and alongside U.S. Armed Forces assets for combat readiness training.RED FLAG-Alaska is a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Large-Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021 concluded Aug. 15, following 12 days of live, virtual and constructive global integration that spanned multiple fleets.As part of LSE 2021, 3rd Fleet joined multiple fleets worldwide in contributing to the approximately 36 live units underway...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Medevac aircrew from the Alaska Army National Guard provided emergency medical assistance and helicopter medical evacuation to a 75-year old man after he fell into a river and drowned, requiring immediate resuscitation and sustaining multiple injuries, Aug...

PACIFIC OCEAN -- Adm. John Aquilino, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), visited Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during Large-Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021 in the Hawaii Islands Operating area, Aug. 15.During his visit, Aquilino met with Vinson Sailors, and Carl...

ALAMEDA, Calif. - The Legend-class Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) arrived in the Western Pacific, Aug. 8, from its homeport in Alameda for a months-long deployment to the region.The crew is operating in support of United States Indo-Pacific Command, which oversees military operations in the...

BRADSHAW FIELD TRAINING AREA, NT, Australia -- The sun rises over the hot, harsh outback, hundreds of miles south of Darwin. On any other day, the sight would be simply calm and quiet, but today on the notional “Bradshaw Island,” a simulated enemy target is about to meet its end in a unique...

U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- On behalf of the United States of America, I send my warmest wishes to you and the people of Indonesia as you celebrate 76 years of independence on August 17. The United States greatly values Indonesia’s democratic leadership in the Indo‑Pacific.The close...

KOROR, Palau -- U.S. Pacific Fleet’s annual humanitarian assistance mission Pacific Partnership 21 concluded in Palau as U.S. Pacific Fleet and the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DM) co-hosted a humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HADR) workshop...

U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY --Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer JS Makinami (DD 112) took charge as Sea Combat Commander (SCC) during Combined and Joint Battle Problem (CJBP) Aug. 5-10 alongside the USS America (LHA 6) Expeditionary Strike Group and the Royal Australian...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Coast Guard and County of Kauai agency personnel successfully completed a search and rescue exercise (SAREX) off Port Allen, Thursday.The exercise simulated a multi-agency response to the report of an overdue kayaker who failed to show up to work after a morning paddle.“Nothing...