HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard and County of Kauai are scheduled to conduct a search and rescue exercise (SAREX) off the southern coast of the island, Thursday.A SAREX is an exercise designed to evaluate notification and response procedures and identify shortfalls in communication and...

Alaska -- The Alaska State Trooper Search and Rescue coordinator contacted the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center Aug. 6 around 7:30 p.m. for assistance to rescue a hiker in distress near Glacier Pass.“Cloud cover and terrain precluded initial rescue efforts by a civilian medical evacuation company,...

SINGAPORE -- Maritime forces from 21 Indo-Pacific partner nations including the U.S. Navy, U.S interagencies, and international organizations began the 20th iteration of Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) in Singapore and virtually, Aug. 10.SEACAT is a multilateral exercise designed to...

PACIFIC OCEAN -- Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and ships assigned to the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG) arrived in the Hawaii Islands Operating Area as part of Large-Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021, Aug. 8.Led by Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, VINCSG surface units...

DHAKA, U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh -- The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), recently announced an additional $11.4 million in urgent COVID-19 assistance for Bangladesh. This assistance will help Bangladesh battle the current wave of COVID-19 by...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- U.S. 3rd Fleet deployed its headquarters to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Aug. 3, establishing an expeditionary maritime operations center (EMOC) to serve as the fleet’s command and control center in support of Large-Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021.The now forward-based...

WASHINGTON -- By mid-September, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will request a waiver from President Joe Biden to make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for service members, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said today.Austin released a message to the troops saying that after...

PHNOM PENH, U.S. Embassy in Cambodia – Today, the U.S. through the United States Agency for International Development—announced an additional $4 million in urgent COVID-19 assistance for Cambodia. This assistance will provide timely support, particularly in light of the United States’ recent...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The 36th Contracting Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base recently partnered with the government of Vietnam to help bring COVID-19 relief by purchasing and sending 77 ultra-low temperature freezers at a total value of $691,000.The purchase of the freezers fulfills an...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- More than 35 aircraft and approximately 800 Airmen from Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and Air Combat Command deployed to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s area of responsibility (USINDOPACOM’s AOR) in July to participate in Operation Pacific Iron 2021. Yokota Air Base provided...