CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan -- While elements of Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) deployed to Okinawa prefecture, Japan, and participated in exercise Keen Sword 23 (KS23), Nov. 10-19, the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) took a whole Navy Medicine approach in the medical planning and...

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE AMBERLEY, Queensland -- Over 30 active-duty U.S. Air Force and Hawaii Air National Guard service members are working with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during a bilateral training exercise Nov. 12-19.Exercise Global Dexterity 22-2 is taking place at RAAF Base...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – U.S. Army Garrison Japan’s Directorate of Emergency Services (DES) hosted Japanese law enforcement officials during a bilateral visit here Nov. 17 that included a military working dog demonstration.DES director Lt. Col. Brian Pilch welcomed the officials from Zama Police Station,...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Airmen assigned to the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron (3 ASOS) participated in an Arctic Familiarization field exercise at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 26-28, 2022.This exercise trained and tested Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) and Special Warfare...

We are aware of the DPRK’s ballistic missile launch and are consulting closely with the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan, as well as other regional allies and partners.  The United States condemns these actions and calls on the DPRK to refrain from any further unlawful and destabilizing acts. ...

WASHINGTON -- The 2022 National Defense Strategy identifies China as the Defense Department’s pacing challenge, the assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs said. Speaking yesterday at the Politico Defense Summit, Ely Ratner said that as a direct result of this strategy, the...

ULAANBAATAR, U.S. Embassy in Mongolia -- The new U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Mongolia, Richard L. Buangan, presented his letter of credence to Mongolian President U. Khurelsukh at the Government House on November 17, marking the official start of his diplomatic mission to...

We are aware of the ballistic missile launch and are consulting closely with our allies and partners. While we have assessed that this event does not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to our allies, the missile launch highlights the destabilizing impact of the DPRK’s...

PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) along with units from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) are conducting exercise Keen Sword 23 (KS23) in Japan’s surrounding territorial and...

VIENTIANE, U.S. Embassy in Laos -- In Vientiane today, U.S. Ambassador to Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) H.E. Dr. Peter M. Haymond and World Health Organization (WHO) Officer-in-Charge Dr. Yu Lee Park handed over more than US$2 million of medical equipment and supplies to H.E. Dr...