26 January 2022 The U.S. Provides 1,698,840 Doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine to Lao PDR VIENTIANE, U.S. Embassy in the Laos -- The U.S. officially handed over 1,698,840 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Lao PDR, Jan. 26, which were delivered to the country through the COVAX Facility. COVAX is a partnership co-led by Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness...
26 January 2022 Airmen Team Up Across the Force to Make Augmented Reality a Reality JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- A jet engine is a complex machine with thousands of individual parts. Layers and layers of pipes, tubes, connectors, and electronics are invisible without taking things apart, making learning the anatomy difficult.Airmen from the 3rd Maintenance Squadron...
26 January 2022 USAID Announces Additional $2.5 Million In Humanitarian Assistance In Response To Volcanic Eruptions And Tsunami In Tonga U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu -- The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $2.5 million in humanitarian assistance to support people affected by volcanic eruptions and tsunami waves in Tonga. On January 14,...
26 January 2022 3rd ASOS Participates in Command and Control Exercise JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS) participated in Exercise POLAR QUAKE Jan. 11 through 13 throughout Alaska.POLAR QUAKE was held at stations on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Eielson Air Force Base, and Utqiaġvik, and was designed...
25 January 2022 U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Joint Force Conducts Dual Carrier Operations in South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA -- Carl Vinson and Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Groups began dual carrier operations in the South China Sea, Jan. 23, 2022.The U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Groups, led by their flagships USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) of...
25 January 2022 Secretary Blinken Statement on Australia Day U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Australia -- Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State | On behalf of the United States of America, please accept my best wishes as the people of Australia commemorate Australia Day on January 26.Our century-long mateship is an anchor for peace and stability in the...
25 January 2022 Bilateral Exercise Southern Beach Reinforces USAF, JASDF Alliance in the New Year KADENA AIR BASE, Japan --The 18th Wing (WG) teamed up with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) to kick off the new year with another Southern Beach exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 19, 2022.“Southern Beach is a bilateral exercise between the U.S. Air Force and the JASDF,” said U.S. Air...
25 January 2022 DoD Awards Contract to Siemens Healthineers to Purchase COVID-19 Antigen Over-the-Counter Test Kits in Support of POTUS' 500 Million Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests WASHIGNTON -- The Department of Defense (DoD), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), awarded a contract to Siemens Healthineers, located in Tarrytown, New York, to procure 50 million over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits. This effort supports the president’s plan...
24 January 2022 White House Praises DOD Acquisition Professionals for COVID-19 Efforts Around the World WASHINGTON -- A group of professionals with the Defense Department's acquisition workforce who worked on the White House and DOD COVID-19 supply chain global effort were honored today with a letter of appreciation from President Joe Biden in a ceremony at the Pentagon.Conducted virtually, Deputy...
24 January 2022 U.S. Marine Corps Deactivates 2d Battalion, 3d Marines MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII – 2d Battalion, 3d Marines cased their colors during the unit's deactivation ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii Jan. 21, 2022.2/3 first activated May 1, 1942, at New River, North Carolina as 3d Training Battalion and assigned to Division Special Troops, 1st Marine...