12 August 2022 Bilateral Runway Repair Enhances Partnerships MISAWA AIR BASE, AOMORI, Japan -- Members of the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) 3rd Air Wing counterparts participated side-by-side in a live-fire and rapid airfield damage repair team exercise hosted by JASDF at Draughon Range, Japan, Aug. 1 - 4,...
12 August 2022 Osan Activates Fighter Generation Squadrons OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Osan Air Base recently activated two new Fighter Generation Squadrons (FGS). The 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron made way for the 25th and 36th FGS, activated to support and maintain A-10C Thunderbolt II and F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft.These activations are...
12 August 2022 U.S. Supports Bangladesh’s Launch of Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign DHAKA, U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh -- Today, U.S. Ambassador Peter Haas joined Health Minister Zahid Maleque and Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni to launch the national campaign to administer U.S.-donated Pfizer pediatric COVID-19 vaccines to Bangladeshi children ages 5-11. UNICEF Country...
11 August 2022 U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander Travels to Malaysia Adm. John C. Aquilino, Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, visited Malaysia on Aug. 10–11, 2022 where he met with Malaysian Senior Minister for Defence Dato' Seri Hishammuddin bin Tun Hussein and senior Malaysian military leaders, and also delivered a keynote address at the National Resilience...
11 August 2022 Marines Commemorate Battle for Guadalcanal 80th Anniversary CAMP H. M. SMITH, Hawaii -- Gen. Steven Rudder, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC), traveled to Honiara, Solomon Islands, as part of a U.S. interagency delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman from Aug. 7-9. The delegation, which also included U.S. Ambassador...
11 August 2022 U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander Focuses on Cooperative Partnership During Brunei Visit U.S. Embassy in Brunei Darussalam -- Admiral John C. Aquilino, Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, concluded his three-day visit to Brunei Darussalam on August 9. The visit was focused on enhancing security cooperation between the United States and Brunei for the mutual benefit of both...
11 August 2022 Responders Complete Successful Joint Interagency Search and Rescue Exercise in Guam SANTA RITA, Guam -- The U.S. Coast Guard, Guam Fire Rescue, Guam Police, and the U.S. Navy conducted a successful search and rescue exercise (SAREX) in Guam, Aug. 10 – 11.“This is one of the first operational exercises we’ve done since COVID, and the purpose is to work through our procedures. We...
11 August 2022 U.S. To Support Philippines in Addressing Biological and Chemical Security Threats MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- From July 27 to August 2, the United States government, through the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program, held a series of meetings with the Philippine government to discuss current and future biological threat...
11 August 2022 A Peek behind the Curtain: USS Spruance (DDG 111) Tomahawk Strike Team PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Rear Adm. J.T. Anderson, commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, awarded the Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance’s (DDG 111) tomahawk strike team as the winners of Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group’s (ABECSG) deployment strike warfare competition, Aug...
10 August 2022 31st MEU Conducts Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Shore-to-Ship Heavy Lif PHILIPPINE SEA, USS Tripoli -- Marines from 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit logistics combat element, Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 31, worked alongside the aviation combat element, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squdron-262 (Reinforced), to successfully execute a shore-to-ship and back to shore...