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...
24 January 2022 899,730 Pfizer Doses Donated by the United States Arrive in Lao PDR VIENTIANE, U.S. Embassy in Laos -- Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) received a new shipment of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine via direct donation by the United States through the COVAX Facility. COVAX is a partnership co-led by Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations...
21 January 2022 U.S. Army Hawaii Breaks Ground on $80 Million Maintenance Hangar on Historic Airfield WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii -- Army leaders from U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii, the 25th Infantry Division and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers broke ground today on a multi-year aviation maintenance project designed to replace the aging 90-year old World War II era facilities.“For 90 years, these...