13 January 2022 Readout of Japan, Republic of Korea and U.S. Defense Trilateral Call WASHINGTON -- Defense officials from Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and the United States conducted a call on January 13, 2022 to discuss regional security affairs.Japanese Director General for Defense Policy Masuda Kazuo, ROK Deputy Minister for National Defense Policy Kim Man-gi, and U.S...
13 January 2022 Agency Addresses Hypersonic Vehicle Detection, Satellite Survivability WASHINGTON -- The Space Development Agency (SDA) will be fielding satellites that will provide eyes-on capability to detect maneuverable hypersonic glide vehicles during flight, and those satellites will be affordable and prolific, the SDA director said.Speaking today at the Mitchell Institute for...
13 January 2022 DOD Officials Say Service Members, Families Pay Price of Continuing Resolutions WASHINGTON -- Service members and their families will suffer if Congress passes a full-year continuing resolution for fiscal 2022, Defense Department officials told the House Appropriations defense subcommittee today.A full-year continuing resolution "would move us in the wrong direction and leave...
13 January 2022 U.S. INDOPACOM Hosts Virtual 2022 Chiefs of Defense Briefing CAMP H. M. SMITH, Hawaii – Adm. John C. Aquilino, Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, hosted a virtual meeting Jan. 12 with the Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defense to discuss their security priorities for 2022...
12 January 2022 Department of Defense Guidance for Personnel Traveling During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Force Health Protection Guidance (Supplement 20) Revision 1 - Department of Defense Guidance for Personnel Traveling During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic...
12 January 2022 U.S. and Timorese Military Engineers Start Joint Rehabilitation of Baucau Airfield BAUCAU, U.S. Embassy in Timor Leste -- U.S. Air Force engineers launched work today in partnership with the Timor-Leste Defense Force (F-FDTL) to support construction and repair projects as part of the joint rehabilitation of Baucau Airfield with the Government of Timor-Leste. The joint work between...
12 January 2022 Coast Guard Medevacs Contractor from Wake Island HONOLULU, Hawaii -- An Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew medevaced a 56-year-old contractor from Wake Island to Hawaii, Monday.The contractor was suffering from symptoms of a bacterial infection and was transported to awaiting emergency medical services on Oahu. He was reported to be...
11 January 2022 New Course Brings Humanitarian Perspective on Conflicts in the Indo-Pacific CAMP H. M. SMITH, Hawaii -- Fifteen U.S. Marines from various units under 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force participated virtually in the first official Humanitarian Assistance Response Training (HART)-Conflict course run by the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance...
11 January 2022 Pentagon Moves to Health Protection Condition Charlie WASHINGTON -- Due to recent increases in COVID-19 positivity case numbers, the Defense Department headquarters has moved to Health Protection Condition Charlie (HPCON), Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said during a briefing today."Due to the recent increasing spread of COVID-19 ... this...
11 January 2022 90th FS Pilot Selected for NASA’s 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- From the last frontier to the final frontier, a 90th Fighter Squadron pilot’s lifelong dream has come true.“I’ve wanted to be an astronaut since I was a little kid; I can’t even remember a time where I didn’t want to be an astronaut,” said U.S. Air Force...