07 January 2022 U.S. Navy Seabees Strengthening Partnerships at Pacific Partnership 21 Bagumbayan Central School Ribbon Cutting Ceremony LEGAZPI, Philippines -- On December 20, U.S. Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) service members held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Bagumbayan Central School, Legazpi, Albay province, Philippines, as part of the bilateral...
07 January 2022 Department of Defense Guidance for Protecting All Personnel in DOD Workplaces During the COVID-19 Pandemic WASHINGTON -- Today, the department released the memorandum for Force Health Protection Guidance (Supplement 18) Revision 1 - Department of Defense Guidance for Protecting All Personnel in Department of Defense Workplaces During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.This memorandum rescinds and...
06 January 2022 Six Indo-Pacific Nations begin Exercise Sea Dragon ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Two U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft from the “Golden Swordsmen” and “The Tridents” join Australia, Canada, India, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), and Republic of Korea (ROK) to begin multinational exercise Sea Dragon 22, Jan. 5.The P-8 Poseidon Maritime...
06 January 2022 Austin Looking Forward to Discussions With Japanese Counterpart WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, joined by U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, will meet virtually with Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa and Japanese Defense Minister Kishi Nobuo Jan. 6, for the 2022 U.S.-Japan...
06 January 2022 First USMC F-35C Squadron Deploys MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) has marked a key milestone for Marine Corps history as they departed San Diego Bay with Carrier Air Wing Nine aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as the first Marine squadron to...
06 January 2022 Navy Restores, Reopens Chiget Beach for Public Use ASAN, Guam -- U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Joint Region Marianas, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) leadership gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony at Chiget Beach in Tinian, Dec. 22.The event commemorated the official reopening of Chiget Beach for public use. The beach and its...
06 January 2022 Alaska National Guard Stages Second Team in Response to Ongoing Winter Storms JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska Army National Guard is providing emergency response assistance to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough starting today after high winds have led to infrastructure damage, power outages, and dangerous transportation conditions for road and air travel.The...
05 January 2022 Water for Wake ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Airmen from the 36th Logistic Readiness Squadron (LRS) sent two Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Units (ROWPUs) and five support pallets to Wake Island during a water shortage.Wake Island is a coral atoll in the western Pacific Ocean. It is an unorganized...
05 January 2022 US Navy Seabees in Timor-Leste Hold Multinational Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony BAUCAU, Timor-Leste -- U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a four-room schoolhouse in Baucau, Timor-Leste Dec. 10.On Aug. 16, the Seabees started the project with a multinational crew of Timor Leste Defence Force and a combat...
05 January 2022 U.S. Military Holds Tactical Combat Casualty Training in Palawan, Zambales MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S. Civil-Military Support Element-Philippines (CMSE-PHL) recently conducted Tactical Combat Casualty Care and Medical First Responder training with the Philippine Coast Guard-Special Operations Group (PCG-SOG) in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, and the...