21 November 2022 Carrier Strike Group 5 Concludes Keen Sword 23 PHILIPPINE SEA -- Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 Sailors along with Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and Joint force U.S. military personnel, conclude Keen Sword 2023 (KS23), a biennial joint/bi-lateral field training exercise, around the waters of Japan, Nov. 18.KS23 was designed to enhance...
21 November 2022 U.S., Indonesian Defense Leaders Look to Increase Interoperability WASHINGTON -- Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met in Jakarta today and pledged to improve interoperability between the Indonesian and U.S. militaries.This was the fourth visit between the two defense leaders and Prabowo said Austin's visit...
21 November 2022 U.S., Japan, Australia Integrate Allied Logistics during Tri-Lateral Operations PHILIPPINE SEA -- Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 joined the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) in the Philippine Sea for tri-lateral operations to include the first replenishment at sea (RAS) between a new Australian oiler and a U.S. aircraft carrier, Nov. 20.USS...
21 November 2022 Project Convergence 2022: Army to Work Closely with Allies in the Future Fight WASHINGTON — U.S. Soldiers can expect greater integration with British and Australian troops in the future battlefield as the Army focuses on bolstering interoperability with allied partners and other military branches during Project Convergence 2022, Army leaders said.The Army hosted the...
21 November 2022 Trilateral Co-Op Tour Held at Yokota Air Base YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), U.S. military, and Australian Army visited Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 17, 2022, as part of a trilateral Cooperative-Work Program (Co-Op) tour held at Camp Zama, Japan.The tour is designed to improve trilateral...
18 November 2022 Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery all-in during Keen Sword 23 CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan -- While elements of Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) deployed to Okinawa prefecture, Japan, and participated in exercise Keen Sword 23 (KS23), Nov. 10-19, the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) took a whole Navy Medicine approach in the medical planning and...
18 November 2022 U.S. Air Force, Hawaii Air National Guard, Royal Australian Air Force Participate in Bilateral Exercise ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE AMBERLEY, Queensland -- Over 30 active-duty U.S. Air Force and Hawaii Air National Guard service members are working with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during a bilateral training exercise Nov. 12-19.Exercise Global Dexterity 22-2 is taking place at RAAF Base...
18 November 2022 U.S. Army Garrison Japan Hosts Japanese Law Enforcement Agencies CAMP ZAMA, Japan – U.S. Army Garrison Japan’s Directorate of Emergency Services (DES) hosted Japanese law enforcement officials during a bilateral visit here Nov. 17 that included a military working dog demonstration.DES director Lt. Col. Brian Pilch welcomed the officials from Zama Police Station,...
18 November 2022 3rd ASOS Conducts First-ever Arctic Familiarization Field Exercise EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Airmen assigned to the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron (3 ASOS) participated in an Arctic Familiarization field exercise at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 26-28, 2022.This exercise trained and tested Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) and Special Warfare...
17 November 2022 USINDOPACOM Statement on DPRK Missile Launch We are aware of the DPRK’s ballistic missile launch and are consulting closely with the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan, as well as other regional allies and partners. The United States condemns these actions and calls on the DPRK to refrain from any further unlawful and destabilizing acts. ...