17 November 2022 Official Says U.S. Committed to Taiwan's Defense WASHINGTON -- The 2022 National Defense Strategy identifies China as the Defense Department’s pacing challenge, the assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs said. Speaking yesterday at the Politico Defense Summit, Ely Ratner said that as a direct result of this strategy, the...
17 November 2022 New U.S. Ambassador Presents Credentials to President Khurelsukh ULAANBAATAR, U.S. Embassy in Mongolia -- The new U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Mongolia, Richard L. Buangan, presented his letter of credence to Mongolian President U. Khurelsukh at the Government House on November 17, marking the official start of his diplomatic mission to...
16 November 2022 USINDOPACOM Statement on DPRK Missile Launch We are aware of the ballistic missile launch and are consulting closely with our allies and partners. While we have assessed that this event does not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to our allies, the missile launch highlights the destabilizing impact of the DPRK’s...
16 November 2022 USS Benfold (DDG 65) Participates in Exercise Keen Sword 2023 PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) along with units from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) are conducting exercise Keen Sword 23 (KS23) in Japan’s surrounding territorial and...
16 November 2022 USAID and WHO Provide US $2 million in Medical Supplies to Fight COVID-19 and Other Diseases VIENTIANE, U.S. Embassy in Laos -- In Vientiane today, U.S. Ambassador to Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) H.E. Dr. Peter M. Haymond and World Health Organization (WHO) Officer-in-Charge Dr. Yu Lee Park handed over more than US$2 million of medical equipment and supplies to H.E. Dr...
16 November 2022 B-1B Lancer Conducts Hot Pit Refuel in Misawa ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, forward deployed from Andersen AFB, Guam, to Misawa Air Base, Japan, to conduct a hot pit refuel in support of a Bomber Task Force (BTF)...
16 November 2022 Readout of President Joe Biden’s Meeting with President Joko Widodo of Indonesia U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. today met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Bali, Indonesia. President Biden underscored the importance of the U.S.-Indonesia Strategic Partnership and the two leaders discussed ways to strengthen it. President Biden...
16 November 2022 Phnom Penh Statement on Trilateral Partnership for the Indo-Pacific U.S. Embassy & Consulate in the Republic of Korea -- Today in Phnom Penh, Cambodia at the East Asia Summit, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan, President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea (ROK), and President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. of the United States reaffirmed our trilateral partnership...
15 November 2022 Naval Medical Forces Pacific Team Participates in Keen Sword 23 CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan -- Elements of Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) recently travelled to Okinawa prefecture, Japan, and began participation in exercise Keen Sword 23 (KS23), Nov. 12.Keen Sword 23 is a biennial, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed, U.S. Indo-Pacific...
15 November 2022 Japan Hosts Australia, India, U.S. in Naval Exercise Malabar 2022 PHILIPPINE SEA -- Opening ceremonies kicked-off exercise Malabar 2022, Nov. 8, followed by scheduled at-sea exercises involving naval ships, aircraft and personnel from Australia, India, Japan, and the United States in the Philippine Sea, off the coast of Japan.This year marks the 26th iteration of...