14 February 2022 Pentagon Exhibit Honors Military Contributions of Black Americans WASHINGTON -- Black Americans have served valiantly in military service, from the colonial times to present day. Their service has been honored with a Pentagon exhibit that showcases their triumphs and struggles, as well as the injustices committed against them.The exhibit, spanning a corridor of...
14 February 2022 U.S. Army Pacific Hosts Joint Paratrooper Training and U.S.-Thai Strategic Airborne Operation U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Thailand -- U.S. Army and Royal Thai Army (RTA) paratroopers will participate in a joint Strategic Airborne Operation (SAO) landing at Fort Thanarat in Prachuap Khiri Khan following paratrooper training exercises hosted and fully funded by U.S. Army Pacific Command at...
14 February 2022 U.S. Donates Additional 3.4 Million Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines to the Philippines MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The United States, in partnership with the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility, delivered an additional 3,436,290 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines as part of its worldwide effort to end COVID-19 and its...
14 February 2022 COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: Evolving Guidance & Procedures WASHINGTON -- In recent months, the Department of the Navy (DON) has taken significant steps to counter the ongoing threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to the health and safety of the Fleet. On 31 Aug 2021, NAVADMIN 190/21 announced the Navy’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy.Mandatory...
11 February 2022 Peninsula Leaders Immersed in Airpower OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea -- Seventh Air Force hosted Airpower Immersion Days February 10-11 on Osan Air Base (AB), Republic of Korea (ROK), giving senior leadership from around the peninsula a first-hand look at how the Air Force executes the mission for the joint and combined fight.Eighteen...
11 February 2022 U.S. Turns Over Four Cessna Planes to Philippine Navy MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S. turned over four Cessna 172 Skylark planes to the Philippine Naval Air Wing based in Sangley Point, Cavite as part of a Php298.1 million ($5.8 million) grant under the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program.The Cessna planes will be used to train...
11 February 2022 Coast Guard and Navy Complete Channel Widening in Federated States of Micronesia SANTA RITA, Guam -- Crews from the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Forces Micronesia | Sector Guam improve navigation safety in Kapingamarangi Atoll.The Coast Guard Cutter (CGC) Sequoia carried members from the Navy's Underwater Construction Team Two (UCT-2) to widen the shoal channel from December 4-8,...
11 February 2022 Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Before Their Meeting U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India -- SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, (inaudible), very good to see you again. As always, I’m glad that Quad meetings have brought us together but also given us the opportunity and the excuse to be able to compare notes directly on the many the challenges we’re dealing with...
10 February 2022 Prepositioning Ship Trains with Air Force During Exercise Cope North PHILIPPINE SEA -- Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) civil service mariners aboard USNS Dahl (T AKR 312) helped train U.S. Air Force crews while underway in the Philippine Sea, as part of Exercise Cope North 22 (CN22), Feb. 7-8.CN22 is a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) exercise...
10 February 2022 31st MEU Conducts VBSS Training Aboard USS Miguel Keith in Support of Exercise Noble Fusion EAST CHINA SEA -- Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), embarked aboard the USS America (LHA 6), conducted visit board, search and seizure (VBSS) training aboard the USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) as part of Exercise Noble Fusion, Feb. 5, 2022.This was the first time 31st MEU Marines...