30 March 2022 Joint Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex Receives First Advanced EmitterPacific Alaska Range Complex Receives First Advanced Emitter EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- U.S. Pacific Air Forces’ Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex recently received its first of several advanced emitters (SAMs) designed to replicate enemy surface-to-air missile threats.The state-of-the-art emitter, nicknamed “YETI,” enhances the 354th Fighter Wing’s...
30 March 2022 Alaska National Guard Conducts Multiagency CBRNE Exercise in Juneau JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska National Guard’s 103rd Civil Support Team (CST), National Guard CST units from other states, and local and federal agencies participated in Van Winkle 2022, a biannual, all-hazards response exercise in Juneau, March 22-23.National Guardsmen of...
30 March 2022 Ambassador Kim Visits Riau Islands to Strengthen Economic and Security Cooperation JAKARTA, Indonesia -- On March 29 and 30, U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Sung Y. Kim visited Batam and Natuna, Riau Islands, to engage with Indonesian partners and highlight opportunities for increased bilateral cooperation in economic and security sectors in the province.In Batam, Ambassador Kim met...
30 March 2022 1st Battalion, 12th Marines Conducts Twenty-First Century Foraging MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII -- U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division experimented Twenty-First Century Foraging concepts during Spartan Fury 22.1 at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, March 2022.Twenty-First Century Foraging concepts enable commanders to extend and enhance...
29 March 2022 VQ-1 “World Watchers” Host Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force during Raijin 22-1 KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron ONE (VQ-1) hosted guests from Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Air Reconnaissance Squadron EIGHT ONE (VQ-81) during Raijin 22-1, as part of an annual unit exchange, March 28-29.The two-day event consisted of an exchange...
29 March 2022 Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron-363 MV-22 Ospreys Fly Far OKINAWA, Japan -- U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363 stationed at Marine Corps Base Hawaii executed one of the longest maritime VMM self-deployment flights in 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) history in preparation for Balikatan 2022. The total distance flown by the MV-22...
29 March 2022 Commander, MARFORPAC, Visits Key Component of the Pacific Marine Corps DARWIN, Australia -- Lieutenant General Steven Rudder, Commander of Marine Corps Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC), visited the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) and the Australian Northern Command on March 25.“Two-thirds of the Fleet Marine Force operates within the Indo-Pacific, and MRF-D is a...
29 March 2022 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Meeting With Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Pentagon, March 28, to reaffirm the enduring U.S.-Singapore bilateral defense relationship.The two leaders discussed a broad range of issues, to include Russia’s unprovoked and...
29 March 2022 U.S. Donates Equipment to Boost the Philippines’ Maritime Law Enforcement Operations PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S. government, through the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and the Global Security Contingency Fund, commemorated the delivery and installation of outboard motors worth Php31.5...
29 March 2022 Office of Special Investigations Builds Partnerships with Fijic JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Special Agents from the Department of the Air Force, Office of Special Investigations, Region 6 (Pacific), Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and the Headquarters OSI Behavioral Sciences Division, Quantico Marine Corps Station, Virginia, hosted a mental...