16 March 2022 USS Fitzgerald Pulls into Trincomalee, Sri Lanka TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) pulled into Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, for a port visit March 13, 2022.This visit is the first time a U.S. Navy ship has made port in Sri Lanka since the USS Charleston (LCS 18) visited in June of...
16 March 2022 Alaska Army Guard Rescues 2 Injured People JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska Army National Guard’s (AKARNG) 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, rescued an injured skier and snowmachiner with a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter in separate incidents in Hatcher Pass March 12.The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center (AKRCC)...
15 March 2022 USINDOPACOM Statement on DPRK Missile Launch We are aware of the DPRK’s ballistic missile launch today 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 further destabilizing acts. While we have...
15 March 2022 Indo-Pacific Command Conducts Carrier-Based Air Demonstration in the Yellow Sea YELLOW SEA -- The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has significantly increased the pace and scale of ballistic missile launches since September 2021. The United States strongly condemns these launches, to include the two intercontinental ballistic missile tests on Feb. 27 (KST) and March...
15 March 2022 Royal Thai Air Forces Command-in-Chief Visits Pacific Air Forces HQ JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces commander, hosted Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Napadej Dhupatemiya, Royal Thai Air Forces (RTAF) Command-in-Chief, at PACAF Headquarters March 7-11, 2022.The trip marked ACM Napadej’s first trip to the United States as the...
15 March 2022 U.S. Army Garrison Daegu Supports Wildfire Response in South Korea CAMP CARROLL, Republic of Korea -- Camp Carroll and Camp Walker first responders and operations specialists worked in tandem with 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade aircrews—providing logistical support and technical expertise to Daegu-area firefighters and Korean partners battling local wildfires March...
15 March 2022 Under Secretary of the Navy Visits Ice Exercise 2022 U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH -- The Hon. Meredith Berger, Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of the Navy, visited the U.S. Navy’s Ice Camp Queenfish, built on a sheet of Arctic ice floating 160 nautical miles offshore, and the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Illinois (SSN 786) on...
15 March 2022 U.S. Ambassador HAAS to Bangladesh: Statement after Credentialing U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh -- Shubho Shonda (Good evening). I am excited to begin my assignment as the U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh. It was an honor for me to present my credentials to President Hamid. I would like to thank the people of Bangladesh for your extremely hospitable welcome!Bangladesh...
14 March 2022 New Air National Guard Exercise: Ho'oikaika Strengthens TFI Partnerships JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --The Hawaii Air National Guard's 154th Wing successfully executed a first-of-its-kind exercise partnering with the Nevada Air National Guard, 15th Wing, and 354th Fighter Wing Airmen on March 3 to 6.The exercise name, Ho'oikaika, originates from the Hawaiian...
14 March 2022 Ambassador to Japan Visits Oshima Islanders and Marines to Commemorate 3.11 OSHIMA ISLAND, Kesennuma, Japan -- The U.S. Ambassador to Japan marked the 11-year anniversary of the March 11, 2011 disaster in Northeast Japan with a visit to the island of Oshima, meeting U.S. Marines and islanders united by Operation Tomodachi.For his first trip outside of the Tokyo area,...