SAN DIEGO, Calif -- The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy began their joint mission in the Western and Central Pacific under the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) to reduce and eliminate illegal, unregulated, unreported (IUU) fishing, combat transnational crimes, and enhance regional...

PHILIPPINE SEA -- Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105), forward-deployed to Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, participated in Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) from March 13–27. SWATT provides the Fleet opportunities to complete...

THIMPHU, BHUTAN, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India -- Thanks to the American people’s generosity and in partnership with COVAX, 90,090 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have been donated to Bhutan, in coordination with the Bhutan Foundation and UNICEF, to fight the pandemic. These safe...

CAMP WALKER, Republic of Korea -- U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Daegu Garrison Commander Col. Brian P. Schoellhorn officially welcomed the first occupants of a new Army Family Housing tower during an opening ceremony April 4.The newly-constructed Goguryeo Tower contains 90 apartments in total. It...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 730th Air Mobility Squadron (AMS) hosted a week-long professional development course called Project Enigma, which focused on retention while building supervisor-Airmen relationships, March 28 to April 1.“This workshop’s goals are boosting retention, improving culture,...

U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Vietnam -- Counselor Derek Chollet will travel to the Philippines, Vietnam, and Japan from March 28 to April 2. Counselor Chollet will reaffirm the U.S. commitment to our Indo-Pacific allies and partners, and engage with key stakeholders on bilateral and regional issues,...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Airmen from U.S. Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Command and Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) participated in a two-day bilateral civil engineer-focused discussion at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii March 15-16.Participants in the bilateral exchange...

JAKARTA, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- With an additional 3.5 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines arriving in Jakarta on April 3, the United States has donated 35.8 million doses to Indonesia and over a half billion vaccines to more than 110 countries in every region of the world. As of...

WASHINGTON -- Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday met with Chief of the Indonesian Navy Adm. Yudo Margono, at the Pentagon, March 30.This was their first meeting, during which the two leaders discussed the importance of maritime security and exchanged views on regional and global security...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN 780) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam following a seven-month deployment, March 31.Missouri departed Pearl Harbor in August for a regularly-scheduled deployment, in which they performed a...