26 April 2022 Coast Guard Cutter Munro Visits Suva, Fiji, hosts ship riders during Operation Blue Pacific SUVA, Fiji -- The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Munro visited the Port of Suva, Fiji April 20-24, as part of Operation Blue Pacific. Prior to the port call, five Fijian shipriders representing Fiji’s Immigration Department, Ministry of Fisheries, Revenue and Customs, as well as the Fiji...
25 April 2022 USS Momsen Arrives in Goa, India GOA, India -- Guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92) arrived in Goa, India, April 23 for a scheduled port visit.Sailors aboard Momsen will be able to experience a new culture and appreciate all that India has to offer.For many Sailors, this port visit will be their first time in India.“I can’t...
25 April 2022 Statement by NSC Spokesperson Adrienne Watson on Senior Administration Travel to Hawaii, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu -- This week, National Security Council Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink will lead a delegation of U.S. government officials to three Pacific Island...
25 April 2022 Springfield visits Stirling, Australia During Western Pacific Deployment HMAS STIRLING, Australia -- The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Springfield (SSN 761) arrived at HMAS Stirling Naval Base, Australia, April 23, 2022, for a port visit as part of a routine deployment to the Western Pacific."My crew could not be more excited for a port visit to Perth,"...
25 April 2022 Ambassador Haas’s Remarks at BIISS Seminar on U.S.-Bangladesh Relations (Delivered as prepared)...
25 April 2022 U.S. Army Japan Soldiers Overcome Grueling Tasks to Earn Expert Soldier Badge SAGAMI GENERAL DEPOT, Japan -- Spc. Ryan Lastrapes’ day job is playing the French horn for the U.S. Army Japan Band, but he is now also considered one of the most skilled Soldiers in the Army.Lastrapes and 22 other Soldiers earned the coveted Expert Soldier Badge after a grueling weeklong...
22 April 2022 U.S. Marine Corps Deactivates Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 MARINE CORPS AIR STATION KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii -- The oldest flying squadron of Marine Aircraft Group 24, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 (HMH-463), “Pegasus,” cased its colors and deactivated during a ceremony here today.HMH-463 first activated July 20, 1944, at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry...
22 April 2022 The Philippines and the U.S. Launch Inaugural Maritime Dialogue MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The Philippines and the United States launched their inaugural Maritime Dialogue in Manila, on April 20The Dialogue, led by Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Maritime and Ocean Affairs Maria Angela Ponce and U.S. Department of State...
22 April 2022 Osan Receives Hypoxia Familiarization Trainer OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The 51st Operations Support Squadron’s Aerospace Physiology Training team opened the first hypoxia familiarization trainer (HFT) on the Korean Peninsula for military personnel April 1, 2022.The HFT combats the harmful effects of altitude physiological emergencies...