22 April 2022 Statement from Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks on Earth Day WASHINGTON -- Every day at the Department of Defense, we see the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation here in the United States and around the world.Climate-change induced sea level rise, drought, hurricanes and wildfires threaten to drive instability, increase demands on the...
22 April 2022 U.S. Air Force Academy Accepts First Marshallese Citizen U.S. Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll -- One graduating senior at Kwajalein High School received life-changing news, on April 9, 2022,U.S. Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll congratulates Kwajalein High School Ri-Katak student Michael Lojkar, the first-ever Marshallese citizen to earn an appointment to the...
21 April 2022 RED FLAG-Alaska 22-1 to Focus on Joint, Multilateral Readiness JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Red Flag-Alaska 22-1, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored joint and multilateral exercise, is scheduled to begin April 28 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex and is scheduled to run through May 13. Red Flag-Alaska is designed...
21 April 2022 U.S. Navy Ship Docks in Perth, Western Australia U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Australia -- A United States Navy ship and its 350-person crew has arrived in Perth, Western Australia for a scheduled port visit.The submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) is visiting HMAS Stirling Naval Base near Rockingham as part of routine operations in the...
21 April 2022 Pacific Air Forces Team Competes in Air Force Readiness Challenge JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- A 39-member team from across the Pacific Air Forces traveled to Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, to compete at the Air Force Civil Engineer Readiness Challenge VIII, hosted April 18 through 22.One of eight teams competing in the challenge, the group...
21 April 2022 Vaccine Handover to Thailand under the Quad Vaccine Partnership U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Thailand -- Under the Quad’s flagship Vaccine Partnership, a consignment of COVID vaccines was handed over jointly by the Ambassador of India, H.E. Ms. Suchitra Durai, Ambassador of Australia, H.E. Mr. Allan McKinnon, Ambassador of Japan, H.E. Mr. Nashida Kazuya and the...
21 April 2022 U.S. Provides PHP17.5 Million to Support Ecosystem and Community Recovery after Typhon Odette MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- As part of its overall response to Typhoon Odette, the United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional Php17.5 million ($350,000) to support ecosystem and community recovery. This new...
20 April 2022 Marine Rotational Force-Darwin and the Australian 1st Brigade Welcomes the Commandant of the Marine Corps DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. -- General David Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps, visited with Marines and Sailors of the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D), and Soldiers of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) on April 14.During the visit, General Berger spoke of the trust built between United States...
20 April 2022 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III Meeting with Philippines Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met with Philippines Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana at the Pentagon today to discuss ways to continue to deepen cooperation under the U.S.-Philippines alliance.The Secretaries affirmed the enduring nature of the alliance, as well...
20 April 2022 402nd Supports Alaska’s Inaugural Regional Combat Training Center Rotation FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska -- Army Field Support Battalion-Alaska ( AFSBn-Alaska) supported the first Large Scale Combat Operation training in Alaska since 1989. The U.S. Army’s first Regional Combat Training Center rotation in Alaska was designed to increase the Arctic proficiency of all units...