YOKOTA AIR FORCE BASE, Japan -- Yokota Air Force and Royal Thai Air Force Airmen participated in a C-130 airframe immersion and training opportunity 27 March to 2 April, at Don Muang Air Base, Thailand.This engagement focused on furthering the strong U.S.-Thailand alliance as well as paving the way...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Logistics can be an extreme challenge for a military. On the top of the list of critical items is fuel, whether it's for heating, mobility, or powering a pilot's tablet.Trucking fuel in a contested area can be difficult and dangerous or flatly impossible,...

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- To maintain readiness and respond to contingencies, Team Osan hosted a joint-branch training event focusing on combat search and rescue training techniques (CSARTE).The process of recovering personnel from austere locations brought together more than 200 joint...

MANILA, Philippines -- The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) and the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) participated in the Philippine-led exercise Balikatan March 28 to April 8.Balikatan featured field and maritime training events...

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City -- Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S. military gathered here today to celebrate the successful completion of Balikatan 2022, the 37th iteration of the annual bilateral exercise.Over the last two weeks, nearly 9,000 exercise participants from...

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will welcome Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh and Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar for the fourth U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue in Washington, D.C., April 11.This year’s 2+2...

SYDNEY, Australia -- The Emory S. Land-class submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) departed Sydney, Australia, April 6.Sydney was Frank Cable’s second port visit since departing her homeport of Guam, March 1, 2022. Frank Cable and her crew of nearly 500 Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil...

CAMP ZAMA Japan -- Cadets from Zama Middle High School’s (ZMHS) Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps battalion visited the U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan (USABBJ) here April 7 to learn from the Soldiers as part of their Cadet Leadership Challenge.As part of the day’s event, the cadets also...

WASHINGTON -- At $773 billion, the fiscal 2023 Defense Budget Request is huge, but that doesn't mean that painful choices are not necessary, defense leaders told the Senate Armed Services Committee today.A case in point is divestiture of capabilities no longer needed as the National Defense Strategy...

COLOMBO, U.S. Embassy in Sri Lank -- A delegation from the U.S. Department of State visited Sri Lanka from April 3-8, 2022, to review U.S.-funded demining projects in Kilinochchi, Jaffna, Vavuniya, and Muhamalai. The United States contributed $8.3 million to demining efforts in Sri Lanka in 2021,...