13 May 2022 Marshall Islands High School Students Take Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery U.S. ARMY -- More than 500 high school students from the Republic of the Marshall Islands completed the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) this spring. Support for testing was provided by Soldiers from U.S. Army Pacific Command.Visiting U.S. Army Master Sgt. John Phillips and Staff...
12 May 2022 Military Firefighters Conduct the Physical Abilities Test MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan -- U.S. Marines with Expeditionary Firefighter and Rescue (EFR), Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, conducted the Firefighters Physical Abilities Test on May 5.The test...
12 May 2022 Bird/Wildlife Air Strike Hazard Program Keeps Birds in the Air for RF-A 22-1 JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- As aircraft noise fills the air while RED FLAG-Alaska 22-1 is in full swing, a team of people looks to the skies for a different kind of wing.For the members of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s (JBER) Bird/Wildlife Air Strike Hazard, or BASH, program,...
12 May 2022 United States, Indonesia Advance Global Pandemic Preparedness U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- The United States as first COVID Summit Chair; Indonesia, holding the G20 Presidency; Belize, as CARICOM Chair; Germany, holding the G7 Presidency; and Senegal as African Union Chair, will co-host the second Global COVID-19 Summit, which will be held...
12 May 2022 USINDOPACOM Statement on DPRK Missile Launch We are aware of the ballistic missile launch and are consulting closely with our allies and partners. While we have assessed that this event does not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to our allies, the missile launch highlights the destabilizing impact of the DPRK’s...
12 May 2022 DOD Focused on Hypersonic Missile Defense Development, Admiral Says WASHINGTON -- Cruise missiles follow unpredictable flight paths and are now capable of supersonic and hypersonic speeds. Russia and China are developing advanced cruise missiles that can be launched from aircraft, ground launchers and ships or submarines, along with hypersonic missile...
12 May 2022 Commander, Submarine Force Hosts Submarine Warfare Commanders Conference PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet hosted the 2022 Submarine Warfare Commanders Conference (SWCC) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, May 2-4, 2022.The SWCC serves to strengthen a free and open Indo-Pacific region through expanded cooperation between submarine...
12 May 2022 First Sergeant Symposium MISAWA AIR BASE, AOMORI, Japan -- Misawa’s First Sergeant Council held the spring First Sergeant Symposium at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 25-29, 2022. The purpose of the symposium is to train Airmen in the ranks of Tech. Sgt. and above, who are interested in being first sergeants, on roles,...
11 May 2022 Theater Army Employs Army Prepositioned Stock Afloat for First Time in Indo-Pacific SUBIC BAY, Philippines -- U.S. Army Pacific employed Army Prepositioned Stock (APS) 3, also known as APS Afloat, for the first time during recent exercises in the Philippines.Two units from the U.S. Army Sustainment Command planned, oversaw and executed the successful download, inventory, issue and...
11 May 2022 Indo-Pacific Land Forces Convene in Waikiki FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii -- The Land Forces Pacific (LANPAC) Symposium, May 17-19 at the Sheraton Waikiki, is a professional development forum sponsored by the Association of the United States Army (AUSA).Through a panel discussion format, U.S. Army leaders alongside joint and regional partners discuss...