15 June 2022 Military Medicine Is Preparing for the Next Conflict WASHINGTON -- During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, military medical teams were well positioned on the battlefield to support the "golden hour" response — the ability to get wounded warfighters off the battlefield and delivered to the care of a full-scale military hospital within about an...
15 June 2022 Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meetings with Vietnamese Government Officials HANOI, U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Vietnam -- U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met on June 13 in Hanoi with Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, Vice Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc, Chairman of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Commission on External Relations Le Hoai Trung, and Deputy Minister...
15 June 2022 354th Air Expeditionary Wing weapons Flight Verifies Innovative Alternate Mission Equipment Solution MCAS IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, Japan -- The 354th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) became the first in the U.S. Pacific Air Forces to utilize an innovative F-35A Lightning II Alternate Mission Equipment Mobility (AME) Storage Rack during an agile combat employment training event at Marine Corps Air Station...
14 June 2022 Exercise Keris Strike 22 Starts SG BULOH, Malaysia -- U.S. Army Pacific and the Malaysian Army officially began the 26th edition of Keris Strike 2022 after a combined opening ceremony at Camp SG Buloh, Malaysia, June 11, 2022.Keris Strike is a bilateral Army-to-Army exercise between the Malaysian Army and United States Army...
14 June 2022 Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Conducts Helicopter Visit, Board, Search and Seizure Exercise in the Philippine Sea PHILIPPINE SEA -- Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 3 Sailors, embarked on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), conducted a helicopter visit, board, search and seizure training aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) in...
14 June 2022 USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. Arrives at Pearl Harbor Homeport JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (DDG 121), arrived at its homeport at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam June 13, after completing its maiden voyage from Charleston, South Carolina where the ship was...
14 June 2022 Hawaiian Raptors strengthen regional readiness at the Keystone of the Pacific KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, Japan -- The skies over the Keystone of the Pacific have featured some unique guests recently, as several visiting F-22 A Raptors and Airmen from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, have conducted a series of missions at Kadena Air Base, Japan.While here, the...
14 June 2022 Austin Impressed by Partnership and Professionalism Exhibited by U.S. Unit in Thailand DoD News -- The U.S. military effort in Thailand is truly a joint endeavor and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III had the opportunity to see it as he met with soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines of the Joint U.S. Military Advisory Group – Thailand today.The group – established in 1953 –...
14 June 2022 U.S., Vietnam Officials Kick Off Installation of New Liquid Oxygen System at Bach Mai Hospital HANOI, U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Vietnam --Today, June 12, at Bach Mai Hospital, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman joined Vietnamese government and public health leaders to celebrate the start of the installation of a new liquid oxygen system provided by the U.S. Agency for...
13 June 2022 Austin Holds Trilateral Meetings with Indo-Pacific Allies DOD NEWS -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III held several meetings with allies and partners at the Shangri-La Dialogue today.The meetings followed Austin's major speech to the defense meeting detailing U.S. strategy in the Indo-Pacific region. That strategy is based on building partnerships...