13 June 2022 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Meeting With Thailand Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Prayut Chan-o-chacha WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III traveled to Thailand, June 12-13, 2022 for his first visit to Thailand as Secretary of Defense. During his visit, Secretary Austin met with Thailand’s Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Prayut Chan-o-cha, and had the opportunity to meet with...
13 June 2022 Yokota, Japan Remember WWII Fallen during U.S.-Japan Joint Memorial Service SHIZUOKA CITY, Japan -- Representatives from Yokota Air Base, Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Shizuoka City attended a U.S.-Japan Joint Memorial Service June 11, 2022, at Mt. Shizuhata, Shizuoka city, Japan, to honor the fallen and reflect on acts of heroism showcased in the aftermath of a raid of...
13 June 2022 Austin Visits U.S. Troops, Civilian Mariners in Singapore DOD NEWS -- "We're not the prettiest looking group, but we're dynamite when the music starts playing."That's what Frank Wareham III, chief mate of the dry cargo ship USNS Carl Brashear, told Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III during a visit to the men and women who work to make possible U.S...
13 June 2022 South Korea and U.S. Navy Strengthen Ties with New Agreement STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - Naval Oceanography hosted representatives from the Republic of Korean Navy (ROKN) for a two-day tour of U.S. Navy (USN) commands at NASA Stennis Space Center, MS and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two navies, June 7-8, 2022.This MOU, a...
13 June 2022 United States-Japan-Australia Trilateral Defense Ministers Meeting (TDMM 2022 Joint Vision Statement) WASHINGTON -- Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles, Japanese Minister of Defense Kishi Nobuo, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III, convened a Trilateral Defense Ministerial Meeting in Singapore on June 11 during the 19th International Institute for...
10 June 2022 Austin Meets with Singapore, Indo-Pacific Defense Officials DOD News, Singapore -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met today with Singaporean Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen, the first in an intense round of meetings with Indo-Pacific allies.Austin is attending the International Institute for Strategic Studies' Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. The...
10 June 2022 U.S., Japan Coast Guards Conduct Joint Counter-narcotics Exercise in the Pacific SANTA RITA, Guam -- The U.S. Coast Guard and Japan Coast Guard completed a joint counter-narcotics exercise off Guam, Tuesday.The exercise was the first operational exchange between U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam and the Japan Coast Guard and was designed to promote cooperation...
10 June 2022 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III Meeting With Southeast Asian Defense Ministers DOD Release -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met with Southeast Asia defense ministers from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam in Singapore today to discuss ways to deepen cooperation to address regional security...
10 June 2022 Exercise Tiger Balm Brings Together U.S. Army and Singapore Armed Forces SINGAPORE -- Soldiers of the U.S. Army and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) participate in the opening ceremony of Exercise Tiger Balm 2022 in Singapore, 10 a.m. June 6, 2022.This marked the 41st annual Tiger Balm exercise since its initiation in 1981. This exercise is to show mutual respect, trust and...
10 June 2022 15th Wing Paves the Way for Multi-Capable JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The 15th Wing completed its first class of Multi-Capable Airman (MCA) Tier 1 training, effectuating Air Force Chief of Staff (AFCS) Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr.’s “Accelerate Change or Lose” doctrine.The Air Force’s MCA initiative directly supports the...