07 July 2022 Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Bali and Bangkok U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to the Bali, Indonesia, and Bangkok, Thailand, July 6-11, 2022.Secretary Blinken will first travel to Bali, Indonesia, to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, where he will reinforce our commitment to...
07 July 2022 Consolidated Department of Defense Coronavirus Disease 2019 Force Health Protection Guidance – Revision 1 WASHINGTON -- The Department of Defense recently released the memorandum for the Consolidated Department of Defense Coronavirus Disease 2019 Force Health Protection (FHP) Guidance – Revision 1, which amends sections 7.4 and 7.5 to align the DoD travel testing requirement with the Centers for Disease...
07 July 2022 U.S. Marines with Task Force Koa Moana 22 help with O.N.E. Law Enforcement Explorers Program Summer Program NGEREMLENGUI, Palau -- U.S. Marines and Sailors with Task Force Koa Moana 22 volunteered to work with the Palau National Police Force in the Omesuub Ngosisechakl Emesmechokl Law Enforcement Explorers Program ( (O.N.E. LEEP) from 19 to 24 June 2022.U.S. Marines and Sailors with Task Force Koa Moana...
07 July 2022 Under Pacific Partnership, U.S. Navy and Republic of Fiji Military Forces Hand Over New Navonu Primary School Classrooms SUVA, U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu -- The U.S. and the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Engineers formally handed over a new two-room classroom for the Navonu Primary School to the Fiji Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts (MEHA). U.K. Royal Navy Captain Kerri...
07 July 2022 International Health Summit held to enhance regional crisis response SINGAPORE – The Command Surgeons for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Australian Defense Force (ADF) Joint Health Surgeon, and Singapore Armed Forces Surgeon hosted the second Military-Civilian Health Security Summit June 27-28, 2022, in Singapore. The summit focused on regional approaches to global...
06 July 2022 Pacific Partnership Vietnam Concludes in Phu Yen PHU YEN, Vietnam -- The Vietnam phase of Pacific Partnership concluded its mission in Phu Yen on July 3. In Vietnam, the Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) team included representatives from Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. From 23 medical procedures performed aboard the...
06 July 2022 Army Announces Korea Rotational Force Transition WASHINGTON -- The Department of the Army announced today that beginning in Fall 2022, the Korea Rotational Force will transition from an armored brigade combat team (ABCT) to a Stryker brigade combat team (SBCT). This transition will enable the U.S. to maintain capabilities on the Korean peninsula...
06 July 2022 Australia and the United States: an Allied Defense Experience to Recognize this 4th of July DARWIN, Australia -- While Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) is the most notable and visible defense interchange between Australia and the United States, a host of other exchange and partnered opportunities exist between the two allied forces.Though Independence Day is a uniquely American...
06 July 2022 Republic of Singapore Navy Officials Visit USS Frank Cabl SINGAPORE -- The Emory S. Land-class submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) hosted the Republic of Singapore Navy’s Head of Submarine Systems Center, Chow Yuk Hin, along with other local submarine command leadership while the ship was moored pierside at Changi Naval Base, Singapore, June 29,...
06 July 2022 U.S. Air Force and Canadian Royal Air Force Members Assigned the 552nd Air Control Wing JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Canadian and U.S. armed forces assigned to the 552nd Air Control Wing (ACW) from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, demonstrated joint defense efforts aboard a Boeing E-3 Sentry aircraft during RED FLAG-Alaska 22-2, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.The...