21 July 2022 USS West Virginia Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Garcia, C.) WASHINGTON -- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Shipfitter 2nd Class Claude R. Garcia, 25, killed during World War II, was accounted for on May 12, 2022.On Dec. 7, 1941, Garcia was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia, which was moored at Ford Island,...
21 July 2022 Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Director to Visit Thailand July 18-22, 2022 U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Thailand -- Rear Admiral (retired) Pete Gumataotao, Director of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), will visit Thailand from July 18-22. Director Gumataotao will lead a delegation of APCSS faculty who will support the 2022 Senior...
21 July 2022 U.S., Philippines Conduct Maritime Security Review MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- TheUnited States government, through the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), in partnership with the National Coast Watch System (NCWS), concluded July 15, its one-week review of facilities, equipment, and training programs provided to enhance the...
21 July 2022 U.S. Marines with Task Force Koa Moana 22 Continue Improvements on the Joint Range Complex NGCHESAR, Republic of Palau -- U.S. Marines and Sailors with Task Force Koa Moana (TFKM) 22, I Marine Expeditionary Force, continued improvements on the Joint Range Complex in Ngchesar, Republic of Palau from June 27 to July 15, 2022.The Joint Range Complex (JRC) is a firing range where U.S...
20 July 2022 Philippine Navy Contingent on a Roll as RIMPAC Enters Next Phase PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Philippine Navy frigate BRP Antonio Luna (FF151) sailed out to sea to join the other 37 ships, 4 submarines, 170 aircraft, and more than 25,000 personnel in the conduct of the at-sea phase of training during the ongoing Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022.Antonio Luna carried...
20 July 2022 Snipers Hone Their Skills During RIMPAC 2022 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii -- You have one bullet to get it right. That is the reality of being a sniper. Look toward the sniper range on Marine Corps Base Hawaii during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 and you wouldn’t know anyone was there. It is only the sound of a snap of suppressed rifles...
20 July 2022 PACAF Hosts Pacific Unity Multi-Lateral Civil Engineer Key Leader Engagement in Guam ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam --Senior military engineers from six Indo-Pacific nations gathered in Guam for a Key leader Engagement (KLE) the week of June 21, 2022, to focus on multi-lateral efforts accelerating interoperability among their respective engineers.This meeting built on the success of...
20 July 2022 U.S., Royal Australian Air Forces Integrate during RED FLAG-Alaska 22-3 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Red Flag-Alaska 22-3, the third of three iterations of a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise, is scheduled to run from 28 July to 12 August with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex. Red Flag-Alaska is designed to provide...
20 July 2022 Air Force MQ-9 Makes Its Debut at Rim of the Pacific Sinking Exercise 2022 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The first-ever use of a U.S. Air Force MQ-9A Reaper, a remotely piloted aircraft, during a Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 sinking exercise (SINKEX), July 12.Participating in the SINKEX provided an opportunity for units from Australia, Canada, Malaysia and...
20 July 2022 VP-8 Hosts U.S. Ambassador to Palau KOROR, Palau -- The Honorable John Hennessey-Niland, U.S. Ambassador to Palau, visited the crew of the “Fighting Tigers” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 8’s Palau detachment while in the Republic of Palau, July 10.During Hennessey-Niland’s tour of the P-8A Poseidon aircraft’s flight station, mission crew...