13 July 2022 Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group Operates in the South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA – The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is operating in the South China Sea for the first time during its 2022 deployment, July 13.The carrier strike group includes the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), the embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5,...
13 July 2022 U.S. Air Force Airmen Train Alongside RAAF Allies, Enhance Partnerships ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE AMBERLEY, Australia -- Two U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, assigned to 509th Bomb Wing, arrived to Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, Australia to support a Pacific Air Forces Bomber Task Force deployment, July 12.This is the second team of B-2...
13 July 2022 Air Force Focuses on Future of Indo-Pacific Alliances, Agile Combat Employment FALLS CHURCH, VA. -- The Cope North 2022 exercise in Guam marked a decade of Indo-Pacific security cooperation between Japan, Australia, and the United States and an opportunity to modernize training for the future.Cope North tests how well medics from the three nations operate during challenging...
13 July 2022 RIMPAC Medical Symposium Focuses on Interoperability PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- A panel of four medical flag officers from the United States and Australia met to discuss, July 1, joint-medical readiness during the 2022 Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) Medical Symposium at Sharkey Theater on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.The theme of the medical...
13 July 2022 Carving a Home in the Community: MRF-D and the Northern Territory DARWIN, Australia -- The Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) calls the Northern Territory home and has for over ten years now. MRF-D 22 is working to build on the strong foundation in the local community from past rotations.“I’ve been on a few deployments and been to a few countries, and I can...
12 July 2022 United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and USFK Commander Welcomes ROK JCS Chairman CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea -- Gen. Paul J. LaCamera, commander of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and United States Forces Korea, hosted an honor guard ceremony to welcome Gen. Kim Seung Kyum, the Republic of Korea’s incoming chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at United...
12 July 2022 Japanese Medical Members Team Up With Pacific Partnership 2022 VIETNAM -- A team of six Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) members are part of the Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) medical team embarked aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19).The...
12 July 2022 Assistant Secretary Daniel J. Kritenbrink’s Travel to Phnom Penh and Tokyo U.S. Embassy in Cambodia -- Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink will travel to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Tokyo, Japan, July 11-15. In Phnom Penh, Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink will meet with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn...
12 July 2022 U.S. Department of Health Launch Central Visayas Health Referral System Operations Manaual MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Department of Health (DOH) launched in Cebu City recently the second edition of the Central Visayas Center for Health Development health care referral system...
11 July 2022 B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers Deploy to RAAF Base Amberley, Australia ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE AMBERLEY, Australia -- U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers arrived from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, to support a Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Bomber Task Force (BTF) deployment, here July 10.The bomber aircraft deployed as part of a...