20 January 2023 U.S. Navy Remembers Partnership during Tomodachi SAN DIEGO, California -- Capt. Tamara Graham, director of force requirements, Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF), spoke to an audience of U.S. and Japanese military and civic leaders at the “Thank You from Fukushima” reception hosted by the Honorable Kenko Sone, Consul General of Japan at his...
19 January 2023 WEPTAC 2023 – Solving Enterprise-level Challenges NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- U.S. and international combat air forces senior leaders converged at Nellis AFB Jan. 2-13 to participate in Air Combat Command’s annual pinnacle of tactics and warfare, the Weapons and Tactics (WEPTAC) Conference and C2 Summit, with a charge to accelerate the...
19 January 2023 Sri Lanka and U.S. militaries Commence CARAT/MAREX Sri Lanka COLOMBO, U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka --The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps began exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)/Marine Exercise (MAREX) Sri Lanka 2023 with the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) and Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) in Colombo, Jan. 19, 2023.CARAT/MAREX Sri Lanka is a joint,...
19 January 2023 673 Logistics Readiness Squadron/LGRV Keeps Vehicles Running JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS) Flightline Maintenance Airmen keep flightline maintenance vehicles at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) functioning so that the mission never stops.“We work on many vehicles here at Flightline Maintenance...
19 January 2023 Alaska Army Guard Rescue Distressed Person Near Whittier Via Hoist JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska Army National Guard’s Detachment 1, Gulf Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), rescued a distressed individual Jan. 17 from the Main Bay Hatchery 20 miles southwest of Whittier.The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center (AKRCC)...
19 January 2023 PACAF Command Team Visits JBER, ‘“Front Lines’” of Indo-Pacific Theater – APPROVED – Thank you for including the text JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- U.S. Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces commander, and Chief Master Sgt. David Wolfe, PACAF command chief, and their spouses visited the installation Jan. 4-6, 2023.The command team holds a combined 22 years of experience in Alaska, spending 12...
18 January 2023 Sri Lanka and U.S. Militaries Commence Joint Training Exercise COLOMBO, U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka -- The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps will commence exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)/Marine Exercise (MAREX) Sri Lanka 2023 with the Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force in Colombo, Jan. 19 – 26, 2023.CARAT/MAREX Sri Lanka is a bilateral...
18 January 2023 DOD, Japan MOD Sign Technology and Security of Supply Arrangements WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Japan Minister of Defense HAMADA Yasukazu signed the bilateral Memorandum of Understanding for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Projects (RDT&E) and a bilateral, non-binding Security of Supply Arrangement (SOSA) between the...
18 January 2023 2023 Indo-Pacific Business Forum Promotes Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in the Indo-Pacific U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- The Governments of the United States and Japan co-hosted the fifth Indo-Pacific Business Forum (IPBF) in a hybrid format on January 12, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan. The IPBF advances the United States’ vision for a free and open, connected, prosperous, secure, and...