16 November 2023 United States-Japan-Republic of Korea Trilateral Ministerial Meeting Unilateral Press Statement U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Republic of Korea (ROK) Minister of National Defense Shin Wonsik, and Japanese Minister of Defense Kihara Minoru convened a Trilateral Ministerial Meeting on November 12, 2023...
16 November 2023 Defense Vision of the U.S.-ROK Alliance In 1953 the United States and Republic of Korea (ROK) signed the Mutual Defense Treaty pledging to promote peace, defend against external threats, and strengthen collective defense in the Pacific region...
16 November 2023 Joint Press Statement for Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Meeting With Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro Jr. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro Jr met in Jakarta on the margins of the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting-Plus...
15 November 2023 Republic of Korea and United Nations Command Member States Defense Ministerial Meeting Joint Statement The Republic of Korea (ROK) Minister of National Defense Shin Wonsik hosted the "Republic of Korea - United Nations Command Member States Defense Ministerial Meeting" in Seoul on November 14, 2023...
15 November 2023 New Uncrewed Undersea Capabilities Strengthen AUKUS Partnership The UK, US and Australia have strengthened their maritime forces, introducing new uncrewed undersea vessels to extend the range and lethality of their warfare capabilities...
15 November 2023 55th Security Consultative Meeting Joint Communique The 55th United States (U.S.)-Republic of Korea (ROK) Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) was held in Seoul, ROK, on November 13, 2023...
14 November 2023 Pacific Partnership Returns to Tonga for the First Time in Ten Years Pacific Partnership has arrived in Tonga to conduct the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific, Nov. 13...
14 November 2023 Pacific Partnership 24-1 concludes first mission stop in the Republic of the Marshall Islands Multinational service members participating in Pacific Partnership 2024-1 (PP24-1) departed the Republic of the Marshall Islands aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) Nov. 14 following a 14-day mission stop in the island nation...
09 November 2023 Two U.S. Navy carriers join Japan destroyer on Multi-Large Deck Event in Philippine Sea The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) conclude a Multi-Large Deck Event (MLDE) in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 4-8, 2023...
09 November 2023 US Air Force completes first commercial air-to-air refueling of fighter aircraft The U.S. Air Force is shifting the way it builds and maintains readiness for flight operations by way of commercial enterprise...