22 March 2023 Logistics in Peacetime is Hard Enough; Now Add Water, Distance, and Being Shot At: USFJ DCOM TOKYO, Japan -- Brigadier General James B. Wellons, deputy commander, U.S. Forces Japan, participated on a panel at the Defense Security Equipment International conference in Tokyo, Japan, Mar. 17, 2023.The panel, comprised of military officers from each service of Japan’s Self Defense Forces as...
21 March 2023 CTF 74 Visits U.S. Submarine in Australia HMAS STIRLING, Australia -- Rear Adm. Rick Seif, commander, Submarine Group 7/Task Force (CTF) 74, visited Perth, Australia, to meet with the Sailors of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Asheville (SSN 758) during its port visit to Royal Australian Navy (RAN) base HMAS Stirling, March...
21 March 2023 U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander Presents Gen. Yamazaki with Legion of Merit Adm. John C. Aquilino, Commander U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, presented Gen. Kōji Yamazaki, Chief of Staff, Joint Staff of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, with the Legion of Merit, Degree of Commander, in Toyko on March 19, 2023. Established by an Act of Congress of July 20, 1942, the Legion of Merit...
21 March 2023 U.S. Coast Guard, Federated States of Micronesia National Police Conduct at-sea Engagements to Combat Illegal Fishing, Strengthen Skills SANTA RITA, Guam -- The U.S. Coast Guard (USCGC) and Federated States of Micronesia National Police conducted a successful at-sea engagement to combat illegal fishing in Yap State on March 16, 2023.The crews of USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) and the FSS Tosiwo Nakayama (P901) conducted a joint patrol...
21 March 2023 Yokota AFWERX Team Seeks to Invest, Innovate, Inform YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Twenty members from Yokota Air Base attended the Defense and Security Equipment International (DSEI) Japan exhibition on March 16, in Tokyo, to seek out new, cutting-edge technology in a trip organized by YokoWERX, an AFWERX spark cell at Yokota that helps innovative Airmen...
21 March 2023 U.S. Experts Arrive in Oriental Mindoro to Assist in Oil Spill Response At the request of the Philippine government, eight experts from the United States government arrived in Pola, Oriental Mindoro today to support the oil spill response operations of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).Five members from the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) National Strike Force will provide...
20 March 2023 U.S. and Republic of Korea Enhance Combat Readiness with Combined Air Training USAG Humphreys, Republic of Korea -- The Republic of Korea (ROK) and U.S. conducted a combined aerial exercise in conjunction with the deployment of U.S. B-1B Strategic Bombers to the Korean peninsula on March 19, which was the 7th day of the Freedom Shield 23 exercise which began on March 13.In the...
20 March 2023 U.S. and Japan Conduct Integrated Bomber Exercise SEA OF Japan -- U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the Japan Self-Defense Forces conducted a bilateral bomber integration exercise on March 19, 2023, demonstrating the enduring and lethal deterrence options readily available to the U.S.-Japan Alliance.Two B-1 Lancer bombers and four F-16 fighter aircraft...
20 March 2023 G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile by North Korea U.S. Embassy & Consulate in the Republic of Korea -- The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union.Begin Text:We, the G7...
20 March 2023 U.S. and Japan Conduct Bilateral Ballistic Missile Defense Exercise SEA OF Japan -- The USS Milius (DDG-69) conducted a bilateral ballistic missile defense exercise in partnership with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force JS Atago (DDG-177) in the Sea of Japan, Mar. 18, 2023.This exercise continues the enhancement of the interoperability of the JSDF and U.S. armed...