09 May 2024 USINDOPACOM supports Papua New Guinea infrastructure development plan PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — A team from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command visited Papua New Guinea to further the development of joint infrastructure, April 30 - May 2. This scoping mission is in support of the recently signed and ratified Defense Cooperation Agreement.Joint infrastructure will...
08 May 2024 U.S. Space Force top general visits Space Forces Korea U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman met with Guardians as well as government and military officials during a visit to Osan Air Base and Seoul May 5-7...
08 May 2024 Philippine, US, Australian forces show off combined fires capabilities, destroy ship in Balikatan training event Philippine, U.S. and Australian military forces integrated land, sea and air platforms to simultaneously sense, target, strike and destroy a decommissioned ship off the western coast of Northern Luzon today...
07 May 2024 CSO visits US Space Forces Indo-Pacific, focuses on integrated space operations in priority theater Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman and his wife, Jennifer, paid a visit to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii to visit Guardians and meet with key players in the support and operation of space assets in the Indo-Pacific theater, May 3, 2024...
07 May 2024 Philippine, US forces demonstrate flexibility, operational reach in simultaneous missions during Balikatan Philippine and U.S. military forces participating in Balikatan 24 concluded the second iteration of maritime key terrain security operations today, exercising their collective ability to secure several islands in the Batanes Island group approximately 1,000 miles north of where combined forces...
06 May 2024 Secretary Austin Concludes Trip to Hawaii Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III concluded his travel to Honolulu, Hawaii, today...
06 May 2024 Pacific Air Forces facilitates Integrated Air Missile Defense SMEE during Balikatan 24 The Pacific Air Force’s Pacific Integrated Air & Missile Defense Center, with support from the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, and the Philippine Air Force facilitated an inaugural multilateral and joint service subject matter expert exchange in preparation for Balikatan24 at Clark Air...
06 May 2024 Philippine, US forces conduct counter-landing exercise Combined forces from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and U.S. military rehearsed defending the coastline today during a Balikatan counter-landing live-fire exercise...
06 May 2024 Guam Guard Recruits jump from 3 to 75 in the Northern Marianas Islands Guam National Guard troops hailing from the neighboring Northern Marianas Islands have increased 2,400 percent from three in 2022 to 75 in 2024. Driving this effort is Sgt. Juan Camacho, heavy equipment operator with the 1224th Engineer Support Company and native of Saipan...
06 May 2024 Deputy Secretary of Defense Hicks Announces First Tranche of Replicator Capabilities Focused on All Domain Attritable Autonomous Systems Exemplifying the Department’s focus on harnessing the value of commercial technology to solve critical operational challenges, the first iteration of the Replicator initiative has reached an execution milestone...