22 April 2025 Project Convergence Capstone 5: Delivering Future Capabilities through Multi-Domain Experimentation CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii — The United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) and the Army Futures Command executed Project Convergence Capstone 5 (PC-C5) in April 2025. This world-class, iterative experimentation exercise was designed to fully integrate the future capabilities of joint and multinational...
22 April 2025 MRF-D 25.3 surges forward for Balikatan PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines – Following the successful completion of Marine Exercise 2025 in Mindanao, the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3 Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) seamlessly repositioned it’s ground combat element (GCE) forces from Mindanao to Palawan, Philippines, as a...
21 April 2025 Exercise Balikatan 2025 kicks off with opening ceremony highlighting ironclad alliance QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Exercise Balikatan 25, the largest annual bilateral exercise conducted between the Philippines and the U.S., commenced with an opening ceremony today...
21 April 2025 Blue Ridge departs Cairns, Australia following port visit CAIRNS, Australia — The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff departed Cairns, Australia, following a scheduled port visit, April 16 - 20, 2025...
17 April 2025 Airmen, aircraft deploy in support of first Bomber Task Force mission to Japan MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — A Bomber Task Force deployment of U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft, Airmen and support equipment from the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, arrived at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 15, 2025, to support Pacific Air Forces’ training efforts with...
17 April 2025 3d MLR Deploys NMESIS to Philippines for Exercise Balikatan 25 NORTHERN LUZON, Philippines — Following the announcement by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during his visit to Manila on March 28, U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment deployed the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System to the Philippines in support of Exercise Balikatan...
17 April 2025 Blount Island Command Lays Backbone to Balikatan DINGALAN BAY, Philippines — As thousands of troops prepare for Balikatan 25, the largest-ever iteration of the U.S.-Philippines bilateral exercise, Blount Island Command arrived in mid-March as a critical partner in combined joint logistics and maritime deployment. The command, headquartered in...
17 April 2025 Indo-Pacific Senior Defense Officials and Defense Attachés Convene at USINDOPACOM for a Symposium HONOLULU, Hawaii — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, hosted a Senior Defense Official and Defense Attache Symposium at USINDOPACOM headquarters on Camp H.M. Smith, Honolulu, April 15-17, 2025...
16 April 2025 Blue Ridge Conducts Port Call in Cairns, Australia CAIRNS, Australia — U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrived in Cairns, Australia for a routine port visit April 16, 2025. This is Blue Ridge’s first visit to the city since 2013...
16 April 2025 U.S. Navy, ROK Navy Complete Combined Mine Warfare Exercise SASEBO, Japan — The U.S. Navy and the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) concluded Korean Spring Exercise, April 16, 2025...