15 January 2026 USCGC Hickory arrives in Guam, restoring full buoy tender capacity in Oceania SANTA RITA, Guam — The USCGC Hickory (WLB 212), a 225-foot Juniper-class seagoing buoy tender, arrived at its new homeport in Guam on Wednesday, following a more than 13,000-mile transit over 71 days from the U.S. Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore through the Panama Canal...
15 January 2026 Honolulu Defense Forum drives multi-domain dialogue for Indo-Pacific region HONOLULU — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and senior command staff participated in the Honolulu Defense Forum in Honolulu, Jan. 11-13, 2026...
13 January 2026 Tripoli Expeditionary Strike Group operates in 7th Fleet U.S. 7th FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS — The Tripoli Expeditionary Strike Group, composed of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile...
13 January 2026 Air Force Reserve wing forges critical alliances with Philippine Air Force through mobile training team MANILA, Philippines — In today’s environment of increasingly complex security challenges, the importance of allied partnerships in intelligence have become even more critical to national defense...
13 January 2026 Japan Minister of Defense visits Hawaii, speaks at Honolulu Defense Forum HONOLULU — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, the commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, welcomed Japanese Minister of Defense Shinjirō Koizumi to USINDOPACOM headquarters at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, Jan. 12, 2026...
11 January 2026 USS Fitzgerald returns to San Diego following seven-month underway SAN DIEGO – Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) returned to its homeport of Naval Base San Diego following a seven-month underway to the U.S. 3rd, 5th, and 7th Fleet areas of operation, Jan. 6, 2026. While underway, Fitzgerald conducted a wide range of operations,...
11 January 2026 V16 sharpens skills in South Korea during Unit Deployment Program USAG CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — It’s not about practicing until you get it right; it’s about practicing until you can’t get it wrong.U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, forward deployed with 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program, honed...
08 January 2026 75th Anniversary of the Korean War, January 1951 SOUTH KOREA — 75 years ago, January 1951 started with UNC forces defending Seoul against communist attacks before pulling south of the Han River to avoid encirclement and established defensive lines that ran just north of Pyeongtaek...
07 January 2026 MSC Reservists Support Operation Deep Freeze 2026 Loadout PORT HUENEME, Calif. — Navy reservists from Military Sealift Command Pacific’s Expeditionary Port Unit (EPU) are supporting cargo operations in Port Hueneme, Calif. The team is overseeing the loadout of supplies and equipment being loaded onto the Military Sealift Command chartered heavy lift ship...
07 January 2026 ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command Hosts Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense Ahn Gyu-back visited Camp Humphreys on Jan. 6, 2026, for the first time since taking office, meeting with U.S. Army Gen. Xavier Brunson, commander of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea,...