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Australia, Japan, US Converge on Guam for Cope North 22
January 27, 2022 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Air forces from Australia, Japan, and the United States will participate in Cope North 2022 (CN22) Feb. 2-18, 2022, a humanitarian assistance and disaster... MORE

Pacific WEASEL Strengthens Partnerships, Interoperability
January 27, 2022 — MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of Team Misawa executed a simulated defensive counter-air mission in support of a PACIFIC WEASEL (PAC WEASEL) exercise over the western coast of Japan, January 21,... MORE

TACPs Perform C2 Ops Near Arctic Ocean
January 27, 2022 — UTQIAGVIK, Alaska -- A 7-person team of Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Airmen assigned to the 1st Air Support Operations Group conducted command and control (C2) operations near remote Utqiagvik,... MORE

U.S. Navy Issues COVID-19 Standardized Operational Guidance 5.0
January 27, 2022 — WASHINGTON -- The Navy issued updated Standardized Operational Guidance (SOG) Jan. 15 with measures to help fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.The latest SOG version 5.0 reinforces the need to... MORE

USINDOPACOM Statement on DPRK Missile Launch
January 26, 2022 — We are aware of the ballistic missile launches and are consulting closely with our allies and partners. While we have assessed that this event does not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or... MORE

U.S. INDOPACOM AND JAPAN JOINT STAFF CONDUCT EXERCISE KEEN EDGE 2022
January 26, 2022 — CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii – U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the Japan Joint Staff will begin Keen Edge 22, a bilateral command post exercise, on Jan. 26, 2022, at various locations in Hawaii and... MORE

USS Sampson Supports Disaster Relief Efforts in Tonga with International Forces
January 26, 2022 — PACIFIC OCEAN -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102), is underway, Jan. 25, supporting the disaster relief efforts in Tonga following the volcanic eruption and... MORE

The U.S. Provides 1,698,840 Doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine to Lao PDR
January 26, 2022 — VIENTIANE, U.S. Embassy in the Laos -- The U.S. officially handed over 1,698,840 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Lao PDR, Jan. 26, which were delivered to the country through the... MORE

Airmen Team Up Across the Force to Make Augmented Reality a Reality
January 26, 2022 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- A jet engine is a complex machine with thousands of individual parts. Layers and layers of pipes, tubes, connectors, and electronics are invisible without... MORE

USAID Announces Additional $2.5 Million In Humanitarian Assistance In Response To Volcanic Eruptions And Tsunami In Tonga
January 26, 2022 — U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu -- The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $2.5 million in humanitarian... MORE

3rd ASOS Participates in Command and Control Exercise
January 26, 2022 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS) participated in Exercise POLAR QUAKE Jan. 11 through 13 throughout Alaska.POLAR QUAKE was held at... MORE

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Joint Force Conducts Dual Carrier Operations in South China Sea
January 25, 2022 — SOUTH CHINA SEA -- Carl Vinson and Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Groups began dual carrier operations in the South China Sea, Jan. 23, 2022.The U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Groups, led by their flagships... MORE

Secretary Blinken Statement on Australia Day
January 25, 2022 — U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Australia -- Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State | On behalf of the United States of America, please accept my best wishes as the people of Australia commemorate... MORE

Bilateral Exercise Southern Beach Reinforces USAF, JASDF Alliance in the New Year
January 25, 2022 — KADENA AIR BASE, Japan --The 18th Wing (WG) teamed up with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) to kick off the new year with another Southern Beach exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 19,... MORE

DoD Awards Contract to Siemens Healthineers to Purchase COVID-19 Antigen Over-the-Counter Test Kits in Support of POTUS' 500 Million Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests
January 25, 2022 — WASHIGNTON -- The Department of Defense (DoD), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), awarded a contract to Siemens Healthineers, located in Tarrytown, New York,... MORE

White House Praises DOD Acquisition Professionals for COVID-19 Efforts Around the World
January 24, 2022 — WASHINGTON -- A group of professionals with the Defense Department's acquisition workforce who worked on the White House and DOD COVID-19 supply chain global effort were honored today with a letter of... MORE

U.S. Marine Corps Deactivates 2d Battalion, 3d Marines
January 24, 2022 — MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII – 2d Battalion, 3d Marines cased their colors during the unit's deactivation ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii Jan. 21, 2022.2/3 first activated May 1, 1942, at New... MORE

Groups Work to Eliminate, Diminish Barriers to Women's Military Service
January 24, 2022 — WASHINGTON -- Women are an integral part of the American military, and DOD officials are working to ensure their concerns are addressed.Women make up roughly 20% of the Air Force, 19% of the Navy, 15%... MORE

899,730 Pfizer Doses Donated by the United States Arrive in Lao PDR
January 24, 2022 — VIENTIANE, U.S. Embassy in Laos -- Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) received a new shipment of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine via direct donation by the United States through the COVAX... MORE

U.S. Army Hawaii Breaks Ground on $80 Million Maintenance Hangar on Historic Airfield
January 21, 2022 — WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii -- Army leaders from U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii, the 25th Infantry Division and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers broke ground today on a multi-year aviation maintenance... MORE