15 November 2024 Antarctic Airlift: Christchurch gateway to Antarctica Team McChord, through Operation Deep Freeze, plays a crucial role in ensuring that the Antarctic airlift mission operates smoothly and efficiently...
15 November 2024 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Meeting With Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met yesterday with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in Washington, D.C...
15 November 2024 Three NUWC Division Newport engineering agents perform first modernizations to submarine in Australia Traveling across the globe is nothing new for Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport In-Service Engineering Agents (ISEA) Matthew George, Daniel Braman and Dillon Savitzky, but the trio recently experienced a historic first Down Under...
15 November 2024 Japan, ROK, and U.S. conclude Freedom Edge 24-2 AT SEA – Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United States concluded the second iteration of exercise Freedom Edge, a trilateral multi-domain exercise, which ran from Nov. 13-15, 2024.Approximately 7,000 trilateral military and defense force personnel, seven ships and more than 20 fighter, maritime...
14 November 2024 Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks Announces Additional Replicator All-Domain Attritable Autonomous Capabilities Building on the Department's growing autonomy portfolio, selections focus on scalable production of class-leading systems across multiple domains and critical enabling software...
14 November 2024 KS 25 | Marines practice expeditionary capabilities across Japan U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, participate in exercise Keen Sword 25 across the Indo-Pacific, Oct. 25 through Oct. 31, 2024. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel,...
14 November 2024 USINDOPACOM Hosts NDU CAPSTONE Fellows U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Joel Carey, chief of staff for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, welcomed retired Adm. Harry Harris, former U.S. ambassador to South Korea and the 24th USINDOPACOM commander, and National Defense University CAPSTONE fellows at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, Nov. 13, 2024...
13 November 2024 United Nations Command honors Korean War veterans, fallen service members at Turn Toward Busan Ceremony Members of the United Nations Command participated in the Turn Toward Busan International Commemorative Ceremony, at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, hosted by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, Nov. 11, 2024...
13 November 2024 Pacific IAMD Center facilitates global relationships among Air Defenders from 11 Nations The Pacific Integrated Air and Missile Defense Center hosted its second annual Multilateral Subject Matter Expert Exchange and Defense Design Workshop on 21 thru 26, October 2024, at Fort Bliss located in El Paso, Texas...
13 November 2024 US Air Force transitioning from A-10s to cutting-edge upgrades in Korea The U.S. Air Force is set to complete a significant phase of its modernization strategy in fiscal year 2025. In key regions, including South Korea, it will transition away from its A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft in favor of advancing fourth-generation fighter jet upgrades and enhancing fourth- and...
13 November 2024 MRF-SEA Marines Conclude Exercise CARAT Malaysia 2024 Lumut Naval Base in Lumut, Perak, Malaysia, dates back to the creation of the Royal Malaysian Navy, serving as the institution’s headquarters since Sept. 9, 1984. In October, the Royal Malaysian Armed Forces hosted a detachment of personnel from Marine Rotational Force - Southeast Asia (MRF-SEA)...
13 November 2024 USINDOPACOM DCOM visits Nepal Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, deputy commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, visited Nepal from Nov. 8-12, marking his first trip to the country in his current role...
13 November 2024 Japan-ROK-U.S conduct second Exercise Freedom Edge Japan, the Republic of Korea, and United States will execute the second iteration of exercise Freedom Edge, a trilateral multi-domain exercise, Nov. 13, 2024...
12 November 2024 Global Unity: US, Australia, Canada and UK In an era defined by rapid technology advancements and with a worldwide platform saturated with Great Power Competition, the Distributed Mission Operations Center on Kirtland Air Force Base, hosted its Virtual Flag: Coalition exercise, Oct. 21 - Nov. 4...
12 November 2024 MSC Far East, USNS City of Bismarck Visit Learning Center in Thailand Members of Military Sealift Command (MSC) Far East and civilian mariners assigned to expeditionary fast transport ship USNS City of Bismarck (T-EPF 9) visited the Learning Center of the Human Help Network Foundation in Pattaya, Thailand, to interact with children during a community outreach event,...
12 November 2024 USARPAC Change of Command Unit guidons spanning from Joint Base Lewis McCord, Washington to Camp Humphreys, South Korea represented all of (United States Army Pacific) as Gen. Charles A. Flynn relinquished command to Gen. Ronald P. Clark at Historic Palm Circle at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, Nov. 8, 2024...
12 November 2024 DPAA Marines Celebrate 249th USMC Birthday with Top Pacific Marine Commander The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency hosted a cake cutting ceremony honoring the United States Marine Corps’ 249th Birthday at the command’s headquarters on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii., Oct. 31, 2024...
12 November 2024 Enhancing Interoperability, Readiness at Yama Sakura 87 In early fall, servicemembers from Japan, the United States, and Australia gathered at Camp Zama to initiate the trilateral planning conference for Yama Sakura 87, a simulated exercise that has consistently grown in purpose since its inception in 1982...
12 November 2024 First In, Last Out: 15th MEU Celebrates the Marine Corps Birthday Twice On Nov. 10, 2024, there was only one Marine Corps unit that had the privilege to recognize itself as the first unit in the world to celebrate the Marine Corps birthday – the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit – and also the very last unit in the world that day...
12 November 2024 Pacific Air Forces commander honors service members in Veterans Day address Nestled within the natural “punch bowl” of an extinct volcanic crater and watched over by the figure of Lady Columbia, military veterans were honored and celebrated for their courage, dedication, and enduring legacy of service during a Veterans Day Ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the...