12 August 2022 Bilateral Runway Repair Enhances Partnerships MISAWA AIR BASE, AOMORI, Japan -- Members of the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) 3rd Air Wing counterparts participated side-by-side in a live-fire and rapid airfield damage repair team exercise hosted by JASDF at Draughon Range, Japan, Aug. 1 - 4,...
08 August 2022 Rim of the Pacific 2022 Concludes JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM -- The world’s largest international maritime exercise concluded Aug. 4 following more than a month of realistic, relevant combined operations training conducted in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California.Twenty-six nations, 38 surface ships, three...
29 July 2022 American, South Korean Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians forge Stronger Bonds ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- American and South Korean Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians are forging stronger bonds to confront and defeat explosive devices in support of military operations on the Korean Peninsula.Members of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Army Ammunition Command...
29 July 2022 Battle Lab supports cross-service JADC2, Valiant Shield exercise The 805th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Shadow Operations Center – Nellis, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, participated in the U.S. Navy’s Valiant Shield 2022 exercise with the goal of streamlining and compressing the kill chain and decision-making process by employing advanced...
28 July 2022 USS Frank Cable Visits Malaysia KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia -- The Emory S. Land-class submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) hosted several engagements from the 13th Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) and U.S. Navy Submarine Staff Talks to ship tours while moored pierside at Sepanggar Naval Base in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.Staff talks also...
26 July 2022 Indonesia, United States, and Partner Nations Ready for Super Garuda Shield 2022 U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- Service members from Indonesia and the United States, joined this year by those from Australia, Japan, and Singapore, will participate in exercise Garuda Shield 2022 from August 1 to 14, 2022, at Baturaja Training Area, Amborawang, and Batam Island Training...
18 July 2022 U.S. and Partner Nations Conduct SINKEX as Part of RIMPAC 2022 PACIFIC OCEAN -- Live fire from Rim of the Pacific 2022 partner nation ships and aircraft sank the decommissioned ex-USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60) July 12, in waters 15,000 feet deep, 50 nautical miles north of Kauai.Units from Australia, Canada, Malaysia and the U.S. participated in the sinking...
15 July 2022 Military Police Units Realign under U.S. Army Garrison Japan CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- More than 50 military police Soldiers officially changed their uniform patch after a ceremony here Tuesday that signified their move from the 35th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB) to U.S. Army Garrison Japan.Both the 88th and 901st Military Police (MP) Detachments, the...
11 July 2022 B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers Deploy to RAAF Base Amberley, Australia ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE AMBERLEY, Australia -- U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers arrived from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, to support a Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Bomber Task Force (BTF) deployment, here July 10.The bomber aircraft deployed as part of a...
09 July 2022 INDOPACOM Commander Statement On behalf of all U.S. forces in the Indo-Pacific, I want to express our deepest condolences and sorrow to the people of Japan in the wake of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s tragic death. His life and service inspired the world to dream of a secure, more prosperous future. The Prime Minister’s...