01 July 2022 U.S. INDOPACOM announces establishment of Joint Task Force Red Hill CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii – Adm. John C. Aquilino, Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, announced the establishment of Joint Task Force Red Hill (JTF Red Hill) on June 30.The Secretary of Defense directed the standup of JTF Red Hill. Once on-site in Hawaii, the JTF Commander’s sole responsibility...
30 June 2022 Rim of the Pacific 2022 Officially Begins U.S. Navy -- Twenty-six nations, 38 surface ships, four submarines, nine national land forces, more than 30 unmanned systems, approximately 170 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel will train and operate in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California, June 29 to Aug. 4.Following Rim...
28 June 2022 Air Mobility Command Aligns Strategic Priorities with Counterparts in Pacific Theater SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFNS) -- Air Mobility Command (AMC) leaders continued operationalizing the new command strategy during staff-to-staff discussions at Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), June 22-23, where they discussed a road map for readying Mobility...
16 June 2022 III MEF Marines in Okinawa Complete Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force Exercise CAMP COURTNEY, Okinawa, Japan -- U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), 3d Marine Division, and 1st Marine Aircraft Wing conducted an exercise to test their ability to rapidly mobilize, respond, and assist in crisis scenarios throughout the Indo-Pacific Command’s area of...
13 June 2022 Yokota, Japan Remember WWII Fallen during U.S.-Japan Joint Memorial Service SHIZUOKA CITY, Japan -- Representatives from Yokota Air Base, Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Shizuoka City attended a U.S.-Japan Joint Memorial Service June 11, 2022, at Mt. Shizuhata, Shizuoka city, Japan, to honor the fallen and reflect on acts of heroism showcased in the aftermath of a raid of...
09 June 2022 Operation Sahayogi Haat Seven-Year Anniversary Honored in Nepal Nepal -- The U.S. Embassy Kathmandu, Nepal, held a memorial event on May 12 honoring those lost seven years ago during Operation Sahayogi Haat, the U.S. response to the April 25, 2015, 7.8-magnitude earthquake which struck Nepal.Attending the event were the U.S. Ambassador to Nepal Randy Berry, the...
06 June 2022 USS Spruance Commemorates Namesake's Role in Battle of Midway's 80th Anniversary PHILIPPINE SEA -- Aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), the Battle of Midway carries special meaning for the 353 “Quiet Warriors” who are forward-deployed with, and sail alongside, the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group.The ship’s namesake, Adm. Raymond A...
06 June 2022 Joint and Coalition Warfighters Test Tactical Expertise during Navy FST-J Exercise Airmen from the 505th Combat Training Squadron and 926th Operations Group, Detachment 1, Hurlburt Field, Florida, supported the U.S. Navy Fleet Synthetic Training-Joint exercise, or FST-J...
01 June 2022 U.S. Navy Announces 28th Rim of the Pacific Exercise SAN DIEGO -- Twenty-six nations, 38 surface ships, four submarines, nine national land forces, more than 170 aircraft and approximately 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise scheduled June 29 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern...
13 May 2022 Yokota, Partners Complete Largest Major Accident Response Exercise in Base History YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Throughout the week, units across the 374th Airlift Wing (AW) practiced various multi-capable Airmen concepts with very focused goals, but they all came together to participate in a major accident response exercise May 11.The Major Accident Response Exercise (MARE), which...