13 July 2022 Carving a Home in the Community: MRF-D and the Northern Territory DARWIN, Australia -- The Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) calls the Northern Territory home and has for over ten years now. MRF-D 22 is working to build on the strong foundation in the local community from past rotations.“I’ve been on a few deployments and been to a few countries, and I can...
12 July 2022 United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and USFK Commander Welcomes ROK JCS Chairman CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea -- Gen. Paul J. LaCamera, commander of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and United States Forces Korea, hosted an honor guard ceremony to welcome Gen. Kim Seung Kyum, the Republic of Korea’s incoming chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at United...
12 July 2022 Japanese Medical Members Team Up With Pacific Partnership 2022 VIETNAM -- A team of six Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) members are part of the Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) medical team embarked aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19).The...
12 July 2022 Assistant Secretary Daniel J. Kritenbrink’s Travel to Phnom Penh and Tokyo U.S. Embassy in Cambodia -- Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink will travel to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Tokyo, Japan, July 11-15. In Phnom Penh, Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink will meet with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn...
12 July 2022 U.S. Department of Health Launch Central Visayas Health Referral System Operations Manaual MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Department of Health (DOH) launched in Cebu City recently the second edition of the Central Visayas Center for Health Development health care referral system...
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...
11 July 2022 Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry Conducts Potable Water Offload at Kiritimati Island, Kiribati HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry crew provided assistance to Kiritimati Island, Kiribati, following their extreme drought, July 8, 2022.The U.S. Coast Guard provided much needed assistance by supplying safe drinking water to Kiritimati after the Republic of Kiribati...
11 July 2022 U.S. Government Donates 33,600 Doses of Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine to Bhutan THIMPHU, BHUTAN, U.S. Embassy & Consulate in India -- As part of President Biden’s commitment to donate COVID-19 vaccine doses to countries around the world, the U.S. government has delivered 33,600 doses of the Pfizer pediatric COVID-19 vaccine to Bhutan, in partnership with COVAX and the Bhutan...
11 July 2022 Pacific Partnership 2022 Crew Participates in Beach Clean-Up Host Nation Outreach Events in Vietnam VIETNAM -- Pacific Partnership 2022 crew members participated in two Host Nation Outreach Event (HNOE) beach clean-ups during Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy’s (T-AH 19) visit to Vietnam.Approximately 90 Pacific Partnership crew members, including representatives from Australia and...
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...