03 February 2022 3rd Landing Support Battalion Conducts Battalion Field Exercise I CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa, Japan -- Marines and Sailors with 3rd Landing Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, rehearsed core logistics mission essential tasks and emerging warfighting concepts on training areas throughout Okinawa during Battalion Field Exercise I, January 23-28, 2022.The...
27 January 2022 Pacific WEASEL Strengthens Partnerships, Interoperability 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, 2022.Exercise PAC WEASEL is a reoccurring exercise allowing joint and bilateral partners to work...
26 January 2022 U.S. INDOPACOM AND JAPAN JOINT STAFF CONDUCT EXERCISE KEEN EDGE 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 Japan. Keen Edge, scheduled to run until Feb. 3, is an annual U.S.-Japan exercise series that alternates...
20 January 2022 Coast Guard Cutters begin Operation Aiga in Oceania HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The crews of the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper (WLB 201) and Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) will aim to extend the Coast Guard’s at-sea enforcement presence in the region through a 40-day patrol.“Aiga,” the Samoan word for family, is designed to integrate Coast Guard capabilities and...
13 January 2022 U.S. INDOPACOM Hosts Virtual 2022 Chiefs of Defense Briefing CAMP H. M. SMITH, Hawaii – Adm. John C. Aquilino, Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, hosted a virtual meeting Jan. 12 with the Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defense to discuss their security priorities for 2022...
10 January 2022 Army Reserve Soldiers Support Yama Sakura 81 U.S. Army -- In a time where our Nation’s defense strategy continues to pivot to the Pacific, strengthening relationships with allies and partners remains key in defining the U.S. Army’s role in the region. In an effort to support this effort, each year, U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) participates in...
22 December 2021 USAG Japan Leadership Team Puts “Boots on the Ground” at All Locations Across Japan CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- U.S. Army Garrison Japan’s (USAG-J) commander gave himself a tough goal for his first 90 days on the job: putting “boots on the ground” at all of the Garrison’s 17 locations in what is commonly called a “Battlefield Circulation.”Col. Christopher L. Tomlinson said it was...
20 December 2021 USS Jefferson City Arrives in Guam for Change of Homeport SANTA RITA, Guam -- The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Jefferson City (SSN 759) arrived at Naval Base Guam following a change of homeport from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 16.The officers and crew of Jefferson City are excited for the opportunity to join the Forward Deployed Naval Force...
17 December 2021 Mobile Satellite System Reduces Communication Gaps, Increases Naval Interoperability ...