11 May 2021 U.S. Military Provides Additional Php5.7 Million in PPE to Support Philippine COVID-19 Response MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- On April 22, U.S. military service members in Mindanao and Luzon began the delivery of nearly Php5.7 million ($118,700) worth of personal protective equipment and medical supplies to local partners battling COVID-19 in provinces across the Philippines.The...
30 April 2021 U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Holds Change of Command Ceremony PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) held a change of command ceremony April 30 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where Adm. Philip Davidson relinquished command to Adm. John Aquilino.Aquilino becomes the 26th Commander of USINDOPACOM, the nation’s oldest and largest combatant...
27 April 2021 Coast Guard Cutter Delivers Emergency Supplies to Palau following Typhoon Surigae SANTA RITA, Guam -- The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139) delivered emergency supplies including water and food to the island of Kayangel, Saturday.The mission was in response to a national emergency declared by President Surangel Whipps Jr. of Palau after Typhoon Surigae...
13 April 2021 Yokota Hosts Bilateral Aviation Safety YOKOTA AIR FORCE BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 374th Airlift Wing Safety Office and 353rd Special Operations Group Safety Office hosted guests from the Tokyo Aviation Police and the Japanese Coast Guard to speak about Yokota’s operational procedures on Mid Air Collision Avoidance or MACA, April 7,...
06 April 2021 Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group Returns to South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA -- The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) entered the South China Sea on April 4 to conduct routine operations.This is the second time TRCSG has entered the South China Sea during its 2021 deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.“It is great to be back in the...
05 April 2021 US Army Medical Professionals Administer COVID-19 Vaccines in Saipan SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands -- A team of 12 U.S. Army medical professionals began administering COVID-19 Vaccine doses to members of the local community in Saipan, April 3.The team, composed of a medical officer and combat medic specialists assigned to the 25th Infantry Division at Schofield...
26 March 2021 Officials Describe Special Operations Forces' Contributions to National Security WASHINGTON -- Although U.S. Special Operations Command makes up just 3% of the joint force, it has suffered over half of all combat casualties over the past few years, said a Defense Department official.Christopher P. Maier, acting assistant secretary of defense for special operations and...
12 March 2021 U.S-Japan Conducts Historic Airborne Operation YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- In the bright Japanese morning sun, stretched across the flightline, more than 500 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) members talk, rehearse jump procedures and shimmy parachute packs onto their backs. All the while, U.S. Air Force Airmen prepare 12 C-130J Super...
09 March 2021 USINDOPACOM hosts international bio-threat exercise U.S. Indo-Pacific Command hosted Exercise Able Resolve Feb. 16-18, 2021, at Camp Smith, Hawaii to prepare military forces to respond effectively to regional biological threats.The exercise was co-sponsored by the command’s Surgeon General and Director for Resources and Assessment and included...
04 March 2021 Air Force Mission Returns Airman to His Roots ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- “Out in the back of my grandpa’s house there were mangrove trees just above the water line after the tide came in. I would love going back there and build forts with wood that I’d find, like I would in America, and people wouldn’t understand what I was doing. It was...