02 March 2021 Office of Defense Cooperation Chief Visits Australia’s Munitions Manufacturing Plant, Highlights Unbreakable U.S.–Australia Alliance BENALLA, AUSTRALIA, February 25, 2021 – In an important step to strengthen the U.S.-Australia strategic defense relationship, U.S. Air Force Col. Christopher Ingleton, the Chief of the Office of Defense Cooperation located within the U.S. Embassy in Canberra, observed bilateral cooperation in a...
02 March 2021 Hagåtña Fury 21 | CLR-3 Marines put ‘Fight Now’ Concept to the Test CAMP Kinser, Okinawa, Japan -- During exercise Hagåtña Fury 21, Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Regiment 3 (CLR-3) honed expeditionary advanced base operations (EABO) and distributed maritime operations capabilities across U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), alongside elements of 3d...
22 February 2021 US Forces, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Participate in Resilient Shield 2021 YOKOSUKA, Japan -- U.S. and Japan Self Defense Force will participate in Resilient Shield 2021 from February 22-26, at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Japan, and other command centers throughout the region.Resilient Shield is an annual computer-based Fleet Synthetic Training-Joint...
08 February 2021 Firebirds Training in Southwestern US Highlights C-17 Capabilities JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- On the morning of Jan. 8, 2021, 13 U.S. Airmen, all assigned to the 517th Airlift Squadron, boarded a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft and flew from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to March Air Reserve Base, California. Their mission: to train and prepare for...
01 February 2021 B-52 Bombers Arrive at Andersen AFB for Bomber Task Force Deployment ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Four U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers returned to the Indo-Pacific region Jan. 28 for a Bomber Task Force deployment, conducting operations out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.The bombers, from the 96th Bomb Squadron at Barksdale AFB, La., deployed in...
07 January 2021 Farewell Address by Ambassador Kenneth I. Juster: Ambition and Achievement in the U.S.-India Partnership U.S. Embassy and Consulates in India -- Good afternoon everyone.Thank you very much Sunjoy for that kind introduction, and thanks as well to ORF for hosting this event.I come before you today to give my Farewell Address as the United States Ambassador to India. For me, it is a time of deep gratitude...
16 December 2020 PLA a ‘No-Show’ for Operational Maritime and Aviation Safety Dialogue Press Release 201216-01 December 16, 2020...
11 December 2020 Read-Out of U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Miller's Virtual Meetings With ASEAN and ADMM-Plus Counterparts U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller participated virtually in the U.S.- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers’ Informal Meeting and the 7th ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus), Dec. 8-9...
08 December 2020 Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Turns Over Php1.4 Billion in Military Equipment to Strengthen Security Cooperation MANILA, Philippines -- Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller met with Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr. on December 8. While in Manila, he announced the recent transfer of Php1.4 billion ($29.3 million) in...
08 December 2020 94 Forces Squadron Rolls with 36th Airlift Squadron, 36th Contingency Response Support Squadron ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Since Dynamic Force Employment’s (DFE) creation, DFE directs joint forces to one common theme- U.S. military forces operating strategically predictable but operationally unpredictably.“A rotational schedule that allows me to tell you three years from now which...