22 September 2020 Northern Warfare Training Center Courses Teach the Ropes of Military Mountaineering JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON --Countries worldwide have been affected by the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, with many large gatherings and events scrapped by the twin requirements of social distancing and protective equipment wear combined with the difficulty of near-constant sanitization.The...
18 September 2020 Personal Protection Equipment Samoa Bound U.S. Embassy in Samoa -- A shipment of U.S. government-funded medical supplies takes to the water this afternoon bound for Apia.Ambassador Scott Brown, U.S. Ambassador to the Independent State of Samoa says he was honored to have the opportunity to assist with packing out the shipment.“The PPE we’re...
15 September 2020 Spartan Paratroopers Execute Joint Forcible Entry JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Soldiers from 7th Infantry Division and Paratroopers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, “Spartan Brigade,” executed a joint forcible entry operation into Donnelly Training Area, Alaska as part of exercise Defender Pacific...
15 September 2020 40th Infantry Division Conducts Joint Operations in the Pacific from Camp San Luis Obispo SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- California Army National Guard’s 40th Infantry Division soldiers invaded Camp San Luis Obispo in the late days of August. Computer systems were setup and secured network lines snaked throughout the footprint, connecting the newly constructed command post to support U.S...
14 September 2020 U.S., Allied Forces conduct Exercise Pacific Vanguard PHILIPPINE SEA – Maritime forces from Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea, and the United States met in the waters off the coast of Guam, to conduct cooperative maritime exercise Pacific Vanguard Sept. 12.Pacific Vanguard brings together more than 1,500 Sailors from four Indo-Pacific nations to...
14 September 2020 US Army Demonstrates Commitment to Palau Following Defense Secretary Visit FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii -- U.S. Army Pacific deployed Soldiers and equipment to the island nation of Palau Sept. 7, using both air and sea delivery means in a training exercise to demonstrate defensive capabilities in support of the Compact of Free Association agreement and commitment to a Free and...
09 September 2020 U.S. Navy Joins Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea for Multinational Group Sail PHILIPPINE SEA -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) is scheduled to join the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) during a multinational group sail from waters near Hawaii to Guam beginning Sept. 9, to...
03 September 2020 Increasing Interoperability: B-2s, B-1s Join US Marine Corps, Australian Defence Forces in Combined Exercise NAVAL SUPPORT FACILITY, Diego Garcia -- B-2 Spirits and B-1 Lancers participated in a combined United States-Australia exercise in Australia’s Northern Territory by providing long-distance air strikes as part of a combined task force with the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin and Australian Defence...
02 September 2020 Naval Supply Systems Command Weapons System Support Boosts Supply-Chain Resiliency in Indo-Pacific U.S. NAVY NEWS -- Managing one of the world’s largest supply chains is inherently challenging and, when assets are on the other side of the globe, shortening the distance from supplier to customer is paramount to efficiency.Managing one of the world’s largest supply chains is inherently challenging...
31 August 2020 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron Paves Way for Dynamic Force Employment NAVAL SUPPORT FACILITY, Diego Garcia -- Expeditionary airpower is vital to meeting the Department of Defense’s National Defense Strategy, and members of the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS) evolved that concept as it employed U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command’s first overseas mobile...