30 August 2021 Collaboration Between China, Russia Compounds Threat, Stratcom Commander Says WASHINGTON -- During the Cold War, the U.S. faced one peer competitor, the Soviet Union. Today, Russia and China, both peer competitors, are seen as sometimes collaborating in opportunistic ways, the commander of U.S. Strategic Command said.Navy Adm. Charles "Chas" A. Richard, commander, U.S...
30 August 2021 U.S. Donates Over 100,00 Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccines to Sri Lanka COLOMBO, U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka -- The United States donated over 100,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka today. These vaccines, delivered through COVAX, will help save lives and increase the COVID-19 vaccination coverage in Sri Lanka so essential to ending the...
30 August 2021 Prioritizing People, Staying Mission Ready MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Airmen assigned to the 35th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron (OMRS) Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight play a huge role in the daily lives of Team Misawa members.From ensuring water is safe for use and consumption to providing advice on potential health hazards...
27 August 2021 U.S. Navy, Coast Guard transit Taiwan Strait TAIWAN STRAIT -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) and legend-class U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) conducted routine Taiwan Strait transits Aug. 27 (local time) through international waters in accordance with international law. The ships'...
27 August 2021 Lt. Gen. Rupp Takes Command of U.S. Military in Japan YOKOTA AB, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky N. Rupp assumed command of United States Forces Japan and 5th Air Force from Lt. Gen. Kevin B. Schneider here, Aug. 27.U.S. Navy Adm. John Aquilino, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, presided over the U.S. Forces Japan change of command while...
27 August 2021 Refueling Red Flag-Alaska 21-3 One Gallon at a Time EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- RED FLAG-Alaska 21-3 is a realistic combat training exercise that provides air to air and air to ground combat training and is essential to the success of air and space operations. With over 100 aircraft flying per day, the 354th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s fuels...
27 August 2021 The Perfect Power Projection Platform on Top of the World EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- When most people think of interior Alaska, they think of uninhabitable terrain, icy snow storms, northern lights, and maybe even that one video from Facebook of a gigantic moose walking down the median of a highway.What they don’t think of, and likely don’t know, is...
27 August 2021 U.S. Donates RT-PCR Extraction Kits to Philippine Genome Center MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), turned over RT-PCR extraction kits equivalent to 3,000 tests to the Philippine Genome Center, 27 Aug. 2021. These RT-PCR extraction kits will help strengthen COVID-19...
27 August 2021 PLEASE SKIP: Space Development Agency Transitioning to U.S. Space Force WASHINGTON -- The Space Development Agency has already started the process of transitioning from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to the U.S. Space Force, said the agency's director.Derek M. Tournear spoke yesterday at the U.S. Space Foundation's 36th Space...
26 August 2021 Australia, India, Japan, U.S. Kick Off Exercise Malabar 2021 PHILIPPINE SEA -- Maritime forces from Australia, Japan, India, and the United States begin phase 1 of cooperative maritime exercise MALABAR 2021 in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 26.MALABAR is an annual maritime exercise that enhances planning, training, and employment of advanced warfare tactics between...