21 April 2025 Blue Ridge departs Cairns, Australia following port visit CAIRNS, Australia — The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff departed Cairns, Australia, following a scheduled port visit, April 16 - 20, 2025...
17 April 2025 Airmen, aircraft deploy in support of first Bomber Task Force mission to Japan MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — A Bomber Task Force deployment of U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft, Airmen and support equipment from the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, arrived at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 15, 2025, to support Pacific Air Forces’ training efforts with...
17 April 2025 3d MLR Deploys NMESIS to Philippines for Exercise Balikatan 25 NORTHERN LUZON, Philippines — Following the announcement by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during his visit to Manila on March 28, U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment deployed the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System to the Philippines in support of Exercise Balikatan...
17 April 2025 Blount Island Command Lays Backbone to Balikatan DINGALAN BAY, Philippines — As thousands of troops prepare for Balikatan 25, the largest-ever iteration of the U.S.-Philippines bilateral exercise, Blount Island Command arrived in mid-March as a critical partner in combined joint logistics and maritime deployment. The command, headquartered in...
17 April 2025 Indo-Pacific Senior Defense Officials and Defense Attachés Convene at USINDOPACOM for a Symposium HONOLULU, Hawaii — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, hosted a Senior Defense Official and Defense Attache Symposium at USINDOPACOM headquarters on Camp H.M. Smith, Honolulu, April 15-17, 2025...
16 April 2025 Blue Ridge Conducts Port Call in Cairns, Australia CAIRNS, Australia — U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrived in Cairns, Australia for a routine port visit April 16, 2025. This is Blue Ridge’s first visit to the city since 2013...
16 April 2025 U.S. Navy, ROK Navy Complete Combined Mine Warfare Exercise SASEBO, Japan — The U.S. Navy and the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) concluded Korean Spring Exercise, April 16, 2025...
16 April 2025 Tamiok Strike 2025 Begins With Opening Ceremony PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea – More than 200 U.S. Soldiers and Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldiers gather on Murray Barracks Parade Field to officially start exercise Tamiok Strike 2025 at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, April 14, 2025...
16 April 2025 U.S and ROK Navy Divers Conclude Successful SALVEX Korea 2025 CHINHAE NAVAL BASE, Republic of Korea – U.S. Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 and their counterparts from the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) successfully concluded Salvage Exercise (SALVEX) Korea 2025, in Chinhae, South Korea on April 11, 2025...
15 April 2025 USINDOPACOM hosts successful Network Defense Summit II, forging stronger cyberspace defenses in the Indo-Pacific CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii — U.S. Indo-Pacific Command J6 recently concluded the USINDOPACOM Network Defense Summit II, held April 8-10 at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii...