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US, Philippine Air Force Bands Participate in Virtual Subject Matter Expert exchange
June 28, 2022 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Airmen from the U.S. Air Force Band of the Pacific, along with participants from the U.S. Band of the Golden West out of Travis Air Force Base, California,... MORE

MRF-D ACE Enhances Combined Air Superiority through Exercises Raptor's Strike and Diamond Storm
June 28, 2022 — DARWIN, Australia -- The Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) Aviation Combat Element (ACE) participated in Exercises RAPTOR’S STRIKE 22 and DIAMOND STORM 22 alongside Australian Defence Force (ADF)... MORE

U.S. Marines Redesignate Littoral Combat Team, Realign Combat Logistics Battalion under Marine Littoral Regiment
June 28, 2022 — MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII -- The U.S. Marine Corps redesignated 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines as the 3rd Littoral Combat Team (LCT) and realigned Combat Logistics Battalion 3 (CLB-3) under the 3rd Marine... MORE

U.S. Secretary of the Navy Visit Strengthens U.S.-Fiji Partnership
June 28, 2022 — SUVA, Fiji – United States Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro visited Fiji from June 15-16 to strengthen the U.S-Fiji partnership to promote security, stability, and prosperity in the Pacific. The... MORE

U.S. Donates 2.2 Million Doses of Pediatric Covid-19 Vaccines to Nepal
June 28, 2022 — KATHMANDU, U.S. Embassy in Nepal -- The United States government is donating 2.2 million doses of pediatric vaccines to Nepal to fight COVID-19. These highly effective, life-saving vaccines for... MORE

READOUT: Pacific Fleet Commander’s Travel to Japan, June 23-24
June 27, 2022 — HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Adm. Samuel Paparo met with senior Japanese officials to discuss the increasing security challenge in the Indo-Pacific and the importance of close coordination and integration... MORE

Versatile Integrating Partner Equipment Refueling Kits Expand ACE Capabilities for Keystone of the Pacific
June 27, 2022 — KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron are making history refueling aircraft both big and small using the Versatile Integrating Partner Equipment Refueling (VIPER)... MORE

Seabees Work with Fiji Military Forces to Build School
June 27, 2022 — FIJI -- Engineers assigned to U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion THREE and members of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) are building a two-room classroom for the Navonu Primary School... MORE

Red Flag-Alaska 22-2 Exercise Draws to a Close
June 27, 2022 — EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- As Red Flag-Alaska 22-2 draws to a close after two weeks of non-stop operations, the visiting squadrons at Eielson Air Force base have racked up thousands of combined... MORE

Tripoli Embarks 7th Fleet
June 27, 2022 — PHILIPPINE SEA -- Amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) embarked Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet (C7F), Vice. Adm. Karl Thomas and his staff, June 2-17.Embarking C7F showcased another aspect of... MORE

Mongolia Receives 302,400 Pediatric Doses of Pfizer Vaccine Donated by the United States through COVAX
June 27, 2022 — Ulaanbaatar, U.S. Embassy in Mongolia -- The United States is pleased to announce that the U.S. donation of 302,400 pediatric doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Mongolia. These doses were... MORE

Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast Returns Home After 55-day Counter Narcotics Patrol
June 24, 2022 — ASTORIA, Ore. — The United States Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) returned to homeport Saturday following a 55-day counter narcotics deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean.The 210-foot medium... MORE

Army Alaska National Guard, HHC 297th Regional Support Group Soldiers Contribute To Role Playing Operations During Khaan Quest 2022
June 23, 2022 — Mongolia -- On June 20, 2022, Khan Quest 2022 ended with the official closing ceremony. Over the past two weeks Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF) hosted 15 nations in this 18th iteration of the exercise... MORE

Juneteenth Celebrated by Department of the Air Force Leaders in Pentagon’s First Official Ceremony
June 22, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- Hundreds gathered to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday through song, dance, poetry and storytelling at the first official Juneteenth ceremony held at the Pentagon June... MORE

Pacific Partnership Kicks Off in Vietnam
June 21, 2022 — PHU YEN, Vietnam -- Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. In... MORE

SECNAV Visits Innovative Forward Deployed Marines and Sailors with MRF-D 22
June 21, 2022 — DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. – The Honorable Carlos Del Toro, the 78th Secretary of the Navy, visited Marines and Sailors with the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) on June 18.As part of a battlefield... MORE

Valiant Shield 2022 Draws to a Close
June 17, 2022 — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The ninth iteration of exercise Valiant Shield concluded June 17, 2022, following 12 days of joint operations at sea, in the air, on land, and in cyberspace.Valiant... MORE

Red Flag 22-2 Underway at Eielson
June 17, 2022 — EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Red Flag-Alaska 22-2, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise and the second of its kind this year, has started and is expected to run June 9- 24, with primary flight... MORE

Hawaiian Raptors Join the 354th Air Expeditionary Wing
June 17, 2022 — MCAS IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, Japan -- U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from the Hawaiian Raptors, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 15, 2022 to join the... MORE

Pacific Amphibious Leaders Collaborate on Regional Cooperation
June 17, 2022 — TOKYO, Tokyo -- Lt. Gen. Steven R. Rudder, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, and General Yoshida Yoshihide, Chief of Staff, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), co-hosted the eighth... MORE