03 October 2022 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's TDMM with Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles and Japanese Minister of Defense Hamada Yasukazu WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles, and Japanese Minister of Defense Hamada Yasukazu convened a Trilateral Defense Ministers Meeting (TDMM) in Hawaii on October 1. The defense leaders met to review progress on...
03 October 2022 Task Force 76/3 Prepares for Noble Fusion 22.2 OKINAWA, Japan -- Task Force 76/3 will conduct operations for the first time during Noble Fusion 22.2 starting Oct. 1, 2022.Task Force 76/3 recently formed as a result of merging the staffs of Navy's Task Force 76, Seventh Fleet, and 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade, III Marine Expeditionary...
03 October 2022 U.S., Australian Defense Leaders Stress Importance of Alliance System WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, who also serves as his country's defense minister, stressed the importance of the alliance system in the Indo-Pacific region after a meeting in Hawaii.The two discussed their unwavering...
03 October 2022 US and Canada, Exercise in South China Sea to Support Japan Deployment SOUTH CHINA SEA -- Maritime forces from Canada, Japan, and the United States concluded exercises in the South China Sea, Oct. 1, demonstrating a shared commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) led the exercise in support of their Indo-Pacific...
03 October 2022 Indo-Pacific Component Commanders Stress Importance of Partners WASHINGTON -- All the military component commanders of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command stress the need for partnership in the immense region of the world.Reporters traveling with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III interviewed with the component commanders: Air Force Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach, the...
03 October 2022 USNS Mercy Concludes Pacific Partnership 2022 SAN DIEGO -- Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) returned to its homeport Sept. 30 following completion of the 17th annual Pacific Partnership mission.Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission...
03 October 2022 RED FLAG-Alaska 23-1 to Focus on Joint, Multilateral Interoperability and Combat Readiness JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Red Flag-Alaska 23-1, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise, is scheduled to begin October 6 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex and is scheduled to run through October 21. Red Flag-Alaska is designed to provide...
01 October 2022 Defense Leaders Look to Improve U.S-Philippine Interoperability WASHINGTON -- Pledging to strengthen the partnership between longtime allies, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Jose C. Faustino Jr., officer-in-charge of the Philippine Department of National Defense, met at Camp Smith, Hawaii.The talks between the two defense leaders are based on the...
01 October 2022 Landpower and Integrated Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific (CMF #3) U.S. Army Pacific -- The Association of the United States Army will host a Contemporary Military Forum at 10 a.m., Oct. 11, focused on the critical role Landpower and integrated deterrence play across the Indo-Pacific, as part of AUSA’s annual meeting and exposition at the Walter E. Washington...
01 October 2022 Coast Guard District 14 Commander Participates in Pacific Island Leaders Panel HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Leaders from 14 countries representing the Pacific Islands met in Honolulu, Hawaii to convene Pu’uhonua: The Pacific Way Forward, the 12th Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders, Sept 12.The Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders is a multi-day leadership conference that...