PACIFIC OCEAN — Amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) is slated to serve as the recovery ship for the Orion spacecraft and its crew upon their return from the historic Artemis II mission...

FORT MAGSAYSAY, Philippines — The United States Army and the Armed Forces of the Philippines reaffirmed their enduring partnership today as they officially commenced Exercise Salaknib 2026 with a formal opening ceremony. The annual exercise, hosted in the Philippines at the invitation of the...

Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) completed a ship wartime repair and maintenance exercise (SWARMEX), April 5, as part of its scheduled port visit to Cebu...

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — In direct support of its modernization strategy, the U.S. Eighth Army is leveraging its alliance with the Republic of Korea (ROK) to build a more resilient and responsive sustainment enterprise for its forward-deployed forces. A recent technology exchange with the ROK...

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command welcomed members of Laos’s Ministry of National Defense at the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command headquarters for the U.S.-Laos Bilateral Defense Dialogue, March 31- April 1, 2026...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 13th Fighter Squadron arrived at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 28, 2026, marking the beginning of the squadron’s transition to fifth-generation airpower and the permanent stationing of the Joint Force’s most advanced tactical...

CAMP HANSEN, Japan — Marines assigned to the III Expeditionary Operations Training Group at Okinawa, Japan, and U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command operators executed the Marine Corps' first live-fire drone strike against a maritime surface vessel from a naval surface craft. ...

MANILA, Philippines — The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit concluded its rotation with Marine Rotational Force – Southeast Asia on March 31, after enhancing combined readiness with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and regional partners in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Thailand. Building on that...

YONGIN, South Korea — Soldiers from the Nevada Army National Guard’s 17th Sustainment Brigade participated in Exercise Freedom Shield 2026, a multinational command post exercise held March 9–19, marking the unit’s first involvement alongside the Republic of Korea Army, U.S. Forces Korea and United...

MARLBOROUGH, New Zealand — The 374th Airlift Wing from Yokota Air Base, Japan, joined Royal New Zealand and Royal Australian Air Force units at RNZAF Base Woodbourne for the 10-day air mobility exercise, Mobility Astra 2026, March 23...