16 November 2022 Readout of President Joe Biden’s Meeting with President Joko Widodo of Indonesia U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. today met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Bali, Indonesia. President Biden underscored the importance of the U.S.-Indonesia Strategic Partnership and the two leaders discussed ways to strengthen it. President Biden...
16 November 2022 Phnom Penh Statement on Trilateral Partnership for the Indo-Pacific U.S. Embassy & Consulate in the Republic of Korea -- Today in Phnom Penh, Cambodia at the East Asia Summit, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan, President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea (ROK), and President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. of the United States reaffirmed our trilateral partnership...
15 November 2022 Naval Medical Forces Pacific Team Participates in Keen Sword 23 CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan -- Elements of Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) recently travelled to Okinawa prefecture, Japan, and began participation in exercise Keen Sword 23 (KS23), Nov. 12.Keen Sword 23 is a biennial, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed, U.S. Indo-Pacific...
15 November 2022 Japan Hosts Australia, India, U.S. in Naval Exercise Malabar 2022 PHILIPPINE SEA -- Opening ceremonies kicked-off exercise Malabar 2022, Nov. 8, followed by scheduled at-sea exercises involving naval ships, aircraft and personnel from Australia, India, Japan, and the United States in the Philippine Sea, off the coast of Japan.This year marks the 26th iteration of...
15 November 2022 READOUT: Pacific Fleet commander’s Travel to Japan 5-9 Nov 2022 U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs -- Adm. Samuel Paparo, Commander U.S. Pacific Fleet, traveled to Japan for the 18th Western Pacific Maritime Symposium (WPNS) and fleet engagements, November 5-9, 2022.Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander U.S. Pacific Fleet, traveled to Japan for the 18th Western Pacific...
15 November 2022 U.S. Provides Medical Training and Equipment to Support PCG Operations in Palawan MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S. Embassy Civil Affairs Team (CAT) recently donated medical and dive equipment and conducted training for the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to support search and rescue and maritime law enforcement operations in Palawan.The donation of 12 sets of dive...
15 November 2022 U.S. Navy Concludes Training with Bangladesh Navy CHATTOGRAM, U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh -- From October 17 to November 10, the U.S. Embassy held the second Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) exercise of 2022 between U.S. Naval Special Warfare (NSW) and the Bangladesh Navy Special Warfare Diving & Salvage (BN SWADS). The JCET is the latest in...
10 November 2022 USS Higgins Returns to Yokosuka after a Successful Deployment YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) returned to Yokosuka, Japan, Nov. 10 concluding a routine deployment.Higgins’ return marks the end of a six-month patrol that began in May and took the ship and crew from the northern Pacific...
10 November 2022 Exercise Guardian Watch: How Alaska Guardsmen Maintain Arctic Resilience and Readiness FORT GREELY, Alaska -- Soldiers of the 49th Missile Defense Battalion (Ground-based Midcourse Defense), Alaska Army National Guard, showcased their resiliency and readiness in their most recent iteration of exercise Guardian Watch at Fort Greely, Alaska, Oct. 31 through Nov. 3, 2022.During exercise...
10 November 2022 Chief of Naval Operations visits Commander, Task Force 71 and USS Rafael Peralta YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday visited Commander, Task Force (CTF) 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Nov. 7.The visit to CTF 71 was part of the...