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3rd OSS Tests Landing Zone Capabilities at Home, Abroad
April 3, 2023 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- What once was a four-strip, prepared airfield during World War II now sits overgrown and unused, with only two unimproved landing surfaces at Tinian,... MORE

Intent to Open U.S. Embassy Port Vila, Republic of Vanuatu
April 3, 2023 — U.S. Department of State - To further strengthen the bilateral relationship, the U.S. Department of State has conveyed the U.S. intent to the Ni-Vanuatu Government to open an embassy in the Republic... MORE

Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, Republic of Korea Navy Conduct Bilateral Maritime Exercise
April 3, 2023 — USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) -- The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (NIMCSG) conducted a bilateral maritime exercise with the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) March 27.The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and the... MORE

1st Multi-Domain Task Force Deploys the Army’s First Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon System
March 31, 2023 — U.S. Army - Army Secretary Christine Wormuth predicted “fiscal year 23 will be the year of long-range precision fires.” at Breaking Defense in 2021.In February, the 1st Multi-Domain Task Force (1st... MORE

NIWC Pacific and Its Partners are Building a Quantum Navy
March 31, 2023 — SAN DIEGO, California -- Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific’s mission touches cyber, sea, space — and, since 2000, the subatomic realm.We make sense of the first three through programming... MORE

Wanted: Industry Partners to ‘SCOUT’ for Solutions to U.S. Pacific Fleet Challenges
March 31, 2023 — WASHINGTON -- From its inception, the Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored SCOUT campaign has reached across government and private industry to rapidly source and incubate innovative solutions to... MORE

Framework Arrangement Enables First Survey Mission for Americans Missing from World War II in Indonesia
March 31, 2023 — U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) signed a Framework Arrangement with the Government of Indonesia March 21 that permits the first DPAA joint... MORE

Readout of Ambassador Tai’s Meeting with ROK President
March 31, 2023 — SEOUL, U.S. Embassy in Consulate in the Republic of Korea -- United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai met today with the President of the Republic of Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol.Ambassador Tai and... MORE

Celebrating Women’s History Month: Why Representation Matters in the Military
March 31, 2023 — MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Struggle isn’t always apparent. The adversity women face in a predominantly male profession can be daunting, even if it isn’t plain to see. There’s equity, equality, and... MORE

F-35s Arrive at Kadena AB to Maintain Advanced Fighter Presence
March 30, 2023 — KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- F-35A Lightning IIs from the 355th Fighter Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, arrived at Kadena Air Base, March 28, to ensure continuous fighter presence through the... MORE

Oregon Guard, Bangladesh Army Train During Tiger Lightning
March 30, 2023 — GAZIPUR, Bangladesh -- Members of the Oregon National Guard, the 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, and Civil Affairs and Explosive Ordnance Disposal... MORE

Expedient Small Asset Protection Shelter System Advances ACE in the Pacific Region
March 30, 2023 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --The Expedient Small Asset Protection (ESAP) shelter system ribbon cutting ceremony was held on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 24, 2023, to bookmark the... MORE

Alaska Army National Guard ‘First Scouts’ Awarded State’s Highest Heroism Medal for 1955 Rescue
March 30, 2023 — GAMBELL (ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND), Alaska – On June 22, 1955, two Russian MiG-15s from Siberia shot down a U.S. Navy P2V-5 Neptune plane flying a routine maritime patrol from Kodiak out over the Bering... MORE

Space Development Agency to Launch 10 Satellites
March 30, 2023 — WASHINGTON -- The first 10 of 28 satellites which make up Tranche 0 of the "Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture," are set to launch tomorrow morning out of Vandenberg Space Force Base in... MORE

US Air Force Participates in Civic Action Engagement Alongside Royal Thai Air Force, Republic of Singapore Air Force during Exercise Cope Tiger 23
March 29, 2023 — KORAT, Kingdom of Thailand -- Airmen from the United States, Thailand and Singapore visited a local school as part of a combined civic action engagement during Exercise Cope Tiger 2023.The Airmen took... MORE

U.S. Naval Ship Matthew Perry Returns to Indo-Pacific Waters After Voyage Repair in India
March 29, 2023 — CHENNAI, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India -- USNS Matthew Perry, a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy, has successfully completed maintenance and repair work at Larsen &... MORE

Competition With China Drives FY 2024 Budget Request
March 29, 2023 — WASHINGTON -- The $842 billion fiscal year 2024 budget request for the Defense Department is driven in large part by strategic competition with China, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said.The... MORE

13th MEU Conducts Expeditionary Strike Force Operations in the South China Sea

Navy Conducts Revitalization at the Port of Tinian; Extends Life of Port Infrastructure for Region
March 29, 2023 — TINIAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands -- Bubbling under the waters at the Port of Tinian, a team of Sailors from Underwater Construction Team (UCT) Two could be seen welding zinc anodes... MORE

NIMCSG, JMSDF Conduct Bilateral Maritime Exercise
March 28, 2023 — PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (NIMCSG) conducted a bilateral maritime exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), March 23-26.USS Nimitz (CVN 68), USS Wayne E... MORE

7th Fleet Destroyer conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation in South China Sea
March 28, 2023 — PARACEL ISLANDS, South China Sea – On March 24 (local time) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the South China Sea near the... MORE