05 June 2023 Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Meets With 'Five Eyes' Defense Policy Senior Officials WASHINGTON -- U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Ely Ratner; Australian Deputy Secretary of Defence Strategy, Policy, and Industry Group Hugh Jeffrey; Canadian Assistant Deputy Minister (Policy) Peter Hammerschmidt, United Kingdom Director General for Security...
05 June 2023 7th Fleet Destroyer Transits Taiwan Strait U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) and Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Montreal (FFH 336) are conducting a routine Taiwan Strait transit June 3 (local time) through waters where high-seas freedoms of navigation and...
05 June 2023 Austin Underscores Importance of Partnerships in Securing a Shared Vision for Indo-Pacific WASHINGTON -- The U.S. remains committed to a shared vision of freedom, security and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said today.Speaking at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Austin underscored the importance...
05 June 2023 United States-Japan-Republic of Korea Trilateral Ministerial Meeting (TMM) Joint Press Statement WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Japanese Minister of Defense Hamada Yasukazu, and Republic of Korea (ROK) Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-Sup convened a Trilateral Ministerial Meeting in Singapore, June 3, 2023. During the meeting, the three leaders discussed the...
05 June 2023 Andersen AFB Remains Operational after Typhoon Mawar ANDERSEN AFB, Guam -- Typhoon Mawar, a category 4 typhoon,, hit the island of Guam causing significant damage to Andersen Air Force Base on May 24, 2023. As restoration continues, Andersen AFB airfields are back in operational status.Joint military service members from across the United States...
05 June 2023 Exercise Crocodile Response Concludes, Increasing Readiness in the Indo-Pacific DARWIN, NT, Australia -- Alongside Allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) stands ready to provide Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HA/DR) to those in need. In a demonstration of combined readiness and interoperability, service members...
02 June 2023 U.S., Japanese Defense Leaders Discuss Progress on Closer Alliance WASHINGTON -- U.S. and Japanese defense leaders are "operationalizing" agreements that are deepening the treaty alliance, said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada in Tokyo."This is a consequential time for our alliances," Austin said during a news...
02 June 2023 Red Flag Alaska 23-2 Kicks 0ff Soon to Enhance Multinational Interoperability JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Red Flag-Alaska 23-2, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise, is scheduled to begin on June 12 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex and is scheduled to run through June 23, 2023. Red Flag-Alaska is designed to provide...
02 June 2023 U.S., Philippine, Japan Coast Guards to Conduct Trilateral Engagements MANILA, Philippines -- The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) and crew arrived in Manila on Thursday to conduct professional exchanges and joint operations with members of the Philippine and Japan Coast Guards during Stratton’s months-long Indo-Pacific deployment.Members from the three...
02 June 2023 USS Shoup Departs Sendai, Japan SENDAI, Japan -- The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) departed Sendai, Japan after a port visit, June 1.The Yokosuka-based destroyer visit marks the first U.S. Navy ship visit since 2010, when USS Russell stopped in the capital of Miyagi...