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Fleet Commanders Meet Virtually on USS Blue Ridge
January 21, 2021 — YOKOSUKA, Japan – Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet Vice Adm. Bill Merz hosted a virtual Fleet Commander’s Roundtable (FCRT) from the 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) Jan. 20, with naval leaders... MORE

Andersen Air Force Base Receives COVID-19 Vaccine Doses, Begins Distribution
January 21, 2021 — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- To protect my family…To protect my friends and coworkers…To protect my freedom….These are just a few of the reasons members of Team Andersen have chosen to get the... MORE

U.S. Marines in Okinawa Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
January 20, 2021 — CAMP HANSEN, Japan -- U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group (MIG), III MEF were given the option to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan,... MORE

U.S. Provides More Than USD$1 Million in Vehicles, Equipment to the Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Program
January 20, 2021 — VIENTIANE, LAO PDR -- The United States contributed 16 new 4×4 vehicles and 134 UXO detectors, worth more than USD$1 million at a handover ceremony held at the UXO Lao Training Center in Vientiane on... MORE

USS Russell Engages with Partners during Oceania Transit
January 19, 2021 — PACIFIC OCEAN -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) completed an Oceania transit and presence operation Jan. 18, interacting with partners and upholding commitments... MORE

Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group conducts Bilateral Exercise with JMSDF
January 19, 2021 — PACIFIC OCEAN -- The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) conducted a bilateral maritime exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) on January 15.The exercise, which... MORE

U.S. Ambassador to Fiji Announces Additional US$200,000 for Tropical Cyclone Yasa Recovery
January 19, 2021 — U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu -- U.S. Ambassador to Fiji Joseph Cella announced on 15 Jan. 2021, approximately US$200,000 (FJD$406,394) in additional funding to support... MORE

Ambassador to Bangladesh Miller Visits Children’s Home “Shishuder Jonno Amra”
January 19, 2021 — DHAKA, U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh -- United States Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen visited children’s home Shishuder Jonno Amra, 18 Jan. 2021, to provide... MORE

Misawa Operates Through Record Breaking December Snowfall, Demonstrates Joint and Allied Force Readiness
January 15, 2021 — MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Joint and allied personnel at Misawa Air Base executed mission-essential training and defense operations directly supporting the Indo-Pacific Command mission while... MORE

USS Ralph Johnson Returns from Maiden Deployment
January 15, 2021 — EVERETT, Wash. -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) returned to its homeport of Naval Station Everett, Washington, Jan. 14, following its first deployment to the... MORE

DOD's Autonomous Vessel Sails Through Transit Test, Participates in Exercise Dawn Blitz
January 15, 2021 — WASHINGTON -- A Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessel, part of a partnership between the Defense Department's Strategic Capabilities Office and the Navy, recently traveled a distance of more... MORE

U.S. Military and Philippine National Police Partner to Provide First Responder Training in Zambales
January 15, 2021 — MANILA, Philippines -- The United States Civil Military Support Element – Philippines (CMSE PHL), in partnership with the Philippine National Police Maritime Group (PNP-MG) – on January 12 and 13,... MORE

Largest Multi-Site Distribution Complex in DOD Delivers for Operation Warp Speed
January 15, 2021 — WASHINGTON -- As part of Operation Warp Speed's mission to develop and distribute COVID-19 vaccine, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution began shipping Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Defense Department... MORE

USS Ronald Reagan Begins COVID-19 Vaccinations
January 14, 2021 — YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), began receiving initial COVID-19 vaccinations at Command Fleet Activities,... MORE

Partnerships Key to Space Force Delivering Warfighting Capabilities
January 14, 2021 — WASHINGNTON -- The Space Force is responsible for delivering space capability to the joint and coalition forces, including such items as navigation, timing, electromagnetic operations, orbital... MORE

Trusted Capital Marketplace Reduces Vulnerability to Adversarial Capital
January 14, 2021 — WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department stood up the Trusted Capital Marketplace in December, and already both capability and capital providers are signing up to participate, the undersecretary of... MORE

Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak Conducts Patrol to Increase Maritime Presence in Pacific
January 13, 2021 — HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) conducted a port call in Honolulu after completing the first stage of their expeditionary patrol in the Pacific to curtail illegal... MORE

Officials Discuss COVID-19 Vaccine Deliveries and Prioritization Criteria
January 13, 2021 — WASHINGTON -- There's been significant progress in getting the COVID-19 vaccines out to the states, said Army Gen. Gustave F. Perna, the chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed.Thus far, 25... MORE

United States Donates Mobile Testing Unit to Fight COVID-19 in Moneragala
January 13, 2021 — U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka -- The United States donated a mobile testing unit to the Regional Health Services in Moneragala, received by Dr. B.M.C. Dasanayaka, as part of the effort to fight COVID-19... MORE

Guam Hosts Partner Nations in Exercise SEA DRAGON 2021
January 12, 2021 — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM -- Two P-8 Poseidon aircraft from Patrol Squadron 5 (VP-5), the “Mad Foxes,” joined several partner nations to kick off multinational anti-submarine warfare exercise Sea... MORE