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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

USFK Healthcare Workers and First Responders Receive COVID-19 Vaccine

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

Tiberius Platform Aids COVID-19 Logistics, Delivery

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

USS William P. Lawrence Returns from U.S. 4th Fleet Deployment
January 12, 2021 — PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor, Jan. 11, following a deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area... MORE

United States and Philippines Commission Zoonotic Disease Laboratory in Tuguegarao
January 12, 2021 — MANILA, Philippines -- The U.S. Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), in partnership with the Philippine Department of Agriculture,... MORE

The Republic of Nauru Commits to Joining Clean 5G Network
January 12, 2021 — SUVA -- The United States Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu and Tonga, Joseph Cella announced that the Republic of Nauru has joined the Clean Network, a comprehensive, enduring strategy... MORE

DOD's Inaugural Foray Into 5G Experimentation on Track

HeRO Team: Supporting Healthy Habits
January 11, 2021 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --The Air Force Health, Readiness, and Optimism program, or HeRO, is an initiative designed to improve the quality of life of Airmen across the force.The 15th... MORE

Integrated Service of ROK Military Health Care Personnel Program Graduates 131st Cycle
January 8, 2021 — PYEOUNGTAEK, South Korea -- The 65th Medical Brigade Chief of Staff, Col. Yvette McCrea, presided over the 131st cycle graduation of the Integrated Service of Republic of Korea (ROK) Military Health... MORE

What You Should Know about Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine
January 8, 2021 — HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Over the last several weeks, vaccines for COVID-19 have been rolled out to locations throughout the Indo-Pacific region.The vaccines are currently only approved for emergency use... MORE

Breaking Barriers: Women of the Bomber Task Force
January 7, 2021 — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Working within maintenance for the past 15 years, Master Sgt. Lefever knows her field better than most. As a Bomber Task Force (BTF) project officer for the 28th... MORE

Camp Zama Rolls out COVID-19 Vaccine, Encourages Community Participation
January 7, 2021 — CAMP ZAMA, Japan – Although the COVID-19 vaccine is voluntary, Army leaders who received doses here Jan. 6 wholeheartedly recommend getting it.“It’s an important step toward getting back to a sense of... MORE

Farewell Address by Ambassador Kenneth I. Juster: Ambition and Achievement in the U.S.-India Partnership
January 7, 2021 — U.S. Embassy and Consulates in India -- Good afternoon everyone.Thank you very much Sunjoy for that kind introduction, and thanks as well to ORF for hosting this event.I come before you today to give... MORE

U.S. 7th Fleet Sailors Receive COVID Vaccine
January 6, 2021 — YOKOSUKA, Japan — Forward Deployed Naval Forces from U.S. 7th Fleet began receiving the initial COVID-19 vaccinations Jan. 5 at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka.Vice Adm. Bill Merz, members of the 7th... MORE

Nation’s Sole Heavy Icebreaker Arrives in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, for First Visit Since 2013
January 6, 2021 — DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska -- The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) arrived Tuesday in Dutch Harbor for a logistics stop 30 days into a months-long Arctic deployment to protect the... MORE