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Mission-ready Flight Keeps Legacy Alive
August 12, 2020 — KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Dozens of machinery align in multiple rows near a hangar. Some are as big as the Hydraulic Test Stand, sitting up to nearly five feet tall. Some are as small as... MORE

374th Security Forces Squadron Strengthens Bilateral Ties with Koku-Jieitai
August 12, 2020 — YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Koku-Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) security personnel from across Japan gathered together at Yokota Air Base, Japan, to take part in a bilateral training event with... MORE

374th SFS strengthens bilateral ties with Koku-Jieitai

B-1 Crew Trains with Japan, USS Ronald Reagan in Indo-Pacific
August 11, 2020 — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- A B-1B Lancer launching from Andersen Air Force Base conducted a bilateral mission with Japan and a joint mission with the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG)... MORE

U.S. Embassy Provides Additional Covid-19 Response Equipment to Bangladesh Prison Headquarters
August 11, 2020 — DHAKA, Bangladesh -- United States Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller and his team provided essential personal protective equipment (PPE) to Inspector General Prisons Brigadier General AKM Mustafa... MORE

USS Germantown COVID-19 Rapid Response Team Fights Pandemic from the Deckplates
August 11, 2020 — EAST CHINA SEA - Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) received nasal swab tests to determine whether or not they had contracted COVID-19.Within the week, all test... MORE

Cadet Soars to New Heights with Pilot for a Day
August 11, 2020 — YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Some children dream of growing up to become firefighters, scientists or doctors, but for Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Kailea Deleon, Yokota Civil Air Patrol superintendent, that... MORE

United States Further Assists Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management
August 11, 2020 — COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- The U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), awarded US $1.5 million to the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement to support local... MORE

Ambassador Miller Visits Flood Affected Gaibandha, Bangladesh, to Observe U.S. Assistance
August 11, 2020 — DHAKA, Bangladesh -- United States Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller visited Madhya Khatiamari village in Gaibandha district with Government of Bangladesh officials to observe U.S. assistance to... MORE

Task Force Koa Moana 20 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Marines Make History on Peleliu
August 10, 2020 — Palau -- The island of Peleliu, Republic of Palau, is a tropical paradise with dense jungles, coral rock beaches, stretching reefs and sandbars just below the surface of the clear turquoise waves... MORE

Ambassador Cella Signs Defense Cooperation Agreement with Fiji
August 10, 2020 — U.S. Embassy in Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu -- Ambassador Joseph Cella and Fiji’s Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yogesh Karan signed the Defense Cooperation... MORE

Fight and Win: 31st MEU Completes Two Weeks of Mission Planning and Execution at MEUEX
August 10, 2020 — CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa -- The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and subordinate units, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262... MORE

20 Future NCOs Graduate from Distance-learning Basic Leader Course at Camp Zama
August 10, 2020 — CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- Twenty Soldiers graduated from a distance-learning Basic Leader Course (BLC) held here July 7 through 31, and are now ready for the next step toward becoming a noncommissioned... MORE

Airman Dorm Leader’s Safeguard Inbound Quarantine Airmen
August 10, 2020 — OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Relocating to a new military installation in another country can be a stressful task, especially during the current COVID-19 pandemic. With so many uncertainties... MORE

ADL’s safeguard inbound quarantine Airmen

U.S. Navy, Air Force conduct integrated training off Japan
August 7, 2020 — PACIFIC OCEAN -- The U.S. Navy and Air Force are conducting joint integrated training off the coast of Northern Japan. Units and personnel assigned to the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, Navy... MORE

Task Force Koa Moana 20 Tests Negative for COVID-19
August 7, 2020 — PORT OF MALAKAL, Republic of Palau -- Task Force Koa Moana 20 (TF KM20), composed of U.S. Marines and Sailors with I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) from Camp Pendleton, California, was tested for... MORE

Leaders Praise Outgoing Air Force Chief of Staff, Welcome Successor
August 7, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper, Air Force Secretary Barbara M. Barrett and Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen. Mark A. Milley applauded retiring Gen. David L. Goldfein's 37 years of... MORE

Marine Installation Leaders, Okinawa Officials Meet to Discuss COVID-19
August 7, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- Okinawa Government representatives met with Marine Corps Installations Pacific leaders and medical professionals to discuss COVID-19-related information at Camp Foster Naval... MORE

Exercise WestPac Rumrunner – the Second Iteration
August 6, 2020 — KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 18th Wing hosted the second iteration of Exercise WestPac Rumrunner – an exercise designed to train and improve capabilities and joint interoperability using agile combat... MORE

Esper Discusses COVID-19, Inclusion, National Defense Strategy
August 6, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper discussed the National Defense Strategy and U.S. great-power competition, the challenges COVID-19 brought to the Defense Department and his... MORE

Hometown Friends and Heroes Take to the Sky
August 6, 2020 — OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- It’s not every day that you get to pilot an F-16 fighter jet while one of your best friends fills the back seat. Let alone, a friend whose medical expertise, saved... MORE