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USS Halsey Returns Home from 7-month Deployment
October 30, 2020 — PEARL HABOR, Hawaii -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) returned to its homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Oct. 29, following a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet and... MORE

Soldiers Ensure Overseas Training, Readiness Continue Amid Pandemic
October 30, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- When the coronavirus swept through the European and Indo-Pacific regions earlier this year, Army units stationed in those parts of the world had to immediately adapt to the pandemic.With... MORE

USS John S. McCain Sails Alongside HMAS Ballarat
October 30, 2020 — ANDAMAN SEA -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) joined the Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155) during integrated operations in the... MORE

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo Travels to Vietnam to Demonstrate Support for a Strong, Prosperous, and Independent Vietnam
October 30, 2020 — U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Vietnam -- “Over the last quarter century, our two countries have built a partnership and friendship founded on shared interests, mutual respect, and people-to-people... MORE

Airmen Showcase Capabilities, Readiness in Wing-wide Exercise
October 30, 2020 — Yokota Air Base, Japan -- Team Yokota members participated in a week-long Samurai Readiness Inspection exercise, Oct. 26-30.The full-scale exercise is designed to enhance base readiness through... MORE

Joint STARS Aircraft Shine at Kadena Air Base
October 30, 2020 — KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Providing combatant commanders with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for the theater of operations all over the world can seem to be a grueling responsibility,... MORE

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo And Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi
October 30, 2020 — JAKARTA, Indonesia -- REMARKS TO THE PRESS; MICHAEL R. POMPEO. MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, the joint press statement will now start.FOREIGN MINISTER MARSUDI: Your Excellency Secretary Pompeo,... MORE

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo Travels to Indonesia to Underscore Shared Vision of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific Region
October 29, 2020 — U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Indonesia -- “The strategic partnership the United States and Indonesia have forged remains more important than ever…we will continue to strengthen the bonds that our two... MORE

U.S., India Meeting Looks to Deepen Cooperation
October 29, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- The U.S. and India Two-plus-Two Conference among the defense and foreign affairs leaders of both nations has charted just how far cooperation between the two democracies has come, said a... MORE

Esper Praises Results of U.S., Indian Meeting
October 28, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- U.S. and Indian leaders made more progress today on building what Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper called "one of the most consequential relationships for the United States in this... MORE

Joint Statement on the Third U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue
October 28, 2020 — U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India -- India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh and Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar welcomed U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Secretary of... MORE

Innovation Product Potentially Saves Air Force Thousands
October 28, 2020 — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Has there ever been a time at work where a process or piece of equipment just wasn’t cutting it? Imagine this, the average person works about a 40-hour work week... MORE

Ambassador Cella Leads Pacific Panel for Indo-Pacific Business Forum
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Space Force Leader Discusses Newest Military Service
October 28, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- The leader of the Space Force today discussed his service's partnerships and relations with Congress and the Air Force.Space Force Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond, the chief of space... MORE

7th Fleet Staff Join 12th Marine Regiment for Live Fire Exercise
October 27, 2020 — CAMP FUJI, Japan -- Staff members from U.S. 7th Fleet visited Combined Arms Training Center (CATC) Camp Fuji to learn about equipment and concepts associated with emergent Expeditionary Advanced Base... MORE

Sec Pompeo, Sec Esper, Min Singh, & Min Jaishankar Opening Statements at U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue
October 27, 2020 — U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India -- DEFENSE MINISTER SINGH: (Via interpreter) Mr. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State, Dr. Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense, my esteemed colleague Dr. S. Jaishankar,... MORE

US Seabee Divers Complete Infrastructure Assessment of Tinian Harbor
October 27, 2020 — TINIAN, Northern Mariana Islands -- In the middle of the Pacific lies an island surrounded with crystal-clear water, rich with military history. A small team of U.S. Navy Seabee underwater... MORE

731st Air Mobility Squadron Reveals New Air Freight Terminal
October 27, 2020 — Team Osan’s 731st Air Mobility Squadron officially opened a new air freight terminal, during a ribbon cutting ceremony here Oct. 26, 2020... MORE

Air Force members prepare to cut a ribbon

U.S. Military and Japan Self-Defense Forces Kick Off Keen Sword
October 26, 2020 — PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- U.S. Indo-Pacific Command forces and units from the Japan Self-Defense Force began exercise Keen Sword 21 (KS21), Oct. 26, on military installations throughout mainland Japan,... MORE

India, U.S. Begin Meetings in New Delhi
October 26, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- The relationship between the world's two largest democracies is among the most consequential of the 21st century, administration officials said in a phone call before the "two-plus-two"... MORE