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Six Indo-Pacific Nations begin Exercise Sea Dragon
January 6, 2022 — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Two U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft from the “Golden Swordsmen” and “The Tridents” join Australia, Canada, India, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), and... MORE

Austin Looking Forward to Discussions With Japanese Counterpart
January 6, 2022 — WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, joined by U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, will meet virtually with Japanese Foreign Affairs... MORE

First USMC F-35C Squadron Deploys
January 6, 2022 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) has marked a key milestone for Marine Corps history as they departed San Diego... MORE

Navy Restores, Reopens Chiget Beach for Public Use
January 6, 2022 — ASAN, Guam -- U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Joint Region Marianas, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) leadership gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony at Chiget Beach in Tinian,... MORE

The Navy Restores, Reopens Chiget Beach for Public Use

Alaska National Guard Stages Second Team in Response to Ongoing Winter Storms
January 6, 2022 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska Army National Guard is providing emergency response assistance to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough starting today after high winds have led to... MORE

Water for Wake
January 5, 2022 — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Airmen from the 36th Logistic Readiness Squadron (LRS) sent two Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Units (ROWPUs) and five support pallets to Wake Island during a... MORE

US Navy Seabees in Timor-Leste Hold Multinational Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
January 5, 2022 — BAUCAU, Timor-Leste -- U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a four-room schoolhouse in Baucau, Timor-Leste Dec. 10.On Aug. 16, the... MORE

U.S. Military Holds Tactical Combat Casualty Training in Palawan, Zambales
January 5, 2022 — MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- The U.S. Civil-Military Support Element-Philippines (CMSE-PHL) recently conducted Tactical Combat Casualty Care and Medical First Responder training with the... MORE

USINDOPACOM Statement on DPRK Missile Launch
January 5, 2022 — We are aware of the ballistic missile launch and are consulting closely with our allies and partners. While we have assessed that this event does not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or... MORE

Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Departs on Deployment
January 4, 2022 — SAN DIEGO -- The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) departed on a regularly scheduled deployment Monday in support of global maritime security operations.The Abraham Lincoln CSG is led by the... MORE

176th Maintenance Group Virtual Reality Lab Introduces Innovative Training
January 4, 2022 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The 176th Maintenance Group (MXG) opened its innovative Virtual Reality Training Lab here Dec. 4, 2021.The 176th MXG used squadron innovation funds from... MORE

799,110 Pfizer Doses Donated by the U.S. Arrive in Lao PDR
January 4, 2022 — VIENTIANE, U.S. Embassy in Laos -- Lao PDR received a new shipment of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Jan. 2, which is a donation by the United States through the COVAX Facility - a partnership... MORE

Royal Canadian Air Force Arctic Guardian Keeps Watch with 176th Air Defense Squadron
January 4, 2022 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Besides her distinctively mottled Canadian Disruptive Pattern uniform and a habit of pronouncing lieutenant as “left-tenant,” there is nothing... MORE