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  • Talisman Sabre 25

    Jul 15 2025
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    AUSTRALIA (July 13, 2025) — U.S Marines, with Golf Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, work together to quickly reload their M777 towed 155mm howitzer during a 15 round fire mission in Queensland, Australia on July 13, 2025 as part of Talisman Sabre 2025. The exercise is designed to enhance combat readiness and interoperability with allies and partners. (U.S. Army Photo by Master Sgt. Matthew Keeler)

  • USS George Washington Conducts Flight Operations

    Jul 15 2025
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    CELEBES SEA (July 13, 2025) — An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, takes off from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Celebes Sea, July 13, 2025. The USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWA CSG) is conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. George Washington is the U.S. Navy’s premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States’ commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, while operating alongside allies and partners across the U.S. Navy’s largest numbered fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Ana Souza Young)

  • Talisman Sabre 25 - CJLFX

    Jul 15 2025
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    ROCKHAMPTON, Australia (July 15, 2025) — High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems from the Australian Army, the United States Army and the Singapore Army fire a salvo of rockets during a combined joint live fire exercise in Queensland, Australia during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25. The exercise is designed to enhance combat readiness and interoperability with allies and partners. (Photo courtesy of ADF CPL Michael Rogers)

  • USS America (LHA 6) Conducts Flight Operations during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25

    Jul 14 2025
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    CORAL SEA (July 13, 2025) — Two U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, land on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) while conducting flight operations during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25 in the Coral Sea, July 13. Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific by strengthening relationships and interoperability among key allies and partners, while enhancing our collective capabilities to respond to a wide array of potential security concerns. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Melseth)

  • George Washington Conducts Fueling-at-Sea Evolution with Badlands Trader

    Jul 14 2025
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    CELEBES SEA (July 10, 2025) — Sailors, assigned to deck department’s forward division, heave a phone-and-distance line on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a fueling-at-sea evolution with Military Sealift Command chartered ship motor tanker Badlands Trader while underway in the Celebes Sea, July 10, 2025. The USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWA CSG) is conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. George Washington is the U.S. Navy’s premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States’ commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, while operating alongside allies and partners across the U.S. Navy’s largest numbered fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Crowley)

  • Fleet Activities Okinawa Enhances Readiness During Citadel Protect Exercise

    Jul 11 2025
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    WHITE BEACH NAVAL FACILITY, Japan (July 9, 2025) — A 33-foot Force Protection-Medium Harbor Security Boat attached to Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa’s (CFAO) Naval Security Forces (NSF) conducts high-speed maneuvers during a Citadel Protect weapons training exercise in the waters near White Beach Naval Facility, Japan, July 9, 2025. Citadel Protect allows NSF personnel to simulate and train for threats to Navy installations and units. CFAO maintains and operates facilities to support United Nations Command-Rear missions, coalition and allied partners, U.S. Navy ships, submarines, and aircraft, and Joint Force assets in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class MacAdam Kane Weissman)

  • 31st MEU | LAR conducts a force on force

    Jul 09 2025
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    QUEENSLAND, Australia (July 4, 2025) — U.S. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a mechanized patrol on Light Armored Vehicles during a force on force exercise at Shoal Water Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 4, 2025. Marines participated in this training in order to refine their lethality and interoperability against one another. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Raul Sotovilla)

  • ROKAF Black Eagles soar over Camp Humphreys

    Jul 08 2025
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    PYEONGTAEK, South Korea (July 3, 2025) — The Republic of Korea Air Force aerobatic demonstration team, the Black Eagles, practice aerial maneuvers over Camp Humphreys, South Korea, July 3, 2025. The demonstration team visited the garrison to coordinate with personnel from the Airfield Division, Directorate of Emergency Services, and Directorate of Family and MWR for the upcoming Freedom Fest celebration. (U.S. Army photo by Richard Kim)

  • Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Change of Command Ceremony

    Jul 03 2025
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    WAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, Japan (July 2, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Devon Tschirley, station executive officer, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, marches with the color guard during a change of command ceremony at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, July 2, 2025. MCAS Iwakuni held the change of command ceremony to formally transfer command from Col. Richard Rusnok to Col. Kenneth Rossman, symbolizing the shift in leadership, authority, and responsibility for the installation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Getz)

  • USS America (LHA 6) Conducts Flight Operation

    Jul 03 2025
    CORAL SEA
    CORAL SEA (June 29, 2025) — A U.S. Marine F-35B Lightning II aircraft from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to land on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) during flight operations in the Coral Sea, June 29. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Nicholas Douglass)

  • Cope Angel 2025: U.S and Japan sharpen search and rescue skills

    Jul 03 2025
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    KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, Japan (June 26, 2025) — Japan Air Self-Defense Force members from the Naha Air Rescue Squadron ride on a U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron, in support of exercise Cope Angel 25-1 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 26, 2025. Cope Angel is an annual bilateral personnel recovery exercise conducted with U.S. Air Force and JASDF personnel, providing the opportunity for both services to integrate, plan and train together. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melany Bermudez)

  • 31st MEU | Boat Company Conducts Ship-to-Shore Movement

    Jul 02 2025
    CORAL SEA
    CORAL SEA (June 29, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Baker Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct ship-to-shore movement, utilizing the Enhanced Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Craft, in the Coral Sea, June 29, 2025. Marines conducted the ship to shore movement in order to improve amphibious raid capabilities and sustain small boat skills. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Trevor BishopWilliams)

  • VMFA-242 aircraft conduct flyover of USS America in Coral Sea

    Jul 02 2025
    CORAL SEA
    CORAL SEA (July 1, 2025) — Three U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft, assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fly by the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) while conducting flight operations in the Coral Sea, July 1. The America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Melseth)

  • USS San Diego conducts flight ops in Coral Sea

    Jul 01 2025
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    CORAL SEA (June 28, 2025) — A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes off during flight operations aboard amphibious transport dock USS San Diego (LPD 22), in the Coral Sea, June 28, 2025. Marines and Sailors conducted flight operations in order to expand mission capabilities in support of the 31st MEU. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Trevor BishopWilliams)

  • 3/12 Executes a HIMARS Dry-Fire Training at Camp Fuji

    Jun 30 2025
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    CAMP FUJI, Japan (June 8, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dawson Dauzat operates an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during a field training exercise at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, June 8, 2025. The training demonstrates 3d Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment’s ability to rapidly deploy long-range fire throughout the Indo-Pacific. Dauzat, a native of Texas, is a field artillery cannoneer with 3d Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rodney Frye)

  • Mine Matters

    Jun 30 2025
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    JAPAN (June 30, 2025) — U.S. Navy EOD divers prepare to place a charge on a bottom mine during IWO-TO LIVE MINEX 2025. (U.S. Navy Photo by EODCS Steven Jurgielewicz)

  • USS George Washington conducts flight ops in Philippine Sea

    Jun 26 2025
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    U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 23, 2025) — A CMV-22B Osprey, attached to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRM) 30, readies for takeoff on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Philippine Sea, June 23, 2025. The USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWA CSG) is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. George Washington is the U.S. Navy’s premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States’ commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, while operating alongside allies and partners across the U.S. Navy’s largest numbered fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class August Clawson)

  • USS America (LHA 6) Conducts Flight Operation

    Jun 24 2025
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    TASMAN SEA (June 20, 2025) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 1st Class Rebekah Hood, from Gilbert, Arizona, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) directs an MH-60S Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 on the flight deck of the America while conducting flight operations in the Tasman Sea, June 20. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Melseth)

  • USS John Finn departs Yokosuka

    Jun 24 2025
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    YOKOSUKA, KANAGAWA, Japan (June 21, 2025) — Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) take in a line on the fo’c’sle during a sea and anchor detail in Yokosuka, Japan, June 21. John Finn is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alexandria Esteban)

  • Salaknib 25 | Operation Maneuver

    Jun 23 2025
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    PHILIPPINES (June 24, 2025) — U.S. Army Soldiers from the Transformation in Contact enabled 2nd MBDE, 25th Infantry Division train alongside their Philippine 5th Infantry Division Partners in Operational Maneuver in Northern Luzon, Philippines, June 17, 2025. Salaknib 2025 is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. Military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Noe Cork)

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command gallery

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, meets with the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim at the Perdana Putra, on, May 29, 2025. Malaysia is a significant regional and global partner for the United States, and the two countries have a Comprehensive Partnership based on three pillars—trade and investment, security, and people-to-people ties. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Angel Heraldez)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, meets with Minister of Defence of Malaysia, Mohamed Khaled Nordin at the Ministry of Defence, on, May 29, 2025. Malaysia is a significant regional and global partner for the United States, and the two countries have a Comprehensive Partnership based on three pillars—trade and investment, security, and people-to-people ties. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Angel Heraldez)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, participates in an honors ceremony at the Minisitry of Defence, Malaysia, on May 29, 2025. Malaysia is a significant regional and global partner for the United States, and the two countries have a Comprehensive Partnership based on three pillars—trade and investment, security, and people-to- people ties. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Angel Heraldez)
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM
Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is greeted by Capt. Andres Gallegos,commanding officer, Chilean Navy tall ship Esmeralda, during his visit to the ship at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, May 20, 2025. The Esmeralda is set to conduct port visits in multiple countries during their six month deployment. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon M. Smith)
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM
Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is greeted by Capt. Andres Gallegos,commanding officer, Chilean Navy tall ship Esmeralda, during his visit to the ship at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, May 20, 2025. The Esmeralda is set to conduct port visits in multiple countries during their six month deployment. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon M. Smith)
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM
Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, visits the Chilean tall ship Esmeralda at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, May 20, 2025. The ship has a crew of over 320 sailors, with many of them being recent graduates of Chile’s naval academy who learn about navigation and seamanship during their deployment. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon M. Smith)
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM
Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is greeted by Capt. Andres Gallegos,commanding officer, Chilean Navy tall ship Esmeralda, during his visit to the ship at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, May 20, 2025. The Esmeralda is set to conduct port visits in multiple countries during their six month deployment. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon M. Smith)
VILLANOVA, Pa.
Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and Villanova alum, addressed the 2025 graduating class in a commencement speech at Villanova University, May 16, 2025. Returning to his alma mater, Paparo spoke to the graduates on how the virtues learned at Villanova impacted a life and career of service.
HONOLULU, Hawaii
Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks during the opening remarks at the Association of the United States Army’s 2025 Land Forces Pacific (LANPAC) Symposium & Exposition in Honolulu on May 13, 2025. LANPAC 25 includes participation from more than thirty nations collaborating on the role of land forces necessary to prevail as a Joint Force in the Indo-Pacific. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict.
HONOLULU, Hawaii
Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks during the opening remarks at the Association of the United States Army’s 2025 Land Forces Pacific (LANPAC) Symposium & Exposition in Honolulu on May 13, 2025. LANPAC 25 includes participation from more than thirty nations collaborating on the role of land forces necessary to prevail as a Joint Force in the Indo-Pacific. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict.
HONOLULU, Hawaii
Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks during the opening remarks at the Association of the United States Army’s 2025 Land Forces Pacific (LANPAC) Symposium & Exposition in Honolulu on May 13, 2025. LANPAC 25 includes participation from more than thirty nations collaborating on the role of land forces necessary to prevail as a Joint Force in the Indo-Pacific. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict.
HONOLULU, Hawaii
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, deputy commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks with retired Australian Defence Force Brigadier Ian Langford, executive director of Security and Defence PLuS, during the Indo-Pacific Security Forum in Honolulu, May 12, 2025. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Bellino) (Photo has been enhanced due to low-light environment.)
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JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, Hawaii
A 60th Air Mobility Wing C-17 from Travis Air Force Base, California, support a Transport Isolation System operation at Joint Base Pearl-Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, July 17, 2020. A team of Airmen from several commands rapidly executed a Transport Isolation System in support of a COVID-19 bio-containment aeromedical evacuation mission. This is the first time the TIS was utilized in the Indo-Pacific area of operations. The TIS is an infectious disease containment unit designed to minimize contamination risk to aircrew and medical attendants, while allowing in-flight medical care for patients afflicted by a disease.
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia
South Korean service members fold a flag over a box containing the remains of a service member during a repatriation ceremony hosted by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 23, 2020. The purpose of the ceremony was to transfer the remains and commemorate the service of 147 fallen South Korean soldiers who fought alongside U.S. and United Nations forces during the Korean War. The efforts to return the remains are a part of the DPAA Korean War Identification Project, and includes remains unilaterally turned over by North Korea from 1990 to 1994, and in 2018. The remains were analyzed jointly by the DPAA laboratory and scientists with the Republic of Korea's Ministry of National Defense Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification (MAKRI). Working cooperatively, they concluded that the 147 individual remains are of South Korean origin, though the remains haven’t been individually identified. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rusty Frank)
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, Hawaii
U.S. Air Force Pararescue Airmen prepare for NASA’s SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2 on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 26, 2020. In preparation for the historic launch of a manned crew into space, several units from Team Hickam assisted the deployment of U.S. Air Force Guardian Angel Pararescue forces from the 58th Rescue Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada as part of Task Force 45, facilitated by 45th Operations Group, Detachment 3, Human Space Flight Support located at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman Ramón "CZ" Colón-López and Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jason L. France, senior enlisted leader for the U.S. Transportation Command, provide an update on PCS moves and safety measures being taken to protect service members and families in light of COVID-19 during a town hall for service members and their families, May 14, 2020. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders)
NAVAL COMMUNICATION STATION HAROLD E. HOLT, Australia
The Space Surveillance Telescope (SST), developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is being reassembled at NCS Harold E. Holt, near Exmouth, Australia. The SST is a ground-based optical system that detects and tracks small objects in deep space, and provides an unprecedented wide-area search capability that will enhance space situational awareness of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere.
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii
A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer from the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, to refuel during a 34-hour round-trip sortie to conduct operations over the Pacific as part of a joint U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission April 30, 2020. This operation demonstrates the U.S. Air Force’s dynamic force employment model in line with the National Defense Strategy’s objectives of strategic predictability with persistent bomber presence, assuring allies and partners.
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Adrian Gonzalez and Airman 1st Class Cyrus Bartony, from the 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, work together to 3D print a face shield April 9, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Gonzalez and Bartony are the 3D print programmers that helped design the models to print personal protective equipment during COVID-19.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Jonathan Rath Hoffman, assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs, holds a news conference on COVID-19 efforts at the Pentagon, April 24, 2020.
DEDEDO, Guam
Sailors assigned to Task Force 75.5 prepare to lift a tent during construction of a 150-bed expeditionary medical facility at Naval Base Guam. The EMF will provide expanded medical capabilities in support of DoD’s COVID-19 response and will enable forces to be postured to support Guam and the region if a Defense Support of Civil Authorities mission is requested.
NAVAL BASE GUAM
Vehicles pre-stage prior to a line haul after the offload equipment of Emergency Medical Facility (EMF) from Watson-class vehicle cargo ship USNS Dahl (T-AKR-312) April 13, 2020. The EMF will provide expanded medical capabilities in support of DoD’s COVID-19 response and will enable forces to be postured to support Guam and the region if a Defense Support of Civil Authorities mission is requested.
NAVAL BASE GUAM
Capt. Eric Correll, commander of Task Force 75, speaks with Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 during expeditionary medical facility (EMF) site preparation. The EMF will provide expanded medical capabilities in support of DoD’s COVID-19 response and will enable forces to be postured to support Guam and the region if a Defense Support of Civil Authorities mission is requested.
KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, Japan
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joseph Murvich, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels distribution operator, squeegees a 300-ft. fuel hose while Senior Airman William Comstock, 18th LRS Forward Area Refueling Point team member, motivates him to finish during a FARP tryout event at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 17, 2020. Tryouts enabled the FARP team to identify and recruit the most mentally and physically capable LRS Airmen who will attend additional training in preparation for special operations at night and in austere environments in support of forward-deployed combat units.

 

 

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