An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Official websites use .mil

A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States.

Secure .mil websites use HTTPS

A lock () or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Sort By

Category

Show Advanced Options

Clear Filters |

Strike Eagles join Lightning II’s at Keystone of the Pacific

F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 336th Fighter Squadron arrive at Kadena Air Base, Japan, April 8, 2023. The Strike Eagles arrived from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, to ensure continuous fighter presence through the phased return of Kadena’s fleet of F-15C/D Eagles to the United States.

Details Download

Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Operates in the Philippine Sea

A U.S. Navy Sailor launches an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the ÒMighty ShrikesÓ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 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.

Details Download

Task Force 76/3 Hosts Commanders Conference

Rear Adm. Derek Trinque, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 and Task Force 76/3, speaks with ESG 7 staff and subordinate unit commanders during a commanders conference at the ESG 7 detachment headquarters in Sasebo, Apr. 6, 2023. Expeditionary Strike Group 7 is an operational command based out of Okinawa and is responsible for conducting expeditionary warfare operations to support a full range of U.S. Seventh Fleet theater contingencies, ranging from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to full combat operations.

Details Download

B-1B Lancers integrate with partners, build interoperability during exercise COPE INDIA 2023

U.S. Airmen, assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing and the 15th Wing, load cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota during a partner integration mission in support of Exercise COPE INDIA 23, April 6, 2023. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is committed to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Yendi Borjas)

Details Download

USAG Japan headquarters building renamed after former commander

Col. Christopher L. Tomlinson, left, commander of U.S. Army Garrison Japan, and Command Sgt. Maj. David A. Rio, the garrison's senior enlisted leader, unveil a plaque during a ceremony to rename the garrison's headquarters building at Camp Zama, Japan, April 5, 2023. The building, commonly referred to as Building 102 or the Garrison building, is now named the Col. David B. Hannum Jr. Garrison Headquarters Building in honor of the former garrison commander.

Details Download

Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Completes Group Sail in Hawaiian Islands Operating Area

(From right to left) Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Stethem (DDG 63) andand USS Hopper (DDG 70) participate in an integrated live fire event during Group Sail. Group Sail demonstrates Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group’s ability to rapidly aggregate the strike group units and provides an opportunity to conduct progress training to enhance levels of excellence, increase lethality and tactical proficiency of U.S. Navy units operating in the 3rd Fleet area of operation.

Details Download

NIMCSG, JMSDF, ROKN Conduct Trilateral Maritime Exercise

The Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy Chungmugong Yi Sun-Shin-class destroyers ROKS Dae Jo young (DDH 977) and ROKS Choi Young (DDH 981) steam in formation with the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a trilateral photo exercise. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is conducting a trilateral maritime exercise with the ROK Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in the U.S. 7th Fleet are of operations. 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.

Details Download

NIMCSG, JMSDF, ROKN Conduct Trilateral Maritime Exercise

The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) steams in formation with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Asagiri-class destroyer JS Umigiri (DD 158), Republic of Korea (ROK) Great-class destroyer ROKS Yulgok Yi I (DDG 992), Chungmugong Yi Sun-Shin-class destroyers ROKS Dae Jo young (DDH 977) and ROKS Choi Young (DDH 981), So Yang-class fast combat support ship ROKS So Yang (AOE 51), and the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS Decatur (DDG 73) and USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) during a trilateral photo exercise. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is conducting a trilateral maritime exercise with the ROK Navy and JMSDF in the U.S. 7th Fleet are of operations. 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.

Details Download

Chief of Naval Personnel visits USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)

Vice Adm. Rick Cheeseman, Chief of Naval Personnel, addresses Sailors at an all-hands call on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), while in-port Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, April 4. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports Alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

Details Download

Women, Peace and Security Symposium

USAJR hosts inaugural Women, Peace and Security Symposium

Details Download

U.S. Army Japan renames headquarters to honor to past leader

In this file photo, General Maxwell D. Taylor took the helm of U.S. Army Japan, then U.S. Army Forces, Far East, in November 1954. He relinquished command of the unit on April 1, 1955, to lead all U.S. forces in Japan and Korea as the Commanding General of U.S. Far East Command, a unified combatant command. He also served as the Chief of Staff of the Army and the 5th Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Details Download

USCGC Oliver Henry returns to Guam after strengthening partnerships in Oceania during mission to combat illegal fishing in Pacific

The crew of USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) approaches a Philippine-flagged purse seine fishing vessel in the North Pacific Ocean on March 31, 2023. The team returned to Guam on April 9, 2023, following the 30-day patrol supporting the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency's Operation 365 and Operation Rematau to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in the Pacific.

Details Download

Missile Defense Agency Test Successfully Intercepts Ballistic Missile Target

A Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Dual II with Software Upgrade (SWUP) is launched from the USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) off the coast of the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii as part of Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 31 Event 1a (FTM-31 E1a), March 30, 2023. The Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U. S. Navy, held the successful missile defense event that demonstrated the capability of a ballistic missile defense (BMD)-configured Aegis ship to detect, track, engage, and intercept a medium range ballistic missile target in the terminal phase of flight utilizing the SM-6 Dual II SWUP in a single salvo of two interceptors.

Details Download

Nimitz Departs Busan

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Christopher Sweeney, commander, Carrier Strike Group 11, visits the United Nations Memorial in Busan, Republic of Korea. The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) is in the U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 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.

Details Download

Next Gen Aircrew Protection arrives at Yokota

Capt. David Hook (right) and 1st Lt. Brett Hansel (left), 36th AS C-130J Super Hercules pilots, test out sitting the pilot seats of a C-130J Super Hercules while wearing chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) aircrew protective suits during a Next Generation Aircrew Protection training at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 30, 2023. The NGAP study focused on two main efforts to include how to purge contaminants in-flight via the ventilation system, and familiarization of new CBRN protective equipment such as the M-69 mask used by aircrews to improve visibility and comfort.

Details Download

Pacific Air Forces host US, Japan Civil Engineer Key Leader Engagement forum

U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self Defense Force Airmen pose for a photo after attending a briefing during a bilateral U.S./Japan Key Leader Engagement event at Pacific Air Force headquarters on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 28, 2023. Attendees were leaders within their respective Civil Engineering career-fields who met to discuss CE challenges and training opportunities within the theater.

Details Download

AFFSA optimizes Digital Airport Surveillance Radar at 18 OSS

An Airport Surveillance Radar detects and displays the position of aircraft located in the air space at Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 30, 2023. The ASR-11 on Kadena has a metal covering that protects it from harsh weather conditions in Okinawa.

Details Download

Industry Partners to ‘SCOUT’ for Solutions to U.S. Pacific Fleet Challenges

ONR SCOUT is an ongoing, multiagency campaign to identify new ways to bring novel capabilities to warfighter challenges, experiment with them in realistic operating conditions, and operationalize them in partnership with the fleet and force.

Details Download

13th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducts Ssang Yong 2023

Republic of Korea Marines and U.S. Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a simulated amphibious assault during Ssang Young 23. Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-ROK Alliance, Ssang Young 2023 strengthens the Alliance through bilateral, joint training, contributing toward the ROK’s combined defense of the Korean Peninsula and increasing the readiness of the U.S.-ROK Alliance.

Details Download

US facilitates Japan Air Operations Center training

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 505th Training Squadron, 41st Electronic Combat Squadron, 5th Air Force/A3 staff conduct integrated air operations center and electronic warfare instruction with Japan Air Self-Defense Force members, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 29, 2023. Three years in the making, the 505th Training Squadron fulfilled a request by the government of Japan to assist with understanding how an air operations center plans and executes and how to build instructional standards to enable airpower at the operational level of war. The U.S. remains committed to peace and prosperity throughout the Indo-Pacific alongside our Japanese allies, together acting as the cornerstone of regional peace and security and presenting an ironclad defense of Japan. Photo by Deb Henley

Details Download