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YOKOSUKA, Japan

Senior leaders from the U.S. Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) pose for a photo following the trilateral theater anti-submarine warfare (TASW) working group (TTASWWG) at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka. The TTASWWG helped improve information sharing, coordination, and communication between the three countries and across all domains of undersea warfare. Share

ARLINGTON, Virginia

An artist's depiction shows an E-7A in flight. The E-7A is the Department of Defense's future tactical battle management, command and control and moving target indication platform scheduled to replace the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System. Share

U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka

For 75 years, the U.S. and Sri Lanka have built a relationship based on people, progress and partnership. Share

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti

Members of the U.S. Navy’s Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 8, the Djiboutian Navy, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force participated in a trilateral training engagement aboard the Japanese destroyer JS Suzutsuki based in the Port of Djibouti, Feb. 25. MSRON 8, assigned to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, provides CLDJ’s 31 tenant commands and visiting naval vessels protection through 24/7 port security and escorting operations. Camp Lemonnier’s presence in Djibouti is an important part of U.S. mission to partner with Djibouti and U.S. allies in the region to improve regional stability. Share

NAVAL BASE HERA, Timor Leste

Timor-Leste Fuzilierios prepare to board a simulated enemy vessel during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training/Marine Exercise Timor-Leste, Feb, 14. CARAT/MAREX Timor-Leste is a bilateral exercise between Timor-Leste and the United States designed to promote regional security cooperation, maintain and strengthen maritime partnerships, and enhance maritime interoperability. In its 28th year, the CARAT series is comprised of multinational exercises, designed to enhance U.S. and partner forces’ abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. Share

U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka

Indo-Pacific” Book Launch and Discussion U.S. Embassy Colombo and General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University Joint Pres. Share

HANOI, Vietnam

U.S. Ambassador Knapper Makes First Official Visit to Lào Cai Province Share

U.S. ARMY GARRISON CAMP CASEY, South Korea

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Jara, a native of East Bethel, Minnesota and an ammunition technician with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, observes his fire team maneuver on an Infantry Platoon Battle Course during a live fire range on U.S. Army Garrison Casey, Gyeonggi, South Korea, Feb. 10, 2023. III MSB is conducting Bushido Strike 23, which comprises training events including a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation in South Korea to validate its mission essential tasks of providing combat service, security, and administrative services to III Marine Expeditionary Force. Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, Hawaii

Airmen from the 505th Combat Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, execute exercise BLUE FLAG, testing Pacific Air Forces' ability to prevail in conflict against a strategic competitor as well as the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command air component's ability to ensure command, control, communications, and computer, or C4I, systems resiliency against escalating cyberspace attacks, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Jan. 28 – Feb. 3, 2023. Share

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 27th Marine Regiment, land on Iwo Jima. (Photo by Bob Campbell, National Archives Identifier 148727708) Share

YOKOSUKA, Japan

Fire Controlman (Aegis) Second Class Scott Campbell, from Boston, conducts a ballistic missile defense exercise aboard USS Shiloh (CG 67) in Yokosuka, Japan, Feb. 22. Shiloh regularly conducts ballistic missile defense training to support the security of the U.S. and its Allies in the Indo-Pacific. Share

YOKOSUKA, Japan

Commander, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Self-Defense Fleet, Vice Adm. SAITO Akira, speaks during a tri-lateral meeting with Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, and Republic of Korea Navy Fleet Commander, Vice Adm. Kim Myeong-soo, aboard U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), Feb. 22. 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. Share

PITI, Guam

The U.S. Coast Guard teams up with local and federal partners for a Multi-Agency Strike Force Operation (MASFO) at the Port of Guam, boosting security and compliance through a united front July 15 and 16, 2025. The effort brought together a wide range of partners, including Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency’s X-ray Unit, Drug Detector Dog Unit, and officers with their Special Enforcement and Logistics and Support divisions, U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam inspectors, Sector Boarding Team and intelligence specialists, Coast Guard Investigative Service members, Army Counterintelligence, Food and Drug Administration members, Guam Transportation Authority Motor Carrier Inspectors, and Port Authority of Guam Port Police. The operation targeted container inspections and transportation safety, ensuring the port remains a safe and efficient hub for commerce. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir) Share

QUEENSLAND, Austalia

(l-r) A U.S. Special Operations Forces Operator retrieves a cold chain blood resupply shipment from U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Jimenez, medical logistics noncommissioned officer; Royal Australian Air Force Flt. Lt. Pooja Sapkota, scientific officer and pathology advisor, both with the Combined Joint Theatre Medical Component; and a member of the U.S. Air Force’s C-17 Globemaster crew, 535th Airlift Squadron, in Queensland, Australia, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 on July 22, 2025. 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. Army photo illustration by Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Hughes. Noise was reduced via AI software.) Share

QUEENSLAND, Austalia

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Jimenez, medical logistics noncommissioned officer, 18th Theater Medical Command, Combined Joint Theatre Medical Component, signs documents to retrieve blood products, a first-of-its-kind mission, from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster in Queensland, Australia, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 on July 21, 2025. 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. Army photo illustration by Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Hughes. Noise was reduced via AI software.) Share

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NORTHERN TERRITORY (July 20, 2025) — U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Unit 307 boat crew conduct seaward security for the Royal Canadian Navy HMCS Ville de Québec during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25 in Northern Territory, Australia, July 20, 2025. Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States, that advances a safe and secure 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. Air Force photo by Capt. Katherine Lee) Share

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OKINAWA, Japan (July 19, 2025) — A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom and an AH-1Z Viper helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing fly off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, July 19, 2025. HMLA-169 conducted a large flight to project rotary-wing light attack combat power and build flight leadership and experience for pilots and crew chiefs. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeremiah Barksdale) Share

NORTHERN TERRITORY, Aus.

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, take cover during the final event of Predator’s Run at Mount Bundey Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia, June 9, 2025. The Predator Series consists of two bilateral exercises between MRF-D and the Australian Defence Force, Predator’s Walk and Predator’s Run, designed to further enhance small unit interoperability and combined arms capabilities in a realistic training environment. MRF-D 25.3 is part of an annual six-month rotational deployment to enhance interoperability with the Australian Defence Force and Allies and partners and provide a forward-postured crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ezekieljay Correa) Share

NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA

Cmdr. Christina Carter, a Navy public health nurse currently serving as the Director for Public Health at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, teaches a Basic Life Support class in the Kingdom of Tonga, as part of Pacific Partnership 2025. Pacific Partnership is the U.S. Navy’s largest annual humanitarian mission, aimed at strengthening disaster response capabilities, building relationships with host nations, and improving health outcomes through education and collaboration (U.S. Navy Courtesy Photo). Share

NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA

Cmdr. Christina Carter, a Navy public health nurse currently serving as the Director for Public Health at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, teaches a Basic Life Support class in the Kingdom of Tonga, as part of Pacific Partnership 2025. Pacific Partnership is the U.S. Navy’s largest annual humanitarian mission, aimed at strengthening disaster response capabilities, building relationships with host nations, and improving health outcomes through education and collaboration (U.S. Navy Courtesy Photo). Share

NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA

Cmdr. Christina Carter, a Navy public health nurse currently serving as the Director for Public Health at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms and Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, teaches a Basic Life Support class in the Kingdom of Tonga, as part of Pacific Partnership 2025. Pacific Partnership is the U.S. Navy’s largest annual humanitarian mission, aimed at strengthening disaster response capabilities, building relationships with host nations, and improving health outcomes through education and collaboration (U.S. Navy Courtesy Photo). Share

BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Gavin Gardner, commanding general of the 8th Theater Sustainment Command, and Australian Army Maj. Gen. Carla Watts, commander of joint logistics, visits the Combined Joint Theater Support Component to attend a briefing about exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 on Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane, Australia, July 15, 2025. Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States, with multinational participation, advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific by strengthening relationships and interoperability among key allies and enhancing our collective capabilities to respond to a wide array of potential security concerns. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nickson Schenk) Share

AUSTRALIA

Group Photo of Western Air Defense members at the Eastern Region Operations Centre, 3CRU CRC Building, RAAF BASE WILLIAMTOWN, New South Wales, Australia, July 15, 2025. (Photo Courtesy of Maj. Santos Mederos) Share

PERAK, Malaysia

U.S. and Malaysian Army personnel conduct a Mission Analysis (MA) and War Game exercise where Soldiers simulate different courses of action (COAs) July 22, 2025. In this scenario, the S2 (intelligence officer) and other staff primaries act as the opposing force (OPFOR) while other staff members act as the blufor. The purpose of this war game is to analyze action-reaction-counteraction sequences to refine and select the best plan. Share