OKINAWA, Japan – “One mind, any weapon.” The motto of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) emphasizes the development of both the mental strength and physical capabilities of Marines to dominate an aggressor in any circumstance. U.S. Marines with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company...

LOP BURI, Thailand — U.S. Army Soldiers executed a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Rapid Infiltration training mission, demonstrating the joint force’s ability to rapidly deploy long-range precision fire into austere and contested environments during Exercise Cobra Gold 2026, March 1...

YOKOSUKA, Japan – Japan Self-Defense Forces and U.S. forces conducted Fleet Synthetic Training Joint (FST-J) 26-71 at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka and command centers across the region Feb. 23-27, 2026...

CAMP MUJUK, South Korea — III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) Marines joins forces with the Republic of Korea (ROK) Marine Corps to conduct exercises Freedom Shield 26 and Korean Marine Exercise Program (KMEP) 26.1 throughout various training locations in South Korea from March 9 to March 19...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii — 25th Infantry Division Soldiers concluded Lightning Surge 2 Friday, Feb. 27, a week-long event focused on evaluating the Army's Next Generation Command and Control prototype. The operational prototyping and training event was intended to improve Soldier lethality by...

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — The ROK-U.S. Alliance Foundation and Korea Defense Veterans Association Delegation met with U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) leadership for a roundtable discussion, Feb. 27, 2026, at Fort Shafter, Hawaii...

Phanom Sarakham District, Chachoengsao, Thailand — When disaster happens and lives are in danger, time is maybe the most critical asset first responders have...

CAMP RED HORSE, Thailand — Members of the U.S. Space Force participate in the 45th iteration of Cobra Gold for the first time in the exercise’s history, marking a milestone for the service and further integrating space as a warfighting domain within one of the Indo Pacific’s largest multinational...

U-TAPAO ROYAL THAI NAVY AIRFIELD, Thailand — For the first time, U.S. Army space operations Soldiers assigned to 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force conducted defensive space control operations during Exercise Cobra Gold 2026 at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand, Feb. 25, 2026...

HONOLULU — U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, brought together more than 50 senior joint-force leaders for a two-day Commander’s Conference at USINDOPACOM headquarters, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, Feb. 25-26...