11 August 2020 B-1 Crew Trains with Japan, USS Ronald Reagan in Indo-Pacific ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- A B-1B Lancer launching from Andersen Air Force Base conducted a bilateral mission with Japan and a joint mission with the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) Aug. 7 in the Indo-Pacific region.The B-1, from the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, integrated...
11 August 2020 U.S. Embassy Provides Additional Covid-19 Response Equipment to Bangladesh Prison Headquarters DHAKA, Bangladesh -- United States Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller and his team provided essential personal protective equipment (PPE) to Inspector General Prisons Brigadier General AKM Mustafa Kamal Pasha as part of continued U.S. support for Bangladesh’s COVID-19 response efforts. This is the...
11 August 2020 USS Germantown COVID-19 Rapid Response Team Fights Pandemic from the Deckplates EAST CHINA SEA - Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) received nasal swab tests to determine whether or not they had contracted COVID-19.Within the week, all test results came back negative.Much of the ship’s success at fighting the pandemic can be attributed to...
11 August 2020 Cadet Soars to New Heights with Pilot for a Day YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Some children dream of growing up to become firefighters, scientists or doctors, but for Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Kailea Deleon, Yokota Civil Air Patrol superintendent, that aspiration is aimed a little higher.Deleon hopes for the experience of roaring engines over tranquil...
11 August 2020 United States Further Assists Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- The U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), awarded US $1.5 million to the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement to support local community leaders in developing emergency response and mitigation strategies in disaster-prone areas across...