DONNELLY TRAINING AREA, Alasak -- Paratroopers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, “Spartan Brigade,” executed a joint forcible entry operation into Donnelly Training Area, Alaska, to begin Exercise Arctic Warrior 21.Spartan Paratroopers conducted an airborne...

U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India -- President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke today with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, committing that the United States and India will work closely together to win the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, renew their partnership on climate change, rebuild the...

KAPOLEI, Hawaii -- Alaska Air National Guard personnel completed four weeks of training during Exercise H20 in Hawaii, Feb. 6, honing their long-range search and rescue capability for the NASA human spaceflight program they are responsible for supporting.The Air Guard’s 176th Wing at Joint Base...

WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department's glass ceiling is cracking: Kathleen H. Hicks was confirmed by the Senate as the 35th deputy secretary of defense late yesterday, Feb. 8, 2021.Hicks, a career civil servant who started at the Pentagon as a management intern in 1993, returns to a department...

Japan -- The U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), began Mine Warfare Exercise (MIWEX) 1JA 2021 off the coast of southwestern Japan, Jan. 28.MIWEX 1JA is part of an annual series of exercises between the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Defense Force (JMSDF) designed to increase...