YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) arrived Feb. 4, to its new forward deployed location in Yokosuka, Japan.The forward presence of Rafael Peralta enhances the national security of the United States and allies and partners, and improves...

PHILIPPINE SEA -- USS America (LHA 6), the Navy’s only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, is at sea this month operating with F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121.“Operating the F-35B from our most advanced ship in the America Strike Group brings...

FORT GREELY, Alaska – U.S. Army Garrison Alaska, Fort Greely senior leaders received the initial dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine provided by the Department of Defense and administered by Bassett Army Community Hospital personnel Jan. 14 and 28.Garrison Commander Lt. Col. Joel Johnson and Deputy...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --Air forces from the United States, Japan and Australia will participate in Cope North 2021 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 3-19 to conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) operations, as well as to conduct large force employment and...

WASHINGTON -- The USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is departing the Central Command area of responsibility and moving into the U.S. Indo-Pacific region, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby announced today."We want to thank all the men and women aboard the ships in that strike crew and the...