CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: COMMANDER, FLEET ACTIVITIES CHINHAE, South Korea More than seven decades has passed since the end of the Korean War that resulted in the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement on July 27, 1953, yet the surviving veterans of the War continue to embody the evidence of the deep alliance between the Republic of Korea (ROK) and United States. This significant chapter   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: HONOLULU German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius visited U.S. Indo-Pacific Command at Camp H.M. Smith, participating in an honors ceremony and official briefings during his travels to Honolulu, July 30-31, 2024. Pistorius met with Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of USINDOPACOM, to discuss the security environment in the Indo-Pacific and opportunities for cooperation and operational   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: Secretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique A. Manalo, Secretary of National Defense Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr., Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III (referred to collectively as "the Secretaries") convened the fourth Philippines-United States 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue in Manila on July 30, 2024 the first to be held in Manila. The Secretaries disc  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, July 31 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Bradley Tipton JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Citizen Airmen from the 927th Air Refueling Wing, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, conducted about a month of air refueling operations in support of 29 participating nations during the 2024 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in July. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC 2024 promotes a free and open Indo-P  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Ten members of the Washington Air National Guard visited their counterparts in the Malaysian Armed Forces in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from July 22 to 26, 2024. The purpose of the visit was to exchange ideas on leadership development and strengthen the existing State Partnership Program between the two nations. "Within the U.S. Air Force and Ai  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: SINGAPORE The job of safeguarding the health of U.S. service members requires not just healthcare at the time of injury and sickness, but a vast suite of often unseen work to determine what illnesses service members might encounter, and to develop the countermeasures for an ever-evolving landscape of health risks that face the world. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAM  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Ms. Sabrina Singh provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met today with Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro. The two officials discussed the historic momentum in U.S.-Philippine defense ties and reaffirmed their mutual commitment to strengthening the alliance, which has supported peace and securit  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: Department of Defense Spokesperson Cmdr. Jessica Anderson provided the following statement: On July 30, 2024, the Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense and the U.S. Department of Defense held the 2024 U.S.-ROK Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Committee in Seoul. The meeting was attended by senior representatives from both countries, including Director General for Po  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: SATTAHIP, Thailand The U.S. Navy, The Royal Thai Navy (RTN), Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), concluded Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2024 in Sattahip, July 26, 2024. CARAT Thailand took place in the region of Pattaya, Thailand and in the waters of the Gulf of Thailand. The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffor  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on July 31, 2024: The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Abraham Shafi, the founder and former CEO of Get Together Inc., a privately held social media startup known as "IRL," with defrauding investors by making false and misleading statements about the company's growth and concealing his and his fiancee's extensive use of company credit cards to pay for personal expenses. According to t  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: Transcript MODERATOR: Good afternoon, Excellencies, members of the Philippine and U.S. foreign affairs and defense delegation, members of the DFA press corps, and media accompanying the U.S. delegation, and welcome to the fourth Philippine-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue joint press conference. We will first hear from Secretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, and then Secretary of  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Ms. Sabrina Singh provided the following release: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III concluded his eleventh official visit to the Indo-Pacific region today after a historic series of engagements with counterparts and other senior officials in Japan and the Philippines. During his trip, Secretary Austin met in Tokyo with Secretary of State Antony  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea The Republic of Korea's summers are famous for cloudy skies and torrential downpours that may appear at a moment's notice. However, during a week in mid-July, members of the Wolf Pack at Kunsan Air Base observed a spectacle precipitate from the open skies unlike the typical monsoon rains. Spectators throughout the installation coul  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia Beginning in 2022, the U.S. Air Force began embedding Airmen into Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail units through the Military Personnel Exchange Program in preparation of replacing the aging E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System. This is but another example of the close-knit relations the US and Australia have built d  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: KOROR, Palau KOROR, Palau A week-long Narcotics Investigations Course concluded on May 3, 2024, in Koror, Palau. The course, facilitated by the United States Indo-Pacific Command, Joint Interagency Task Force-West (JIATF-West), provided intensive training to Palauan law enforcement personnel on combating the rise in methamphetamine smuggling in the region. The cour  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's Pacific Multi-Domain Training and Experimentation Capability Program Office achieved several milestones while supporting Valiant Shield 2024 in Guam, June 9-16. During Valiant Shield 2024, for the first time, high-level, advanced tactical Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) aviation training was conducted West of the International Date Line, in Guam, an  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: PACIFIC OCEAN The U.S. Navy and Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy successfully held a live-fire exercise using a common unmanned surface vessel (CUSV) during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 12. The CUSV, equipped with six Poniard rockets, successfully engaged a target. The exercise, a part of the ongoing RIMPAC 2024 operations around the Hawaiian Islands,  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: LEGAZPI, Philippines The expeditionary fast transport ship USNS City of Bismarck (T-EPF 9) arrived at the Port of Legazpi in preparation for the start of Pacific Partnership 2024-2 humanitarian mission in the Philippines, July 30, 2024. "It's wonderful to return to the Philippines, where we look forward to training alongside the citizens of Legazpi's medical and di  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: SOUTH CHINA SEA The U.S. Navy and Armed Forces of the Philippines conducted a Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) in the South China Sea, upholding freedom of navigation and overflight, reaffirming the two nations' commitment to bolstering regional security and stability, July 31. MCAs demonstrate the strength of the alliance between the two nations and further adva  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: PACIFIC OCEAN ABOARD USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN--Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 is the United States Marine Corps' only operational and forward-deployed F-35C squadron. Over the past year, VMFA-314 as a Tactical Air Integration squadron, integrated with Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) through multiple pre-deployment exercises conducting large-force missions practic  more