CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (A/DUSD) for Acquisition and Sustainment, Ms. Deborah Rosenblum, traveled to Hawaii last month to observe the 2024 Beholder's Gaze (BG24) experiment with United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). BG24 allowed USINDOPACOM to explore new combinations of technologies and operational concepts to ensure early warning against advanced chem  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Building upon its commitment to expand health care coverage and ensure continuity of care, today the Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), approved five section 1115 demonstration amendments. These amendments will authorize Colorado, Hawaii, Minnesota, New York, and Pennsylvania to provi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news: By Sgt. Lesley Cisneros, Marine Corps Base Hawaii JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency hosted a cake cutting ceremony honoring the United States Marine Corps' 249th Birthday at the command's headquarters on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Oct. 31, 2024. Guest speaker, U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. James F. Glynn, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific commander, highligh  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: Today, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced additional capabilities selected for accelerated fielding as part of the Replicator initiative. This second tranche, or Replicator 1.2, will include systems in the air and maritime domains, as well as integrated software enablers that will enhance the autonomy and resilience of other Replicator systems. These capabilities ad  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2024: Evaluation Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released two reports on the overall safety of the Defense Fuel Support Point Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH), including the operation of the Navy's Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility and the actions taken with regard to t  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency hosted a cake cutting ceremony honoring the United States Marine Corps' 249th Birthday at the command's headquarters on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii., Oct. 31, 2024. Guest speaker, U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. James F. Glynn, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific commander, highlighted  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: CAMP ZAMA, Japan In early fall, servicemembers from Japan, the United States, and Australia gathered at Camp Zama to initiate the trilateral planning conference for Yama Sakura 87, a simulated exercise that has consistently grown in purpose since its inception in 1982. Scheduled for early December at locations spanning the Indo-Pacific, this exercise is a critical c  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE On Nov. 10, 2024, there was only one Marine Corps unit that had the privilege to recognize itself as the first unit in the world to celebrate the Marine Corps birthday the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and also the very last unit in the world that day. The elements of the 15th MEU aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) were ab  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. In an era defined by rapid technology advancements and with a worldwide platform saturated with Great Power Competition, the Distributed Mission Operations Center on Kirtland Air Force Base, hosted its Virtual Flag: Coalition exercise, Oct. 21 Nov. 4. VFC is continuing to grow as one of the Department of Defense's biggest exercises held  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The National Security Agency Central Security Service issued the following news: As a combat support agency for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) has centers across the country to provide support to the DoD and U.S. military personnel around the world. Support to military service members has evolved over the years, and NSA has adapted its footprint geographically across the U.S.--Georgia, Texas, Colorado  more

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, Nov. 12 -- The Commander of the Hawaii Navy Region issued the following news: From Kyler Hood, Commander Navy Region Hawaii JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - When Information Systems Technician 1st Class (IT1) Maria Edwards, 41, got a stage three breast cancer diagnosis in 2022, her life was upended. The process for medical retirement from the Navy began while she underwent chemotherapy. Then another complication came up: her mother who came to Hawaii to care for E  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: AT SEA Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United States concluded the second iteration of exercise Freedom Edge, a trilateral multi-domain exercise, which ran from Nov. 13-15, 2024. Approximately 7,000 trilateral military and defense force personnel, seven ships and more than 20 fighter, maritime patrol and tanker aircraft executed Ballistic Missile Defense, Air Defense, Anti-Subma  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: AT SEA Japan, the Republic of Korea, and United States will execute the second iteration of exercise Freedom Edge, a trilateral multi-domain exercise, Nov. 13, 2024. Freedom Edge continues to demonstrate the defensive posture and unbreakable will of Japan, the ROK, and the U.S. to promote trilateral multi-domain interoperability and to protect freedom for peace and  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: AT SEA Japan, the Republic of Korea, and United States will execute the second iteration of exercise Freedom Edge, a trilateral multi-domain exercise, Nov. 13, 2024. Freedom Edge continues to demonstrate the defensive posture and unbreakable will of Japan, the ROK, and the U.S. to promote trilateral multi-domain interoperability and to protect freedom for peace and  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, Japan U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, participate in exercise Keen Sword 25 across the Indo-Pacific, Oct. 25 through Oct. 31, 2024. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel, designed to increase readiness and interope  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: LUMUT, Malaysia -- Lumut Naval Base in Lumut, Perak, Malaysia, dates back to the creation of the Royal Malaysian Navy, serving as the institution's headquarters since Sept. 9, 1984. In October, the Royal Malaysian Armed Forces hosted a detachment of personnel from Marine Rotational Force Southeast Asia (MRF-SEA) aboard the installation during the execution of the U.S. Navy-lead exerci  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: PATTAYA, Thailand Members of Military Sealift Command (MSC) Far East and civilian mariners assigned to expeditionary fast transport ship USNS City of Bismarck (T-EPF 9) visited the Learning Center of the Human Help Network Foundation in Pattaya, Thailand, to interact with children during a community outreach event, Nov. 7, 2024. City of Bismarck is in Thailand cond  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC, Hawaii Nestled within the natural "punch bowl" of an extinct volcanic crater and watched over by the figure of Lady Columbia, military veterans were honored and celebrated for their courage, dedication, and enduring legacy of service during a Veterans Day Ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Nov. 11, 20  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Wren Fiontar & Capt. Alyssa Letts, Pacific Air Forces JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Royal Australian Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Carl Newman, Pacific Air Forces deputy commander, met with Kuhio Lewis, the Chief Executive Officer from the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA), for talks on developing relationships and fostering cultural understanding between the military and the  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: CANBERRA, Australia Rear Adm. Rick Seif, commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, spoke as part of a trilateral submarine officer panel during the 12th Submarine Institute of Australia (SIA) Biennial Conference 2024, in Canberra, Australia, Nov. 6. Following his remarks about the capabilities of nuclear powered fast-attack submarines, Seif joined Royal Navy   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: EL PASO, Texas -- The Pacific Integrated Air and Missile Defense Center hosted its second annual Multilateral Subject Matter Expert Exchange and Defense Design Workshop on 21 thru 26, October 2024, at Fort Bliss located in El Paso, Texas. This groundbreaking event, supported by the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Pacific Air Forces, 32nd AAMDC, and the 11th Air Defense Art  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By John Reeves, Pacific IAMD Center EL PASO, Texas -- The Pacific Integrated Air and Missile Defense Center hosted its second annual Multilateral Subject Matter Expert Exchange and Defense Design Workshop on 21 thru 26, October 2024, at Fort Bliss located in El Paso, Texas. This groundbreaking event, supported by the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Pacific Air Forces, 32nd AAMDC, and the 11th Air De  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: On Veterans Day, we honor the extraordinary selflessness and strength of the American patriots who have served in the U.S. military. Today and every day, we give thanks to the generations of men and women who have answered the call to protect our country. They have defended our freedoms and upheld the values of liberty, justice, democracy, and the rule of law that define us as America  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: BUSAN, South Korea -- Members of the United Nations Command participated in the Turn Toward Busan International Commemorative Ceremony, at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, hosted by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, Nov. 11, 2024. Service members of UNC from Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, and United Kingdom honored and paid tribute to Korean War vet  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: ARLINGTON, Va. -- The U.S. Air Force is set to complete a significant phase of its modernization strategy in fiscal year 2025. In key regions, including South Korea, it will transition away from its A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft in favor of advancing fourth-generation fighter jet upgrades and enhancing fourth and fifth-generation aircraft integration. The modernization effort seeks to  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii Unit guidons spanning from Joint Base Lewis McCord, Washington to Camp Humphreys, South Korea represented all of (United States Army Pacific) as Gen. Charles A. Flynn relinquished command to Gen. Ronald P. Clark at Historic Palm Circle at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, Nov. 8, 2024. Clark comes to Fort Shafter after serving as the Senior Military Assist  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, deputy commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, visited Nepal from Nov. 8-12, marking his first trip to the country in his current role. During Rudd's trip, he met with Nepal's newly appointed Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), Gen. Ashok Raj Sigdel, highlighting the mutual respect and partnership between the two countries. He also visited the  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Joel Carey, chief of staff for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, welcomed retired Adm. Harry Harris, former U.S. ambassador to South Korea and the 24th USINDOPACOM commander, and National Defense University CAPSTONE fellows at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, Nov. 13, 2024. The fellows toured USINDOPACOM headquarters and discussed   more