SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve and its partners continue to pursue the lasting defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in designated parts of Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve …
KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan -- When Army Spc. Mark Ballinger arrived to the California Army National Guard’s 40th Infantry Division two years ago, a deployment to Afghanistan was the last thing on his mind. Ballinger, a cable systems installer- …
WASHINGTON -- Reopening communications at the top line between the United States and nations such as Russia is essential in solving disagreements, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis told Pentagon reporters today. “Based on my long-standing stance on …
July 27, 2018 News DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and Omani Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf bin Alawi discussed a range of regional security issues as well as ways to strengthen the two countries’ defense …
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- Air Force Senior Airman Pascal Nyowatchon’s co-workers describe him in a few short words: positive, strong and lively. “I come to work happy every day,” Nyowatchon said “I smile. I laugh.” Nyowatchon said his decision to keep …
IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 27, 2018 News Release Release No: NR-226-18 Pentagon Chief Spokesperson Dana W. White provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis met with Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi today at the Pentagon to …
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said he’s pleased North Korea has turned over 55 cases of remains of fallen U.S. service members from the Korean War, and looks forward to further negotiations to repatriate the remains of more fallen service …
The United Nations Command with support from U.S. Forces Korea today repatriated 55 cases of remains of fallen U.S. service members returned by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, also known as North Korea, according to a news release. A U.S. cargo …
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, the Department of Defense released the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) Cloud final request for proposals (RFP). “DOD has an incredibly unique and complex technology estate and finite set of talent and resources,” DOD …
NAVAL BASE KITSAP-BREMERTON, Wash. -- A Navy father and daughter here say they enjoy their service together aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Eric Alexander, a native of Stuttgart, Arkansas, enlisted in the Navy in 1996 as an aviation …
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Thanks to advances in modern medicine and the availability of sturdier prosthetics, soldiers who are able to redeploy after amputation have a number of possible options for continued military service. Army Staff Sgt. Brian Beem lost his …
FORT HOOD, Texas -- Army combat engineers produced flaming booms and prodigious smoke plumes during a training exercise at the Curry Demolition Range here. Soldiers from Alpha Company, 8th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division …
WASHINGTON -- Seventeen-year-old Kenneth Hannah of Killeen, Texas, has a lifetime of lessons from being a military child and shares those lessons with other young people to help them on their journey. From being resilient during his parents’ Army …
WASHINGTON -- The Military Health System is looking how to best incorporate feedback as it advances with the deployment of the new electronic health record system called MHS GENESIS, the director of the Defense Health Agency said. "We need to continue …
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. -- An airman and two of his friends helped to save a young girl from drowning at Fort Monroe Beach, Virginia, May 13. When medical services arrived, they found a young girl that had been rescued from the water and was in her …
EGYPT -- American and Egyptian naval forces began Exercise Eagle Response 18 at the Red Sea Naval Base here, July 24. Eagle Response 18 is an explosive ordnance disposal and diving exercise conducted by the U.S., Egypt and other participating nations to …
WASHINGTON -- The South Korean defense ministry and the Defense Department have concluded the 14th Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue in Seoul, defense officials announced today in a joint U.S.-South Korean statement. South Korean Deputy Minister for …
CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti -- The Sailor 360 program is scheduled to be rolled out Navywide in October, and the initiative marks the first significant change since 2011 on how the service trains its enlisted leaders. Navy Chief Petty Officer Irene Aguilar, …
WASHINGTON -- The 28th talks between the United States and Australia were an excellent opportunity to bolster the security relationship and reaffirm the steadfast alliance and close collaboration between the two nations, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis …
WASHINGTON -- The coalition and its partnered forces in Iraq and Syria continue to make progress in the effort to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the coalition’s senior French representative said today. Brig. Gen. Frederic Parisot of the French …
