U.S. Armed Forces

Asia-Pacific Misc 

U.S. Service Member Killed in Apparent Insider Attack in Kabul, Afghanistan

November 3, 2018November 3, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), Afghanistan, Bagram Airfield (BAF), Insider attack, NATO, Operation Resolute Support, U.S. Armed Forces, USA

One U.S. service member was killed and another was wounded in an apparent insider attack in Kabul, Afghanistan on Nov.

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Asia-Pacific Military Exercises 

U.S. and Japan Kick Off Exercise Keen Sword

November 2, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Exercise Keen Sword, Japan, Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), Military exercise, U.S. Armed Forces, USA

Units from the U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) began exercise Keen Sword at military installations throughout Japan and

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Asia-Pacific Military Exercises 

U.S. Military, Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) to Conduct Exercise Keen Sword Beginning Oct. 29

October 25, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Exercise Keen Sword, Guam, Japan, Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), Military exercise, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Armed Forces, USA

Units from the U.S. military and Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) will conduct exercise Keen Sword beginning Oct. 29, 2018.

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Europe Military Exercises 

U.S. Armed Forces to Take Part in NATO Exercise Trident Juncture 18

October 23, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Exercise Trident Juncture, Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group, NATO, Norway, U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)

More than 14,000 U.S. service members from the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps will take part in

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Air Americas 

U.S. DoD, Lockheed Martin Finalize $11.5B Contract for 141 F-35 Fighter Aircraft at Lowest Per Aircraft Price in Program History

September 28, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Fifth-generation jet fighter, Fighter aircraft, Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Pentagon, U.S. Armed Forces, USA

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Lockheed Martin have finalized an $11.5 billion contract for the production and delivery

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Americas Military Exercises 

Military Forces from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Wraps Up Exercise Valiant Shield 2018

September 27, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Exercise Valiant Shield, Guam, Mariana Islands Range Complex (MIRC), Military exercise, U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), USA, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)

Military forces from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command wrapped up exercise Valiant Shield 2018, Sept. 23rd, around the Marianas Island Range

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Americas Military Exercises 

Joint U.S. Forces Team for Exercise Valiant Shield 2018

September 17, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Exercise Valiant Shield, Guam, Mariana Islands Range Complex (MIRC), Military exercise, U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)

U.S. military forces from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is participating in exercise Valiant Shield (VS) 2018, Sept. 16-23, around the

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Americas GeoPolitics/ Policy 

U.S. President Trump Signs Fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act

August 15, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Donald Trump, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), U.S. Armed Forces, USA

The U.S. President Donald J. Trump signed the $717 billion Fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act at a ceremony at Fort

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Americas Space 

Lockheed Martin Ships Fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Military Communications Satellite to Cape Canaveral AFS

August 7, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Satellite, AEHF-4, Atlas-V rocket, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Communications satellite, Lockheed Martin, Military satellite, U.S. Armed Forces, USA

Lockheed Martin shipped the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite July 27 to Cape Canaveral Air Force

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Air Americas 

Bell-Boeing Receives Multi-Year Contract for 58 V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor Aircraft

July 26, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Bell Boeing JPO, Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, Boeing, Japan, Tiltrotor aircraft, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), U.S. Navy (USN), USA

Bell-Boeing has been awarded a multi-year contract for the delivery of 58 V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to the U.S. Armed

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