The Pic of the Day: Ie Shima HIMARS Training in Japan

A U.S. Marine Corps High Mobility Artillery Rocket System with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, exits a hide before a simulated fire mission while training at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 21, 2022.

Asia-Pacific SITREP for October 22

Tensions in Asia-Pacific continue to stir up this week, from North Korea’s firing another “warning shots” to Japan employing the MQ-9B

BTS: Sgt. Stephen Meiners on How They Keep F18s on Tip-Top Shape

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Stephen Meiners, an aircraft electronic systems technician and Sgt. Ernest Brunelle, a fixed wing aircraft safety equipment mechanic, both with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533, are awarded an incentive flight at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 30, 2022.

US ‘Deeply Saddened’ by Shinzo Abe’s Assassination While Giving a Speech

“The Department of Defense is stunned and deeply saddened by the senseless murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. His killing is a tragedy for the people of Japan and for all those who value a free and open Indo-Pacific. As Prime Minister, Mr. Abe championed the vital and enduring alliance between our two democracies, paving the way for Japan to play an even larger role in our alliance,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said in a statement.