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Joint Task Force - Micronesia will synchronize operations and activities across all domains, enabling a robust warfighting posture while enhancing partner nation capacity. Dedicated to promoting regional stability, our mission performs Homeland Defense, Defense Support to Civil Authorities, and Foreign Humanitarian Assistance through a whole of government approach within its assigned joint operations area.
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240822-M-YQ372-1001 Marines and Sailors from Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands pose with Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz leadership on MCB Camp Blaz, Aug. 22, 2024. Several Marines and Sailors originally born and raised on the islands of Guam and...
240802-F-DT423-1191 U.S. Air Force dentists and dental technicians conduct operations during the 2024 Guam Wellness Innovative Readiness Training at Guam Community College, Guam, Aug. 2, 2024. In addition to dental services, the Guam Wellness mission offered medical...
80th Guam Liberation Day Parade 240721-Z-NN671-1202 (July 21, 2024) U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 36th Wing, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, pose during the 80th Guam Liberation Day parade in Hagatna, Guam, July 21, 2024. The parade celebrated U.S. forces liberating Guam from the...
240721-A-QR356-6973 Task Force Talon personnel led by the Task Force Talon commander, Lieutenant Colonel Jonthan Stafford march in the 80th Guam Liberation Day Parade.
240721-A-QR356-2278 Sergeant John Aguon from Task Force Talon and resident of Guam, carried the regimental colors for the 1-307th Infantry Regiment during the Guam Liberation Day Parade in honor of the 77th Infantry Division Soldiers that fought in the Battle of Guam...
240606-O-EW976-6247 NAVAL BASE GUAM (June 6, 2024) - Rear Adm. Brent DeVore, commander, Joint Region Marianas, renders a salute during the JRM Change of Command Ceremony held at the Naval Base Guam theater, June 6.Local government as well as regional and military...
240612-G-DB812-5193 U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia Sector Guam and Maritime Safety and Security Team Honolulu personnel stand for a photo with over 40 cadets from the Japanese Coast Guard training ship Kojima during their visit to Guam on June 12, 2024. The event...
Joint Task Force Micronesia Holds Assumption of Command Ceremony Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and Rear Adm. Gregory C. Huffman exchange salutes during the Joint Task Force – Micronesia assumption of command ceremony on Andersen Air Force Base, June 14, 2024. During the ceremony,...
Joint Task Force Micronesia Holds Assumption of Command Ceremony 240614-F-RF692-1048 (June 14, 2024) Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, delivers remarks during the Joint Task Force Micronesia change of command ceremony on Andersen Air Force Base, June 14, 2024. During the ceremony, Rear...
Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, delivers remarks during the Joint Task Force Micronesia change of command ceremony on Andersen Air Force Base, June 14, 2024. 240614-F-RF692-1095 (June 14, 2024) Rear Adm. Gregory C. Huffman delivers remarks during the Joint Task Force – Micronesia assumption of command ceremony on Anderson Air Force Base, June 14, 2024. During the ceremony, Rear Adm. Gregory C. Huffman...
USS Louisiana Depart Naval Base Guam (June 4, 2024) –The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) departs U.S. Naval Base Guam following a scheduled port visit, June 4. This port visit reflects the strategic importance of Guam and the United States' commitment to...
240513-N-LS152-1966 PELELIU, Republic of Palau (May 16, 2024) – Department of Defense representatives and engineers meet with Peleliu Gov. Emais Roberts ahead of the first of three engagements with Peleliu residents and landowners, May 13.About 200 residents...
240419-Z-RJ317-1017 U.S. Army Sgt. Juan Camacho of the Guam National Guard mans his makeshift recruiting office on Captiol Hill, Saipan, April 20, 2024. Camacho has helped increase the number of NMI Guardsmen from three to over 70 in two years. (U.S. National Guard...
240426-G-IA651-8933 Capt. Nicholas Simmons, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, escorts Congressman Sam Graves, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Congressman Mike Bost, Chairman of the House Committee on...
240426-G-IA651-6645 Capt. Nicholas Simmons, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, and Chief Petty Officer Carleton Kleinschrodt discuss fish with Congressman Sam Graves, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and...
240426-G-IA651-6474 Capt. Nicholas Simmons, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, discusses operations with Congressman Sam Graves, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Congressman Mike Bost, Chairman of the...
240426-G-IA651-5062 Lt. Ray Cerrato, commanding officer of USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) greets a distinguished congressional delegation led by Congressman Sam Graves, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and Congressman Mike Bost,...
240426-G-IA651-4393 Glass break water, part of outer Apra Harbor, was damaged by Typhoon Mawar in 2023, as seen by a congressional delegation in Guam on April 26, 2024. The delegation spent the afternoon with U.S. Coast Guard crews, gaining firsthand insights into the...
240426-G-IA651-2863 The crew of the USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) stand special sea detail as they take a congressional delegation underway in Guam on April 26, 2024. The delegation spent the afternoon with the crew, gaining firsthand insights into the critical...
240426-G-IA651-2130 The crew of USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) take Congressman Sam Graves, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Congressman Mike Bost, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, into Apra Harbor, Guam,...
240426-G-IA651-1760 The crew of the USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 114) navigate out of Apra Harbor, Guam, with a distinguished congressional delegation aboard led by Congressman Sam Graves, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Congressman...
240425-G-IA651-5333 Capt. Nicholas Simmons, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, discusses operations with Congressman Sam Graves, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Congressman Mike Bost, Chairman of the...
240426-G-IA651-5505 The crew of USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) takes Guam Delegate James Moylan and key staff underway in the ship's small boat in Apra Harbor, Guam, on April 25, 204. They spent the afternoon with crews, gaining firsthand insights into the critical...
240426-G-IA651-3761 Capt. Nicholas Simmons, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam escorts a distinguished congressional delegation led by Congressman Sam Graves, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and Congressman...
240425-G-IA651-1171 Capt. Nicholas Simmons, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, introduces a distinguished congressional delegation led by Congressman Sam Graves, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and...
240314-G-IA651-5554 A portion of the crew of the USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) stands for a photo on March 14, 2024, in Santa Rita, Guam. In January 2024, the Surface Navy Association National Symposium in Washington, D.C., was marked by the commendation of the...
240418-G-DB812-2368 U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam personnel spearhead a comprehensive Multi-Agency Strike Force Operation (MASFO), meticulously inspecting 172 containers at the Port of Guam, on April 18, 2024. This operation is part of ongoing efforts...
240405-G-IA651-8992 Lt. Justin Miller, commanding officer of Marine Safety Unit Saipan, greets Gov. Arnold Palacios at a ceremony to formally establish MSU Saipan in Garapan at the American Memorial Park on April 5, 2024. This significant achievement marks a milestone...
240405-G-IA651-5299 The official party stands for the national anthem at a ceremony to formally establish MSU Saipan in Garapan at the American Memorial Park on April 5, 2024. This significant achievement marks a milestone in leadership evolution and responsibility...
240405-G-IA651-1377 Assembled leaders of the Northern Mariana Islands stand for the national anthem and CNMI song at a ceremony to formally establish MSU Saipan in Garapan at the American Memorial Park on April 5, 2024. This significant achievement marks a milestone in...
240405-G-IA651-6290 Lt. Justin Miller, commanding officer of Marine Safety Unit Saipan, salutes Capt. Nicholas Simmons, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, at a ceremony to formally establish MSU Saipan in Garapan at the American Memorial Park...
240405-G-IA651-2922 Lt. Justin Miller, commanding officer of Marine Safety Unit Saipan, and assembled members, friends, and family stand for a photo following a ceremony to formally establish MSU Saipan in Garapan at the American Memorial Park on April 5, 2024. This...
240405-G-G0020-5348 Lt. Justin Miller, commanding officer of Marine Safety Unit Saipan, takes a selfie with assembled guests at a ceremony to formally establish MSU Saipan in Garapan at the American Memorial Park on April 5, 2024. This significant achievement marks a...
240405-G-IA651-8697 Lt. Justin Miller, commanding officer of Marine Safety Unit Saipan, and his son stand for a photo with CNMI Gov. Arnold Palacios, Lt. Gov. David Apatang, and Harry Blanco, OIA Representative to the CNMI, at a ceremony to formally establish MSU...
240405-G-IA651-3592 Lt. Justin Miller, commanding officer of Marine Safety Unit Saipan, stands with U.S. Coast Guard members, friends, and family at a ceremony to formally establish MSU Saipan in Garapan at the American Memorial Park on April 5, 2024. This significant...
USINDOPACOM NEWS
NEWS | Sept. 30, 2021
U.S. Embassy in Malaysia
U.S. Embassy in Malaysia -- This op-ed is jointly authored by H.E. Dr Justin Lee, High Commissioner of Australia to Malaysia, H.E. Brian D. McFeeters, Ambassador of the United States of America to Malaysia and H.E. Charles Hay MVO, High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia.
Malaysia lies at the heart of Southeast Asia, the heart of ASEAN and the heart of the Indo Pacific. Malaysia is a key partner for Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States as we work to achieve a shared vision for the region – one that is open, stable and inclusive, in line with the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific.
Recently our three countries announced an enhanced trilateral security partnership – AUKUS – that will enhance our capacity to develop and share a range of emerging security and defence capabilities. This agreement does not change our ambitions for a peaceful and prosperous region, nor our support for inclusive ASEAN-centred regional architecture. It will strengthen our ability to work with regional partners like Malaysia to forge a secure and stable region and support the rules-based system on which our collective prosperity is built.
It is the sovereign responsibility of every government to pursue the defensive capabilities it needs for its country. As a three-ocean nation dependent on seaborne international trade, Australia requires cutting-edge naval capabilities. For the partnership’s first initiative, we embark on a trilateral effort to seek an optimal pathway to support Australia in acquiring nuclear-powered submarines, leveraging expertise from the United States and the United Kingdom, both of whom have operated such submarines safely for more than 60 years. Nuclear-powered submarines will provide Australia with the capability it needs for its own defence and contribute to a durable strategic balance in our region.
While these submarines will be nuclear-powered, they will not carry nuclear weapons. Australia has been clear that it does not and will not seek such weapons. Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States remain steadfast in our support of the nuclear non proliferation regime and Non-Proliferation Treaty. Our commitment to non-proliferation is unchanged and we remain committed to upholding our global leadership in this domain.
This partnership will also enable Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States to deepen cooperation on a range of emerging security and defence capabilities, with an initial focus on cyber, artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and additional undersea capabilities. Collaboration across these fields will strengthen the ability of each of our three countries to contribute to regional security.
In working together to strengthen our capabilities, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States are committed to supporting a region that places ASEAN at its centre and which aligns with the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific. All members of AUKUS are ASEAN Dialogue Partners, and all are committed to complementing and strengthening the existing inclusive ASEAN-led regional architecture. AUKUS will also complement our networks of regional bilateral and minilateral partnerships in promoting regional peace, security, and prosperity.
We want to live in a region where all countries are empowered to engage and prosper in a stable, rules-based environment, including the rules enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. We want to ensure that all nations in the region have the strategic space to make decisions in their sovereign interests. Our collaboration under AUKUS is guided by our commitment to these ideals, and ultimately to ensuring that we are all able to grow and thrive in an open, inclusive and prosperous region.
Published 29 September 2021
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