Dec. 10, 2025 Hegseth Hosts AUKUS Meeting With Australia, U.K. Counterparts Secretary of War Pete Hegseth welcomed Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles and the United Kingdom's Defense Secretary John Healey to the Pentagon for a meeting concerning a trilateral partnership between the three countries.
Dec. 8, 2025 U.S., Australian Cooperation on Land, Air, Sea, Industrial Base Top Topics at 40th AUSMIN The U.S. and longtime ally Australia met at the State Department in Washington for the 40th annual Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations.
Dec. 6, 2025 Hegseth Outlines New National Defense Strategy During Speech at Reagan Library Secretary of War Pete Hegseth presented a preview of the War Department's forthcoming National Defense Strategy during a keynote speech, outlining four lines of effort for the department to take, so as to guarantee peace through strength for the U.S. and its allies in the coming years.
Sept. 9, 2025 U.S., Singaporean Military Leaders Discuss Partnerships, Training, Shared Interests Secretary of War Pete Hegseth welcomed Singaporean Minister for Defense Chan Chun Sing to the Pentagon to discuss ongoing military to military cooperation and shared security interests in the Indo-Pacific region.
Aug. 21, 2025 Building a more agile, integrated force: DAF cements inaugural DLE After a month-long series of exercises across the Indo-Pacific, The Department of the Air Force has concluded its Department-Level Exercises and looks to lessons learned.
Aug. 19, 2025 Northern Edge 2025 Kicks Off Across Alaska More than 6,400 service members, 100 aircraft and seven U.S. and Canadian vessels are participating in Northern Edge 2025, a joint field-training exercise taking place at various locations in and around Alaska.
July 21, 2025 Hegseth, Philippine President Meet to Advance Deterrence in Indo-Pacific Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosted Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the Pentagon, where the two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty and discussed security concerns in the Asia-Pacific region.
July 16, 2025 REFORPAC 2025: U.S. Air Force Executes Unprecedented Surge into Pacific Theater Over the last week, U.S. Pacific Air Forces accomplished a rapid, mass deployment and reception of personnel, equipment, and aircraft to multiple locations in the Indo-Pacific theater of operations for Exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025.
July 1, 2025 U.S., India Talk 10-Year Cooperative Framework, Defense Cooperation, Shared Priorities Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met today at the Pentagon with India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to discuss the close cooperation between the two countries, weapons sales and the upcoming signing of the framework for the new defense partnership.
June 6, 2025 California Air Guard Participates in Exercise Balikatan 25 Members of the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing recently traveled to Mactan-Benito Ebuen Air Base in Cebu, Philippines, to participate in Exercise Balikatan 25, enhancing joint interoperability in logistics and air mobility and strengthening mission readiness.