Joint Task Force 5-0 is supporting the efforts of authorities on Maui, Hawaii, ensuring that residents receive all necessary assistance available, the task force commander said. FEMA has approved more than $5.6 million in assistance to nearly 2,000 households.
The trilateral ties among Japan, South Korea and the United States will make the world safer and the three countries stronger, President Joe Biden said at the conclusion of talks at Camp David, Md.
The task force responding to the devastating Maui wildfires is bringing the full weight of the Defense Department to the interagency effort, its deputy commander said.
The U.S. Air Forces Europe and Africa are learning lessons from the Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine to develop strategies and tactics, Gen. James B. Hecker said.
Almost 700 DOD personnel and 140 Coast Guardsmen are part of the coordinated response to the Maui wildfires.
U.S. Strategic Command is focusing on extended deterrence during a time when the country faces two near-peer rivals, Air Force Gen. Anthony J. Cotton said.
Service members and civilians are answering the call to help after devastating wildfires tore through an historic town on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, to the Pacific and cyberspace, 25,000 sailors and Marines are participating in Large Scale Exercise 2023.
