Operation Santa Claus began in 1956 in response to a request from St. Mary’s Mission for toys for their children. Spring floods and a drought had caused a severely negative impact on fishing and hunting that year and the mission spent all of their money to pay for food to be shipped in. This left no money to buy gifts for the children for Christmas. However, upon the mission’s request for...
U.S. government leaders and experts in the areas of public-health, counter-illicit trafficking, law enforcement, and justice meet at the headquarters of U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) in Miami Feb. 8 to discuss the nation’s opioid epidemic. During the day-long Opioid Summit, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions joins other senior U.S. officials to examine the crisis, consider approaches...
Pacific Air Chiefs from around the Indo-Pacific region gather to discuss a collaborative approach to regional security and stability.
Pacific Airlift Rally is a biennial, military airlift symposium sponsored by Pacific Air Forces for nations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. PAR 15 uses
a Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief scenario to provide participating
nations the opportunity to cooperate, interact, and advance airlift topics
specific to the region.
The Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium (PALS) is an annual event during which military leadership from across the network of Allies and partners come together to discuss key aspects of maritime/amphibious operations, capability development, crisis response and interoperability. The event is an important opportunity to forge relationships amongst the region’s amphibious community....
The Pacific Regional Trials coincide with November's Warrior Care Month, which recognizes soldiers undergoing rehabilitative care throughout the year. Warrior athletes participate in a number of events to include swimming, track & field, shooting, wheelchair basketball, archery and cycling. Army Trials showcase the resiliency of soldiers and the importance of adaptive reconditioning, which...
The 2018 Pacific Regional Trials is held Nov. 6-16, at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. About 150 wounded, ill and injured active-duty Soldiers and veterans from across the country will go head-to-head in 12 adaptive sporting events for a chance to compete at the 2019 U.S. Army Trials, and from there an opportunity to represent Team Army at the 2019 Department of Defense Warrior Games.
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The Paris Air Show provides a collaborative opportunity to share and strengthen the U.S. and European strategic partnership, forged during the last seven decades and built on a foundation of shared values, experiences and vision.
