DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORTS Sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), began receiving a 2nd round of COVID-19 vaccinations last week at Command Fleet Activities, Yokosuka (CFAY), according to a Department of Defense report. The second round
His Excellency Ashraf Ghani, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin on Friday spoke with Ashraf Ghani, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to an enduring
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III signed a memo directing commanding officers and supervisors at all levels to select a date within the next 60 days to conduct a one-day “stand-down” to discuss extremism in the ranks with their
The Pentagon, headquarters of the US Department of Defense, Arlington, VA (credit Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced Friday that 1,110 active duty service members will support five Federal Emergency Management Agency vaccinations centers. The
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Thursday signed a memo that, effective immediately, directs all individuals on military installations and to wear masks in accordance with the most current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines,
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has ordered a DOD-wide “stand down” to discuss the problem of extremism in the ranks, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said today. The January 6 insurrection at the nation’s Capital ripped open raw the
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has directed a “zero-based review” of all Defense Department advisory committees, according to a DOD memo. General Austin directed all members of the committees to resign from the committees by Feb. 16, according
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is departing the Central Command area of responsibility in the Persian Gulf and moving into the U.S. Indo-Pacific region, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby announced Tuesday. The carrier is homeported in Bremerton, Washington.
The entrance to Camp 1 in Guantanamo Bay’s Camp Delta. (Wikipedia Kathleen T. Rhem) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Pentagon announced over the weekend it is halting a controversial plan to offer coronavirus vaccinations to detainees at Guantánamo Bay after it caused
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has asked the Pentagon to assist with President Biden’s goal to vaccinate 100 million people against the coronavirus in his first 100 days in office, John F. Kirby the Department of Defense’s (DOD)