Attacks on critical infrastructure — food and water delivery, health care services, defense contracting and more — could hamper U.S. military response.
JTACs from the U.S. Marine Corps and Australian Defence Force practiced carrying out airstrikes with the bombers, and the bombers also practiced dynamic targeting at the Australian bombing ranges.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper will travel to the tiny North Pacific island nation of Palau next week, as well as to Hawaii and the U.S. territory of Guam, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
Blue Angels and Thunderbirds participate in "Salute to America" flyovers, dual carrier operations in the Indo-Pacific, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific area of operations, Misawa Air Base Elephant Walk, diving qualifications and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
After nearly two months sidelined in Guam with a coronavirus outbreak, the USS Theodore Roosevelt has gone out to sea for training, in preparation to return to duty in the Pacific.