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By MC2 Brandon Walker, CTF-73 Public Affairs Posted July 23, 2021 The Japan Defence Cooperation Award-First Class certificate ribbon and medal are displayed in Rear Adm. Joey Tynch's office. (U.S. Navy/MC2 Brandon Walker) SINGAPORE - His Excellency Jun Yamazaki, ambassador of Japan to Singapore, awarded Rear Adm. Joey Tynch, commander, Logistics Group, Western Pacific/Task Force 73 (COMLOG WESTPAC/CTF 73), the Japan Defence Cooperation Award-First Class at the Japanese Embassy, July 16. Yamazaki presented the award on behalf of Japan’s Chief of Navy Admiral Hiroshi Yam...

到目前为止，拜登政府的这些讨论限于五角大楼的中国工作组，拜登在2月下令成立新工作组审查国防部的涉华政策和程序。 一位国防部官员在回应评论请求时强调，中国问题工作组的计划还没有最终确定。 “我们正在研究印度-太平洋地区和整个国防部的一些建议，以更好地同步和协调行动。”这位匿名的官员说，“但是，正如部长所说，现在是开始工作的时候，有许多细节和具体内容仍有待最后确定。” 前川普（特朗普）时期国防官员、现为马拉...

The debate continues. Here's What You Need to Know: Over time, the invasion of Peleliu itself was called into question. If Peleliu was one of the bloodiest campaigns of the Pacific Theater, it was also one of the least known until recently. There are many reasons for this. The Peleliu invasion took place in the fall of 1944, when the war grew in such intensity that stories competed for newspaper space. In Europe, eyes were riveted on Operation Market-Garden, the abortive Allied airborne offensive into Holland. Allied armies were sweeping to the very borders of the Third Reich, and there w...

Fatal Pride at Peleliu: One of the Costliest Amphibious Attacks in History General William Rupertus’s proud 1st Marine Division charged ashore at Peleliu on September 15, 1944, expecting to cakewalk to victory. Here's What You Need to Know: The marines performed with a gallantry that was nearly superhuman. Inside the shabby tent that served as his command post on Peleliu, a despondent Maj. Gen. William Rupertus sat on his bunk, slumped over with his head in his hands. As commander of the 1st Marine Division, he had expected to take the little coral-reefed island in the Palau chain in a mer...