FRIDAY'S FACT: August 26 is #WomensEqualityDay. The date was selected to commemorate the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote.

⚡Super Garuda Shield: GO ⚡ Super Garuda Shield 24 advances joint force combined military modernization and capability development by increasing opportunities for participating Ally and partner militaries to work together in a complex and realistic training environment.

The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), returns to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Aug. 20, after completing a two-and-a-half month scheduled patrol around the Indo-Pacific region. Welcome Back! (U.S. Navy photo by PO3 Alexandria Esteban)

Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, Commander, USFJ visited Sasebo to engage with CFAS representatives & members of the base community with an aim to improve policies & services that affect QOL for service members & families. This was Rupp's last visit to Sasebo before his tour as USFJ ends.

【Futenma Flight Line Fair】 Date: Saturday, Oct. 5 and Sunday, Oct. 6 Time: 01:00 pm - 09:00 pm Place: MCAS Futenma (Okinawa) FREE live entertainment will include performances by #Plush on Saturday at 7 p.m., and #BABYMETAL on Sunday at 7 p.m.!

Building a strong alliance, one road at a time! 🇯🇵🇺🇸 U.S. Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five joined forces with JMSDF Mobile Construction Group Hachinohe on a project to demolish & repave degraded pavement on the JMSDF Hachinohe base near NAF Misawa.

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force Officer Candidate School cadet waves from the cockpit of a C-130J Super Hercules during a tour at Yokota AB, Aug. 22. The 374th AW hosted the tour for JASDF students & instructors, underscoring the wing’s ongoing commitment to the partnership between 🇺🇸 & 🇯🇵.

Exercise Pacific Vanguard Royal Canadian Navy🇨🇦, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 🇯🇵, Republic of Korea Navy🇰🇷 and U.S. Navy🇺🇸 warships sail in formation in the Philippine Sea during exercise #PacificVanguard , Aug. 26, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by PO1 Greg Johnson)

FRIDAY'S FACT: The first Monday of September is #LaborDay. Labor Day is considered the ‘unofficial NFL season kickoff.’ This first game of the season is usually scheduled for the Thursday following Labor Day.

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Soldiers from Bravo Battery, 1-1 ADA have deployed to the U.S. Central Command of responsibility on 19AUG24. The deployment of personnel is in support of increasing readiness of land-based ballistic missile defense and deterring regional escalation.

A message to our USFJ family from Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, Commander, U.S. Forces Japan, on Labor Day. Fifth Air Force U.S. Army Japan MCIPAC III MEF Marines

PACAF joins Allies, partners in Indian Air Force led exercise #TarangShakti24 phase II opening ceremony at Jodhpur AF Station, India, Aug. 30, 2024. The U.S. and India are working together to advance a vision of a #FreeandOpenIndoPacific where trade and ideas exchange freely.

Super Garuda Shield 2024: Artillery Training Members of the Japan Ministry of Defense/JGSDF fire a mortar during #SuperGarudaShield2024 at Puslatpur 5, Indonesia, Aug. 31, 2024. Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise that has significantly grown in scope and size since 2009.

Students from Uruma City schools visited #CampFoster for the Summer English Program, where they engaged in a weeklong cultural exchange with #Marines while improving their English skills. 🇯🇵🇺🇸 #Japan #CulturalExchange #LanguageLearning

🇮🇩 Combined Artillery Training 🇺🇸 U.S. Army | @puspentni | @australianarmy | JGSDF | @canadianarmy | @indopacom | U.S. Army Pacific | @i_corps | usembassyjkt | @uscongensby #SuperGarudaShield #SuperGarudaShield24 #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific #FriendsPartnersAllies #JointForce #INDOPACOM

The 35th CES & Japan Air Self-Defense Force members pose for a group photo during a bilateral rapid airfield damage repair (RADR) training at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 27, 2024. RADR is a multi-step process for quickly repairing airfield surfaces to maintain the readiness of airfields.

FRIDAY'S FACT: Tropical Cyclone Conditions of Readiness (#TCCOR) is the system that is used by U.S. military installations in Japan to help prepare for a Tropical Cyclone/Typhoon. TCCOR levels are based upon the wind intensity and the timing of destructive tropical cyclone winds.

.ラーム・エマニュエル駐日米国大使 Rahm Emanuel welcomes pre-kindergarten students on their first day of school at Yokosuka Primary School September 4, 2024. This school year, the DODEA is offering universal pre-kindergarten at 80 locations, including Yokosuka Primary School onboard CFAY.

Readout of commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Adm. Samuel Paparo’s video teleconference with Gen. Wu Yanan, the commander of the People’s Liberation Army’s Southern Theater Command, Sept. 9: 🔗dvidshub.net/r/nfuvdx

Sep. 11 is a solemn day of remembrance in the U.S. & around the world. This is the 23rd anniv. of the terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C. & Shanksville, Pennsylvania. We celebrate the memory of all those that perished that day pledge to #NeverForget #September11