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On June 30th, more than 400 paratroopers from the US Army’s 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division parachuted into Guam as part of the Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise from Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
“The exercise was the largest airborne operation held on Guam in recent memory, according to Joint Region Marianas.”
Col. Christopher Landers, commander of U.S. Army Alaska’s 4-25 IBCT(A), led the training mission to secure the airfield as part of U.S. Army Pacific’s participation in ongoing joint exercises throughout the region to include the Mariana Islands.
“This scenario tested our ability to execute real-world missions and demonstrated that we are capable of deploying anywhere in the U. S. Indo-Pacific Command area at a moment’s notice.” said Landers.
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The paratroopers came via 5 C-17 Globemaster large military transport aircraft. Immediately after hitting the ground, paratroopers with the 3rd Battalion, 509 Airborne Infantry Regiment, one of two organic infantry-battalions in 4-25 IBCT(A), seized objectives and secured the airfield.
The exercise began several days earlier, when the paratroopers were notified of the mock deployment and were screened for COVID-19.
“We are successfully balancing readiness and mission requirements with health and safety precautions to protect ourselves and our communities,” said Landers. “Andersen Air Force Base and Guam leadership have facilitated every one of our requirements. It’s been an incredible experience to work with them.”
This came after on June 28th, two U.S. aircraft carriers kicked off joint exercises in the Philippine Sea.
Rear Adm. George Wikoff, the commander Carrier Strike Group 5, said in a statement that the drills were intended to strengthen the Navy’s ability to conduct “all-domain warfighting operations.”
“The U.S. Navy remains mission ready and globally deployed. Dual carrier operations demonstrate our commitment to regional allies, our ability to rapidly mass combat power in the Indo-Pacific, and our readiness to confront all those who challenge international norms that support regional stability,” Wikoff said.
The USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Groups began the drills to bolster the United States’ “responsive, flexible, and enduring commitments” to mutual defense agreements with allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific, the Navy said in a statement.
The United States welcomes ASEAN Leaders’ insistence that South China Sea disputes be resolved in line with international law, including UNCLOS. China cannot be allowed to treat the SCS as its maritime empire. We will have more to say on this topic soon. https://t.co/IUmzD7OksC
— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) June 27, 2020
During a tele-summit hosted by ASEAN chair country Vietnam on June 27th, the international group issued a statement reaffirming the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which lays out the basis by which nations can define their exclusive economic zones, which govern the special rights nations have to natural resources located there.
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I bet the people of Guam just love the idea of 400 corona virus spreaders parachuting in!
Combat ready for the war on Corona, the war on drugs, the war on terror, the war on clima change, the war on plastic pollution. Showing our swarm force out from a position of strength. Our boys!
Combat ready for their own citizens protesting more likely Tommy, the US Army don’t know where to look for friends no more. lol
Yiiiihhhaaaaaaa….
sexually repressed US obese soldiers raping females in Guam—easy targets for N Korean nukes….the US war to keep cheap coke, meth heroin supplied so their peasants can stay narcotized—amerikans, unable to feel pure pleasure (Zizek) consumed more illicit substances per capita than any people (a different and inferior species) (Stendhal), so sexually repressed they r proud to have the most rapes per capita on earth—this explains their imperialism—raping boys in Afghanistan, Iraq,,,so weak they report the most covid deaths than all nations—and increasing in many states bye bye empire
They sent more troops to DC to quieten the rioters, and that hasn’t stopped the riots, lol.
Let’s remind the US Army that paratroopers cannot defeat anti aircraft missiles, so no, US paratroopers cannot deploy where they want to in the Into-Pacific region.
Try 4000, than I would be slightly more impressed…