Marine bases in Japan recently opened one new food pantry and expanded another to ease persistent food insecurity that affects one-fourth of all U.S. military members.

Pacific Skies, a series of exercises between mid-June and mid-August, will involve 1,800 airmen and aircraft from Germany, France, Spain and the United Kingdom, Germany’s air force said in a news release Tuesday.

America stands with Japan until all the Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago return home to end their painful separation, United States ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said in Tokyo.

The Army branch responsible for bringing new technology quickly into the U.S. arsenal is now tasked with creating an integrated missile defense system on Guam, a need the Indo-Pacific commander classified as paramount.

The 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team recently became the Army’s first brigade to field the XM7 rifle officially and the Army’s new XM250 squad automatic weapon.

An investigation by the Pentagon’s Inspector General released this month found that military officials have failed to provide proper oversight of fuel facilities and that they are now “at an increased risk of fuel leaks and spills.”

President Joe Biden suggested to cheering, unionized steelworkers on Wednesday that his administration would thwart the acquisition of U.S. Steel by a Japanese company, and he called for a tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel, seeking to use trade policy to win over working-class votes in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.

Taiwan is seeking to increase the size of its military attache office at its de facto consulate in Honolulu as the self-ruled island democracy looks to tighten ties with the United States and bolster defenses against potential Chinese military attacks.

Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest. The military government said Wednesday the move was made as a health measure due to a heat wave.

In the military exercise, U.S. and Philippines troops will perform joint operations off the northern tip of the island of Luzon, facing Taiwan.