TOKYO — During a joint press conference in Tokyo on March 30, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Defense Department has started phase one of upgrading U.S. Forces Japan to a joint ...

TOKYO—The Pentagon will upgrade and expand its three-star command in Japan to handle operational control of U.S. forces based there, part of an effort to deepen ties between the U.S. and Japanese ...

Members of the Fort Bragg-based Joint Special Operations Command leadership team have been recommended to lead the U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. On June 18, the ...

Pakistan’s stability is one of the concerns raised in a report by the Pentagon’s Joint Forces Command. The Joint Operating Environment (JOE) 2008 report takes a broad look at expected operational, ...

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After months of negotiations, Defense Department officials reached a compromise last week in which they will centralize some oversight of command and control systems that integrate information across ...

Japan Defense Minister Gen Nakatani presents Japan Self-Defense Force Joint Operations Command (JJOC) commander Lt. Gen. Kenichiro Nagumo with the unit’s flag during the JJOC’s activation ceremony in ...