Aaron Kidd

.@USArmy helicopters continued attempts Tuesday morning to contain a brush fire at a Hawaii training range that has already burned 570 acres since it began Monday. https://t.co/BMAXD6NNqf

The U.S. Army reopened the headquarters of its rotational brigade in South Korea on Monday following a $2.2 million renovation aimed at improving conditions for soldiers stationed near the border with North Korea. https://t.co/Z1myqd0x3e

The son of a U.S. Navy sailor returned to his childhood stamping grounds Tuesday to assume command of U.S. Army Japan. https://t.co/rqE57c5Mfn

The biennial Talisman Sabre exercise is set to begin next month, bringing together a record number of troops from 19 countries for joint training across Australia and Papua New Guinea. https://t.co/z0ZQK9zVql

Scarborough Shoal has reemerged as the focal point of tensions between Manila and Beijing in the South China Sea, according to a report released Monday by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative. https://t.co/j7dquZejxn

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said Sunday that his administration would usher in “a new era of reconciliation” with North Korea and work to restore long-defunct emergency communication channels with the regime. https://t.co/o8SFvMYoSM

American airmen in northeastern Japan are developing an artificial intelligence program aimed at streamlining the Air Force’s flight scheduling process, according to the 35th Fighter Wing. https://t.co/SqRSoIvJye

Japanese prosecutors have indicted a U.S. Marine who allegedly fled the scene of a drunken driving crash last month that injured four people, including two children. https://t.co/ViqRCmGGeF

A Marine has been honored for helping recover American troops’ remains from a World War II battlefield in the Solomon Islands. https://t.co/nSlZ5DBIn1

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command has raised its force protection condition to Bravo and implemented additional Charlie-level security measures, citing potential real-world threats. https://t.co/laX6DI3f7e

U.S. officials have confirmed that about 250 gallons of contaminated water leaked at this airlift hub in 2023, a disclosure that is drawing sharp criticism from local governments for coming more than two years after the incident. https://t.co/XvaOTHTX7F

North Korea says it has repaired and relaunched a naval destroyer that capsized during a failed launch attempt last month, but defense experts remain skeptical about the regime’s claim of a quick recovery. https://t.co/4Eo5usGFIx

North Korea stopped broadcasting propaganda along the inter-Korean border late Wednesday, hours after the South took the first step by silencing its own loudspeakers — a move aimed at easing tensions. https://t.co/JuUkePfzK1

.@USMC base in Japan marks bomb-scarred Zero Hangar’s more than 80 years of history (by @JaniquaRob) https://t.co/xHCXCcD8Mg

An American bomber from World War II that sat hidden in Papua New Guinea’s jungle for decades will soon go on display at a museum in the island nation’s capital, according to the Australian air force. https://t.co/fiO4MAMEBu

A Stryker brigade from Colorado arrived in South Korea late last month as the Army’s latest rotational unit tasked with deterring regional threats for the next nine months. https://t.co/tBRDAy5eAP

Chinese fighter jets had two close encounters with Japanese patrol aircraft as Beijing’s two aircraft carriers operated simultaneously in the Pacific for the first time, according to Japan’s military. https://t.co/NacU9BoIaP