It may seem a strange turn of affairs, but the Pentagon imported some 120 Air National Guardsmen and National Guardsmen from Guam to aid hurricane relief operations in Louisiana, according to a local Guam TV station. The Guardsmen were returning this week to the Pacific island after their two-month tour stateside.
Secretary of Defense Austin Lloyd III met with his counterparts from Australia, Japan and the Philippines to discuss bolstering defense ties on May 2. The discussion included plans for joint F-35 exercises with Japan and Australia in the coming years.