The Air Force has extended the public comment period for a controversial plan to add up to seven telescopes on a small parcel atop a Maui mountain regarded as sacred by some native Hawaiians.

U.S. and South Korean forces will proceed with a major joint military exercise despite the United States’ involvement in the conflict with Iran, a pair of generals said.

Officials with the Army, Navy and Hawaii emergency response agencies signed an agreement Wednesday aimed at streamlining future evacuations of residents from west Oahu over a mountain pass controlled by the military.

A small team of U.S. technicians and contractors is working behind the scenes at this year’s Cobra Gold exercise to bring advanced cyber, drone and communications technology to the multinational drills.

U.S. military bases across the Indo-Pacific have raised security levels as a precaution amid threats tied to the conflict in the Middle East, officials said.

Philippine military facilities shared with U.S. forces are not involved in the escalating conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran, officials said.

U.S. Marines observed Japan’s only amphibious unit carry out a beach-landing drill this week in heavy rain and rough seas as part of a joint exercise aimed at strengthening defense of the country’s remote islands.

Department of Defense Education Activity officials are moving ahead with a plan that will alter school leadership, staffing and facilities at this base south of Hiroshima.

Students from Defense Department schools at Yokosuka Naval Base observe their Japanese counterparts rapidly calculate nine-digit numbers using a traditional Japanese abacus during a recent cultural exchange.