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Blue Ridge Arrives in Wellington, New Zealand for the First Time

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (May 16, 2025) – The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrives in Wellington, New Zealand, May 16, 2025. The Blue Ridge and embarked U.S. 7th Fleet staff conduct regular Indo-Pacific patrols to deter aggression,...

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Activated Reserve Marines Conduct MOUT Training during Korea Viper 25.4

POHANG, South Korea (May 10, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Eric Solano, an infantry rifleman with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines forward deployed with 4th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program, conducts room...

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U.S. Marines Execute Casualty Evacuation Training during Jungle Leaders Course

JAPAN (May 2, 2025) — A U.S. Marine rappels during Jungle Leaders Course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, May 02, 2025. The course is designed to test physical and mental resilience of Marine Corps leaders in a harsh jungle...

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31st MEU Boat Company conducts Small Boat Skills during MEUEX

WHITE BEACH NAVAL FACILITY, OKINAWA, Japan (May 3, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Baker Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct paddling and broaching drills during small boat refresher...

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F-35B Lightning IIs fly over Wake Island

WAKE ISLAND (May 10, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing fly over Wake Island enroute to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 10,...

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USS Minnesota (SSN 783) returns to Naval Base Guam

NAVAL BASE GUAM (May 13, 2025) — The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) transits Apra Harbor, Naval Base Guam, May 13, 2025. Assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron 15, based at Polaris Point, Naval Base Guam, Minnesota...

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EOD members conduct fast-rope ops onto USS Nimitz in South China Sea

SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 11, 2025) — Members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11 fast-rope out of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the “Indians” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6 onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS...

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Balikatan 25: 3d LCT and 25th ID Conduct Counter Landing Live Fire Event with AFP

APPARI, Philippines (May 2, 2025) — U.S. Marines Corps Cpl. Nycorian Allen, a native of Georgia and an anti-tank missileman with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, fires an FGM-148 Javelin during the...

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Respect the Past, Forge the Future: Air Power Days Returns to Osan

OSAN AIR BASE, GYEONGGIDO [KYONGGI-DO], South Korea (May 11, 2025) — Republic of Korea Air Force Black Eagles perform aerial maneuvers during Osan Air Power Days at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, May 11, 2025. Their performance demonstrated...

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31st MEU conducts quick response force rehearsal for MEUEX

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan (May 3, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Animal Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to embark an MV-22B Osprey aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tilt Rotor...

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Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and Villanova alum, addressed the 2025 graduating class in a commencement speech at Villanova University, May 16, 2025.

Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks during the opening remarks at the Association of the United States Army’s 2025 Land Forces Pacific (LANPAC) Symposium & Exposition in Honolulu on May 13, 2025.

.S. Army Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, deputy commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks with retired Australian Defence Force Brigadier Ian Langford, executive director of Security and Defence PLuS, during the Indo-Pacific Security Forum in Honolulu, May 12, 2025.

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, deputy commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks with retired Australian Defence Force Brigadier Ian Langford, executive director of Security and Defence PLuS, during the Indo-Pacific Security Forum in Honolulu, May 12, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Joel Carey, chief of staff for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, joins the National Defense University Capstone 25-3 Fellows for a group photo at the USINDPACOM headquarters on Camp H.M. Smith in Honolulu, May 9, 2025.

Multinational participants of Pacific Airlift Rally 25 pose for a group photo following the opening ceremony at the Kempinski Hotel in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, May 5, 2025.

Participants from across the Indo-Pacific region attend the opening ceremony of Pacific Airlift Rally 25 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, May 5, 2025.

A Mongolian musician performs on the morin khuur, a traditional two-stringed instrument adorned with a horse head, during the Pacific Airlift Rally 25 opening ceremony in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, May 5, 2025.

Mongolian Armed Forces Brigadier General Baljid Baatar, deputy chief of the general staff, delivers opening remarks during the Pacific Airlift Rally 25 opening ceremony in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, May 5, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Colby Delia, 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron crew chief, marshals a B-1B Lancer on a flight line during Bomber Task Force 25-2 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 3, 2025.

U.S. Navy Capt. Peter Roberts, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Command Surgeon, Papua New Guinea Defence Force Lt. Col Peter Kaminiel, PNGDF Director General, and Royal Australian Air Force Air Commodore Nicole dos Santos, RAAF Director General Operational Health and Air Force Health Service, sign the Terms of Reference at the Indo-Pacific health security alliance in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, May 8, 2025. IPHSA aims to foster partnerships, counter harmful influences and enhance readiness, contributing to stability, prosperity and a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Austin Riel)

Papua New Guinea Defence Force Lt. Col Peter Kaminiel, PNGDF Director of Health Services, gives a speech at the closing ceremony upon joining the Indo-Pacific health security alliance in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, May 8, 2025. IPHSA aims to foster partnerships, counter harmful influences and enhance readiness, contributing to peace, security and prosperity in a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Austin Riel)

U.S. Navy Capt. Peter Roberts, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Command Surgeon, and Royal Australian Air Force Air Commodore Nicole dos Santos, RAAF Director General Operational Health and Air Force Health Service, gives Papua New Guinea Defence Force Lt. Col Peter Kaminiel, PNGDF Director General, a gift at the Indo-Pacific health security alliance in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, May 8, 2025. IPhsa aims to foster partnerships, counter harmful influences and enhance readiness, contributing to stability, prosperity and a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Austin Riel)

U.S. Navy Capt. Peter Roberts, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Command Surgeon, provides opening remarks at the Indo-Pacific health security alliance in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, May 8, 2025. IPhsa aims to foster partnerships, counter harmful influences and enhance readiness, contributing to peace, security and prosperity in a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Austin Riel)

Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, Gen. Stephen N. Whiting , Gen. (retired) Laura J. Richardson, Lt. Gen. Richard E. Angle, and Peter Bergen held a panel to discuss how SOF’s unique capabilities deter conflict and prepare for victory when deterrence fails during SOF Week on 6 May, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Joel Carey, center right, chief of staff of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, New Zealand Secretary of Defence Brook Barrington, center, and Chief of Defence Force Air Marshal Tony Davies, center left, hold a group discussion at USINDOPACOM headquarters on Camp H. M. Smith in Honolulu, May 5, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Joel Carey, front center, chief of staff of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command joins New Zealand Secretary of Defence Brook Barrington, front left, and Chief of Defence Force Air Marshal Tony Davies, front right, for a group photo at USINDOPACOM headquarters on Camp H. M. Smith in Honolulu, May 5, 2025.

From right to center, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Joel Carey,, chief of staff of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, New Zealand Secretary of Defence Brook Barrington, and Chief of Defence Force Air Marshal Tony Davies, hold a group discussion at USINDOPACOM headquarters on Camp H. M. Smith in Honolulu, May 5, 2025.

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, greets Michael Froman, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, at USINDOPACOM headquarters on Camp H.M. Smith, Honolulu, April 30, 2025.

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, joins members of the Council on Foreign Relations for a group photo at USINDOPACOM headquarters on Camp H.M. Smith, Honolulu, April 30, 2025.

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks with members of the Council on Foreign Relations at USINDOPACOM headquarters on Camp H.M. Smith, Honolulu, April 30, 2025.

Senior enlisted leaders from over 25 countries, spanning the area of four geographical combatant commands, visit the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, “Punchbowl”, during the second annual senior enlisted leaders subject matter expert exchange, co-hosted by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu, April 20-25, 2025.

Senior enlisted leaders from over 25 countries, spanning the area of four geographical combatant commands, come together for a group photo during the second annual senior enlisted leaders subject matter expert exchange, co-hosted by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu, April 21, 2025.

Senior enlisted leaders from over 25 countries, spanning the area of four geographical combatant commands, engage in camaraderie-building physical activities during the second annual senior enlisted leaders subject matter expert exchange, co-hosted by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu, April 21, 2025.

Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, commemorating Anzac Day on April 25, 2025. Anzac Day was originally named in reference to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps’ and the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces as independent nations, and is now recognized as a solemn occasion to remember all Austrlians and New Zealanders who have served in war and conflict. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jeremy R. Boan)

A B-1B Lancer assigned to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, lands at Misawa Air Base, Japan, kicking off Bomber Task Force 25-2, April 15, 2025.

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks to Senior Defense Officials and Defense Attaches at USINDOPACOM headquarters on Camp H.M. Smith, Honolulu, April 15, 2025.

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, front row 6th from right, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, joins Senior Defense Officials and Defense Attaches for a group photo at USINDOPACOM headquarters on Camp H.M. Smith, Honolulu, April 15, 2025.

Philippine Army Soldiers with the First Squat Regiment and U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Light Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conducted a jungle tracking course during Salaknib 2025, Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, April 9, 2025.

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrived in Wellington, New Zealand for a port visit, May 16, 2025. This historic arrival marks the first time Blue Ridge has visited New Zealand as well as its capital city. The last two U.S Navy ships to visit Wellington were USS Howard (DDG 83) in 2021 and USS Sampson (DDG 102) in 2016.
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U.S. Coast Guard, partners locate Lucky Harvest west of Guam

SANTA RITA, Guam — The U.S. Coast Guard, with support from U.S. Navy and local partners, located the 47-foot vessel Lucky Harvest, carrying two mariners, which had been missing since departing Alamagan Island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, on May 12, 2025, en route to Saipan.
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Saipan Soldiers Excel in the Guam National Guard

CHALAN PAGO, Guam (May 9, 2025) — The rhythm of sledgehammers and a chorus of power tools make the Guam Guard’s 1224th Engineer Support Company easy to find. They are out in town this morning, removing subfloors, rerouting electrical circuits, and sealing windows at Safe Haven, a resource center for new and expecting mothers in need.
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USINDOPACOM Commander Delivers Villanova Commencement Speech; Receives Honorary Degree

VILLANOVA, Pa. — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and Villanova alum, addressed the 2025 graduating class in a commencement speech at Villanova University, May 16, 2025.
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Joint Task Force Micronesia hosts first Change of Command ceremony; emphasizes regional peace, security

GUAM — Commander, Joint Task Force Micronesia U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Greg Huffman relinquished command to U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Josh Lasky during a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz Fitness Center in Dededo, Guam, May 15.