Women, Peace and Security

The USINDOPACOM Office of Women, Peace & Security supports tailored integrated deterrence through its multilateral efforts and focus on force interoperability to advance mutual strategic objectives. The United States is the only country to have both national WPS legislation, from the WPS Act of 2017, and a whole-of-government strategy on WPS. The Department of Defense released its updated Women, Peace & Security Implementation Plan in December 2024 that identifies the Department’s WPS objectives.

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) began institutionalizing WPS through a command instruction in 2017, followed by the establishment of an office of Women, Peace & Security in 2019. This office oversees command-wide implementation of WPS that includes mainstreaming WPS principles throughout the command’s policies, plans, programs, exercises, and assessments; tailored education and training; partner nation engagement; research innovation and application; and guiding a growing network of trained WPS Advisors and WPS Focal Points.

Meaningful implementation of WPS provides unique insight into the operational environment, opens new opportunities for cooperation with regional allies and partners, and improves the command’s understanding of complex security challenges within the Indo-Pacific.  

Mission Statement:

The Office of Women, Peace & Security (WPS) implements the DoD WPS Implementation Plan into theater plans, programs, and policies in order to enable the USINDOPACOM enterprise to develop holistic security strategies that ensure we prevail in the Indo-Pacific.