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WELCOME PACKET

 

 

 


 

PROGRAM OF EVENTS 


 

 

Hotel Information

CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Hotel parking

 

 

2026

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

 

MILOPS 2026 TRAVEL CALCULATOR

Date

Airfare cost

Meals and Incidentals

Explanation

1 Aug 26 or 2Aug 26

 

$65.25

Travel Day

3 Aug

 

$61.00

Breakfast and Lunch provided

4 Aug

 

$61.00

Breakfast and Lunch provided

5 Aug

 

$61.00

Breakfast and Lunch provided

6 Aug

 

$61.00/ $65.25

(Hotel Or Travel Day) Breakfast and Lunch provided

7 Aug

 

$65.25

Travel Day

 

 

The Uniform for MILOPS will be Service Dress Khaki (U.S. Navy), Class B Army Green Service (U.S. Army), Service Charlie (U.S. Marine Corps), Tropical Blues (U.S. Coast Guard) or equivalent.  U.S. Air Force Class B Blues (short sleeves, no tie/no tab).

For civilians, the dress is smart business attire or batik (short or long sleeve).

Foreign military personnel are to be in their national equivalent uniforms. Please see link attached for US military uniform examples https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Attire%20and%20U.S.%20Military%20Uniform%20Equivalents%20ao%20Oct

 

To understand the currency conversion, feel free to visit the following link to currency calculator. https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=USD&To=MYR

 

 

Visiting the Petronas Towers
 
  • Operating Hours
    The Petronas Towers are open from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM (Tuesday to Sunday and Public Holidays), with the last admission at 8:30 PM. The attraction is generally closed on Mondays.
     
  • Individual Pricing
    For international visitors, ticket prices are approximately $35USD and a booking can be made through the Mandarin Oriental concierge through the following link https://eticket.petronastwintowers.com.my/
     
  • Cancellation Policy
    Tickets are issued for specific time slots. In the event of late arrival or missed timing, entry may be denied, and tickets are generally non-refundable.
     
  • Required Information Prior to Visit
    • To proceed with the booking, the following details are required:
    • Full names of all participants
    • Identification details (passport/ID)
    • Preferred date and time of visit
    • Total number of participants
    • Contact details
    • If arrangements are made via agent, guests would typically gather at the hotel lobby 30 minutes prior to departure.

 

 

 


Lead MILOPS Planner 

CMDR Jacqueline Swinton
Deputy Chief U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Jacqueline.j.swinton.fm@us.navy.mil

Media Inquiries: 

Contact our press desk if you are a journalist with a media inquiry or interview request. 

E-mail INDOPACOM_j0pao@us.navy.mil 
Main Office Phone Number:  +1 (808) 477-1341
Duty Officer Phone Number:  +1 (808) 221-5559

  2027 COMING SOON  

From the Seabed to Space:
Advancing Security, Freedom, and Prosperity for All Across the Indo-Pacific
 


U.S Indo-Pacific Command’s annual international Military Law and Operations strategic engagement (MILOPS) brings together over 200 national security personnel from over 30 nations in the Indo-Pacific for transparent discussion and concrete actions on complex challenges in law, operations and policy.
 

  •  MILOPS empowers nations to address common challenges to determine how we can better work together to deter and respond to coercion, aggression and legal warfare
 
  • MILOPS is a force multiplier providing a unique opportunity for nations with shared values of sovereignty, a free and open Indo-Pacific, respect for the rule of law and peaceful resolution of disputes to come together for regional security solutions.

 

 

 2026 CONFERENCE PHOTOS

 

“The Rule of Law is critical to advance freedom, security and prosperity. China is regularly employing lawfare as a pretext for coercion, using its dedicated three-warfares strategy to isolate, intimidate, and delegitimize countries and their territorial integrity. China declares laws unilaterally and then applies them retroactively; China pressures nations to concede sovereign rights they lawfully possess and use false claims of legitimacy to justify coercion. That is not ‘Rule of Law’, that is ‘Rule by Law’."

– Commander U.S Indo-Pacific Command- Admiral Samuel Paparo, United States Navy



 

 



 


“Peace is not passive; peace must be protected which requires acting together, and is why we must in-vest in strengthening our relationships and advancing our legal interoperability. We must forge bonds across militaries and ministries. Deterrence is a shared responsibility and is exponential when exercised together.”

– Commander U.S Indo-Pacific Command- Admiral Samuel Paparo, United States Navy



 

“Sometimes we need to look beyond the money; we have to look at what is good for the safety and security of our people long term”

- His Excellency President Surangel S. Whipps, Jr.- Keynote speaker MILOPS 2025

 

“We live in a decisive decade, where the law is used as a strategic terrain. ‘Legal Warfare’ - the misuse and abuse of the law for national objectives -A is pervasive in our region. It demands our attention and combined efforts to expose it and to take timely, transparent and coordinated action to hold those actors accountable.”

- Staff Judge Advocate U.S Indo-Pacific Command, Captain Dustin E. Wallace, United States Navy



 


 

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