15 September 2025 Hub, Spoke, and Ready: U.S. and Japanese Forces Execute RADR in REFORPAC 2025 JAPAN — In July, the 35 Civil Engineer Squadron and Japanese Air Self-Defense Force conducted a week-long bilateral exercise at Misawa Air Base and Chitose Air Base, coming together to repair a simulated airfield and strengthen the alliance, interoperability, and resilience that underpin security...
15 September 2025 III Marine Expeditionary Force proves readiness in command post field training exercise during Resolute Dragon 25 OKINAWA, Japan — The rain flies covering over one hundred tents flap in the steamy Okinawa breeze. Dust swirls across the gravel streets of III Marine Expeditionary Force’s operations at the Combat Town training site on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. Inside the cinderblock buildings, originally built...
15 September 2025 Super Garuda Shield 25: MRF-D 25.3 enables combined amphibious exercise DABO SINGKEP, Indonesia — During Exercise Super Garuda Shield 25, a detachment from 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), Marine Rotational Force — Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3, supported a multi-national amphibious exercise off the coast of Dabo Singkep, Indonesia. MRF-D’s ANGLICO Marines plugged...
14 September 2025 USINDOPACOM Commander Commemorated 75th Anniversary of Incheon Landing INCHEON, South Korea — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, traveled to South Korea to participate in the 75th Anniversary Commemoration of the Incheon Landing Operation, a pivotal moment in the Korean War on Sept.14, 2025 in Incheon, South Korea...
13 September 2025 Japan, the Philippines and the U.S. Conduct Maritime Cooperative Activity SOUTH CHINA SEA — The combined armed and defense forces of Japan, the Philippines and the United States, demonstrating a collective commitment to strengthen regional and international cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific, conducted a Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA)...
13 September 2025 USINDOPACOM Commander attends Joint-Senior Leaders Seminar, signs 8-Star Memo, visits Expo 2025 TOKYO — Admiral Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, traveled to Japan from September 10-13 to participate in the annual Joint-Senior Leaders Seminar with Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, Chief of Staff, Joint Staff of the Japan Self -Defense Forces, and attend Expo 2025, Osaka...
12 September 2025 Misawa Air Base Honors 9/11 Victims and Heroes MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — U.S. Airmen, families, and Japanese partners gathered Sept. 11, 2025, at Misawa Air Base to honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and to reflect on the spirit of unity that followed...
12 September 2025 Never Forget: George Washington Sailors Reflect on 9/11 YOKOSUKA, Japan — When Master Chief Aviation Maintenanceman Mark Takada witnessed the attack on the World Trade Center in New York, he thought he was watching a movie. Stationed on Whidbey Island, Washington, he recalls coming out of the gym early in the morning and seeing the events play out live...
11 September 2025 USINDOPACOM and Regional Leaders Conclude MILOPS 2025 in Hawaii HONOLULU — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, hosted the 36th annual international Military Law and Operations strategic engagement bringing together leaders from over 30 nations for a four-day discussion in Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 8-11, 2025...
11 September 2025 Pacific Fleet Commander visits CTF-76 OKINAWA, Japan — Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, visited Commander, Task Force (CTF) 76 Sailors and Marines, on White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Sept. 10...
15 September 2025 Hub, Spoke, and Ready: U.S. and Japanese Forces Execute RADR in REFORPAC 2025 JAPAN — In July, the 35 Civil Engineer Squadron and Japanese Air Self-Defense Force conducted a week-long bilateral exercise at Misawa Air Base and Chitose Air Base, coming together to repair a simulated airfield and strengthen the alliance, interoperability, and resilience that underpin security...
15 September 2025 III Marine Expeditionary Force proves readiness in command post field training exercise during Resolute Dragon 25 OKINAWA, Japan — The rain flies covering over one hundred tents flap in the steamy Okinawa breeze. Dust swirls across the gravel streets of III Marine Expeditionary Force’s operations at the Combat Town training site on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. Inside the cinderblock buildings, originally built...
15 September 2025 Super Garuda Shield 25: MRF-D 25.3 enables combined amphibious exercise DABO SINGKEP, Indonesia — During Exercise Super Garuda Shield 25, a detachment from 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), Marine Rotational Force — Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3, supported a multi-national amphibious exercise off the coast of Dabo Singkep, Indonesia. MRF-D’s ANGLICO Marines plugged...
14 September 2025 USINDOPACOM Commander Commemorated 75th Anniversary of Incheon Landing INCHEON, South Korea — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, traveled to South Korea to participate in the 75th Anniversary Commemoration of the Incheon Landing Operation, a pivotal moment in the Korean War on Sept.14, 2025 in Incheon, South Korea...
13 September 2025 Japan, the Philippines and the U.S. Conduct Maritime Cooperative Activity SOUTH CHINA SEA — The combined armed and defense forces of Japan, the Philippines and the United States, demonstrating a collective commitment to strengthen regional and international cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific, conducted a Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA)...
13 September 2025 USINDOPACOM Commander attends Joint-Senior Leaders Seminar, signs 8-Star Memo, visits Expo 2025 TOKYO — Admiral Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, traveled to Japan from September 10-13 to participate in the annual Joint-Senior Leaders Seminar with Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, Chief of Staff, Joint Staff of the Japan Self -Defense Forces, and attend Expo 2025, Osaka...
12 September 2025 Misawa Air Base Honors 9/11 Victims and Heroes MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — U.S. Airmen, families, and Japanese partners gathered Sept. 11, 2025, at Misawa Air Base to honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and to reflect on the spirit of unity that followed...
12 September 2025 Never Forget: George Washington Sailors Reflect on 9/11 YOKOSUKA, Japan — When Master Chief Aviation Maintenanceman Mark Takada witnessed the attack on the World Trade Center in New York, he thought he was watching a movie. Stationed on Whidbey Island, Washington, he recalls coming out of the gym early in the morning and seeing the events play out live...
11 September 2025 USINDOPACOM and Regional Leaders Conclude MILOPS 2025 in Hawaii HONOLULU — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, hosted the 36th annual international Military Law and Operations strategic engagement bringing together leaders from over 30 nations for a four-day discussion in Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 8-11, 2025...
11 September 2025 Pacific Fleet Commander visits CTF-76 OKINAWA, Japan — Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, visited Commander, Task Force (CTF) 76 Sailors and Marines, on White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Sept. 10...