16 September 2025 GDS Summit advances integrated air and missile defense of Guam FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — U.S. military leaders from across the services gathered last month in Hawaii to sharpen plans for strengthening Guam’s air and missile defense, underscoring the island’s growing role as a strategic hub in the Indo-Pacific...
16 September 2025 USCGC Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139) crew completes successful operational period, support GIUE in Tinian SANTA RITA, Guam — The USCGC Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139) crew completed a robust operational period from Aug. 11 to Sept. 1, patrolling the maritime borders of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to ensure border security and territorial integrity...
16 September 2025 Pacific Angel 25-3 kicks off in Chittagong, Bangladesh U.S. Air Force, Bangladesh Air Force and Sri Lanka Air Force launched Pacific Angel 25-3 at BAF Zahurul Haque, Chittagong, beginning a four-day field training exercise designed to strengthen disaster response, humanitarian assistance and regional partnerships Sept. 15, 2025...
16 September 2025 U.S., Australia Naval Forces Conduct Bilateral Training in the South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA - The U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) conducted bilateral training in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific through the South China Sea, Sept. 15-16...
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...
16 September 2025 GDS Summit advances integrated air and missile defense of Guam FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — U.S. military leaders from across the services gathered last month in Hawaii to sharpen plans for strengthening Guam’s air and missile defense, underscoring the island’s growing role as a strategic hub in the Indo-Pacific...
16 September 2025 USCGC Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139) crew completes successful operational period, support GIUE in Tinian SANTA RITA, Guam — The USCGC Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139) crew completed a robust operational period from Aug. 11 to Sept. 1, patrolling the maritime borders of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to ensure border security and territorial integrity...
16 September 2025 Pacific Angel 25-3 kicks off in Chittagong, Bangladesh U.S. Air Force, Bangladesh Air Force and Sri Lanka Air Force launched Pacific Angel 25-3 at BAF Zahurul Haque, Chittagong, beginning a four-day field training exercise designed to strengthen disaster response, humanitarian assistance and regional partnerships Sept. 15, 2025...
16 September 2025 U.S., Australia Naval Forces Conduct Bilateral Training in the South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA - The U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) conducted bilateral training in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific through the South China Sea, Sept. 15-16...
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...