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U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Joel Carey, chief of staff for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, provides closing remarks at the 2025 State Partnership Program Senior Leader Forum at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command headquarters on Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, Sept. 19, 2025. SPP is a Department of War security cooperation program managed by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and executed by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, directing the National Guard of the States and Territories to maintain 17 partnerships with nine states and one territory, supported by 12 Guardsmen serving as bilateral affairs officers in regional embassies. 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. Army photo by Sgt. Austin Riel)
250919-A-BA691-1018.JPG Photo By: Sgt. Austin Riel

Sep 19, 2025
CAMP H.M. SMITH, HI - U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Joel Carey, chief of staff for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, provides closing remarks at the 2025 State Partnership Program Senior Leader Forum at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command headquarters on Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, Sept. 19, 2025. SPP is a Department of War security cooperation program managed by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and executed by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, directing the National Guard of the States and Territories to maintain 17 partnerships with nine states and one territory, supported by 12 Guardsmen serving as bilateral affairs officers in regional embassies. 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. Army photo by Sgt. Austin Riel)


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