17 April 2025 Indo-Pacific Senior Defense Officials and Defense Attachés Convene at USINDOPACOM for a Symposium HONOLULU, Hawaii — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, hosted a Senior Defense Official and Defense Attache Symposium at USINDOPACOM headquarters on Camp H.M. Smith, Honolulu, April 15-17, 2025...
16 April 2025 Blue Ridge Conducts Port Call in Cairns, Australia CAIRNS, Australia — U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrived in Cairns, Australia for a routine port visit April 16, 2025. This is Blue Ridge’s first visit to the city since 2013...
16 April 2025 U.S. Navy, ROK Navy Complete Combined Mine Warfare Exercise SASEBO, Japan — The U.S. Navy and the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) concluded Korean Spring Exercise, April 16, 2025...
16 April 2025 Tamiok Strike 2025 Begins With Opening Ceremony PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea – More than 200 U.S. Soldiers and Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldiers gather on Murray Barracks Parade Field to officially start exercise Tamiok Strike 2025 at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, April 14, 2025...
16 April 2025 U.S and ROK Navy Divers Conclude Successful SALVEX Korea 2025 CHINHAE NAVAL BASE, Republic of Korea – U.S. Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 and their counterparts from the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) successfully concluded Salvage Exercise (SALVEX) Korea 2025, in Chinhae, South Korea on April 11, 2025...
15 April 2025 USINDOPACOM hosts successful Network Defense Summit II, forging stronger cyberspace defenses in the Indo-Pacific CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii — U.S. Indo-Pacific Command J6 recently concluded the USINDOPACOM Network Defense Summit II, held April 8-10 at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii...
15 April 2025 Philippine and U.S. Soldiers Enhance Interoperability in Jungle Tracking Course CAMP TECSON, Philippines — Philippine Army soldiers assigned to the First Scout Regiment and U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), 25th Infantry Division conducted a jungle tracking course on April 9, 2025, in support of...
15 April 2025 B-1s train with ROKAF, conduct flyover OSAN AIR BASE, GYEONGGIDO [KYONGGI-DO], South Korea — Two U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancers and two F-16 Fighting Falcons joined two Republic of Korea Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs and KF-16s for combined training in airspace over western ROK April 15...
15 April 2025 USS Minnesota Returns Home to Naval Base Guam NAVAL BASE GUAM (April 14, 2025) — The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) returned to its homeport of Naval Base Guam following its first operational tasking while forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific region, April 14, 2025...
14 April 2025 New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister visits U.S. Indo-Pacific Command HONOLULU, Hawaii — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, hosted New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters at USINDOPACOM headquarters on Camp H.M. Smith in Honolulu, April 14, 2025...