25 April 2025 USINDOPACOM Observes Anzac Day HONOLULU, Hawaii — Military and civilian leaders from across the Indo-Pacific region came together on April 25 to observe the Anzac Day commemorations in Hawaii to recognize the service and sacrifice of New Zealand and Australian service members in military operations...
25 April 2025 Consular Corps of Hawaii Visit U.S. Indo-Pacific Command HONOLULU, Hawaii — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, welcomed the Consular Corps of Hawaii to connect with leadership at USINDOPACOM headquarters in Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 22, 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...
08 April 2025 Postured and Ready: MRF-D 25.3 deploys across the Pacific DARWIN, Australia — Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3 has commenced its 14th iteration, projecting its operational reach well beyond northern Australia. While most of the force has successfully closed in Darwin, a portion of the ground combat element deployed directly from Camp...
20 February 2025 USINDOPACOM Commander Travels to Australia Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, travels to Australia to build upon the U.S.-Australia Alliance, Feb. 17-20, 2025. ...
29 January 2025 Readout of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's Call With Australia Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles A Senior Defense Official provided the following readout:...
15 January 2025 Readout of Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Amanda Dory's Meeting With Australian Secretary of Defence Gregory Moriarty Department of Defense Spokesman Lt. Col. Garron Garn, USMC, provided the following readout:...
21 November 2024 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Meetings in Laos for the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III concluded his engagements with counterparts in Laos today, where he attended the 11th annual ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus)...
21 November 2024 Joint Readout From Australia-Japan-Philippines-Republic of Korea-United States Defense Ministers' Meeting Australian Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy, Japanese Minister of Defense Nakatani Gen, Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro, Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III met together for the first time on...
18 November 2024 Australia-Japan-United States Trilateral Defense Ministers' Meeting November 2024 Joint Statement Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles, Japanese Minister of Defense Nakatani Gen, and United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III convened the fourteenth Trilateral Defense Ministers' Meeting (TDMM) on 17 November 2024 in Darwin, Australia...