31 May 2018 Indian, Japanese and U.S. Maritime Forces to Participate in Exercise Malabar 2018 YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Naval ships, aircraft and personnel from India, Japan and the United States will participate in exercise Malabar 2018, in mid-summer 2018 off the coast of Guam.Malabar 2018 is the first time the exercise has been conducted off the coast of Guam, and the latest in a continuing...
31 May 2018 Davidson Pledges to Continue Mission at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The name of U.S. Pacific Command has changed, but the mission of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command will remain the same, command officials said at the change of command here today.Defense Secretary James N. Mattis announced the name change during his remarks at the...
31 May 2018 Pacific Command Change Highlights Growing Importance of Indian Ocean Area JOINT BASE PEAR HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis today stressed the importance of the Indian Ocean region of U.S. Pacific Command’s area of responsibility and announced that the Defense Department is renaming the combatant command as U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.Mattis made...
31 May 2018 F-22 Raptors Return to Kadena Air Base JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAII -- F-22A Raptors, aircrew and support personnel, assigned to the 525th Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson (JBER), Alaska, deployed to Kadena Air Base (AB), Japan under U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's theater security package (TSP) program, May 29,...
31 May 2018 Combined Forces Command Deputy Commander Visits Pacific Air Forces JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Republic of Korea Army Gen. Byung Joo Kim, Combined Forces Command deputy commander and staff visited headquarters (HQ) Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) during a four-day visit at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 21, 2018.During the visit Kim received a...
31 May 2018 Different Place, Same Mission KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Over 20 students from the Australian Defense Force Centre for Strategic and Defense Studies, representing six countries, visited Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 16, 2018.Senior military and civilian officials from Australia and its U.N. allies arrived as part of a hands-on...
30 May 2018 U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Holds Change of Command Ceremony CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii -- Adm. Phil Davidson relieved Adm. Harry Harris as Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), in a ceremony on Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam Wednesday, May 30.Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis presided over the ceremony. During his remarks Mattis praised Harris’...
30 May 2018 Dunford to Attend Pacom Command Change, Meet With Pacific Allies JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford will take advantage of U.S. Pacific Command’s upcoming change of command to meet with Pacific allies in Hawaii.The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived here last night and will participate in meetings as well.Navy Adm...
30 May 2018 U.S. Navy Announces 26th Rim of the Pacific Exercise SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Twenty-six nations, 47 surface ships, five submarines, 18 national land forces, and more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise scheduled June 27 to Aug. 2, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern...
29 May 2018 Ronald Reagan Strike Group Departs for Patrol YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The forward-deployed Ronald Reagan Strike Group departed Yokosuka, Japan, May 29, for a regularly scheduled patrol to operate in the western Pacific Ocean.Ronald Reagan Strike Group will be conducting training in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations supporting security and...