TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER, Kagoshima — A U.S. space domain awareness payload hosted on Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 (QZS-6) successfully launched on a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC)...

BANGKOK — U.S. Indo-Pacific Command military personnel continue to work alongside Thai military and first responders near the collapsed State Audit Office building in Bangkok, which fell after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake affected Thailand and its neighbor countries on March 28, 2025...

BANGKOK — U.S. Military personnel from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command meet with first responders at the Search and Rescue Operations Center near the collapsed State Audit Office building in Bangkok, which fell after a 7.7 earthquake affected Thailand and its neighbor countries on March 28, 2025...

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii — Navy Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, welcomed President of the Republic of Palau Surangel Whipps Jr. to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Headquarters for the U.S.-Palau Joint Committee Meeting at Camp H.M. Smith, March 27-28. ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii — U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, along with Vietnam Veterans of America, Oahu Chapter 858, co-host a Vietnam War Veterans Day ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, March 28, 2025...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force and the United States Navy, 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)...

GWANGJU AIR BASE, Republic of Korea — The 8th Fighter Wing deployed personnel back to Gwangju Air Base to further test its agile combat employment (ACE) capabilities and interoperability with the Republic of Korea Air Force as part of exercise Freedom Shield 25 March 9-14...

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — Freedom Shield 25 was held March 10 - 21, 2025, all across the Republic of Korea’s land, sky and surrounding seas...

SANTA RITA, Guam — The U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam (FM/SG) team, alongside partners, conducted a series of operations from March 13 to March 23, 2025, to keep the ports and approaches to Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) safe and secure while...

CAMP MUJUK, South Korea — III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) and 1st Marine Division successfully completed a significant training milestone alongside their Republic of Korea (ROK) Marine Corps counterparts as exercise Freedom Shield (FS) 25 concludes. While this phase of training ends, the...